The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-12
CHARLES HAS QUIT
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by the Intervention of Russia or Germany
and sought thus to forestall it.
Born In 1887.
Charles I was horn August II, 1887, the
son of the late Arehduke Otto of Saxony.
He married the Princess Nta of the .Bour
bon house Of Parma Utalian) in 1911. When
granduncIe. the Emperor Francis Joseph,
the only Aachievements of Charles brou INT
to public notice were that he was a keen
sportsman, an excellent shot and motorist.
Frequently he was seen in the parks of
Vienna wheeling one Of his young dukes
in BABY perambulstor. When be &C
coded 10 the throne on December 30, 1916.
Austria Hungary, torn by four years Of
war, saw the first faint CLEAN Of possible
peace.
The course Of the new ruler was regulat-
ed largely from Berlin apd for the first six
months of his -eign Austria Hungary was
burg's successes IN Galicia in 1916, in which
Charles shared as commander in the field
gave the young monarch a prestige which
central powers until the collapse Of Bull
garia and Turkey and the final crash.
Numerous peace overtures and maneu-
dual monarchy after Francis Joseph's
death. p,reeipitated doubtless by bread
tria. Unable to maintain his pledge to
the German emperor ito continue the war
to the end" Charles made use Of the famous
written in Apr ios to frnes siRtu
de Bourbon for transmits sion to the French
government In which the monarch said
frances claim to Alsace-Lorraine was
.Altho the letter was denounced as
forgery In Vienna, the foreign office
claiming, 1t had been written by a French
ecclesiastic who had been acting as con-
fessor to the Empress Zita, subsequent
events proved its Authenticity 1t was the
first revelation of the break. between the
German emperor and his vassai king. Pre-
viously. Emperor Charles had indicated his
desire for peace, however, in speeches be-
fore the reichsrat. In December, 1917, he
declared his Willingness to conclude peace
with the allies If they would guarantee the
integrity Of Austria Hungary.
Conditions Grew Worse.
Conditions in the dual monarchy were
rapidly growing worse.f' There were many
cabinet changes ana DEMONSTRATIONS. The
Magyars, .Czecho- Siavs and other nationali-
ties were clamoring for constitutional re-
forms and autonomous government.
Thereafter Charles's lot was far from
being Il happy one. He was reported to
have refused to send Austrian troops to the
western battle front despite the German
en.Ieavored to stem the tide Of revolution
which seemed. to be rising. He promisel
discontented subjects pardoned twenty
four prisoners awaiting trial at Sarajeyo
for high treason.
In October 1918. he announced plans for
In an address to the Hungarian diet
frankly a Omitted his throne was in peril .
a day or two later Count Karolyf, leader
OF or the hungarian republicans, announced
the success of blOodless revolution in
budapest and declared Hungary free and
Independent state. Still later the German
ana other provinces declared their purpose
to become autonomous entities and the
House OF the Hapsburgs, once the leader
Of the Holy Roman empire, seemed to be
ABOUT to collapse like a house of cards,