Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-25

long rest The cohesion Of the peo-
pies of the double monarchy had de-
pended on him. He had not it is
true. succeeded in giving new life 10
the mon archy, for the advisers whom
he chose were not strong enough for
the task. He was a loyal friend OF
the alliance, even If he never forgot
1866, when Prussia and Austria had
| fought for hegemony in Germany.
(By this campaign Prussia seized the
leadership of the German states and
paved the way for the war with
France and the formation of the Ger
man empireD
At the beginning of April, 1916 the
! fiftieth anniversary of Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg's entry into the serY-
ice was celebrated at Kovno, l made
a short speech on that occasion and
CHANGED to mention. without adding
any comment, that the field marshal
In the first year Of his service. had
taken part in the campaign Of 1865.
My speech had hardly been report
ed when | received a letter from
Chancellor Won BethmannM to tic el-
feet that offence had been caused in
Vienna by my reference 10 the cam
palgp of 1855. He begged me to pre-
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ms army alto nc never luly Ies5'll'eI |,
IT, altn9ugh ,le WORKED hard ZOE II ahu
neIu Hlsn tne oiu lfauNloIS u iis
iAiperlal iorce' .
Burdens Became Too Heavy For
Young Austrian Emperor.
His death was an irreparable loss
to us.
! The murdered heir, the Archduke
Francis Ferdinand (whose assassina-
| ton at Sarajevo was made the eX-
cuse for the ultimatum 10 Serbia
/ which caused the wary, was not the
man of action he was commonly held
to be. Indeed. he was naturally vacil-
| lating and irresolute and by no means
| friendly to Germany Our emperor
made great efforts to turn the arch
duke and his wife to a friendly atti-
tude to us. TIis death was n tragedy
! and it's results disastrous. they have
! brought about for Austria, after -four
years of war, the fate that Russia
| the real author of the tragedy. in
| tended; true, Russia has ruined her
self in the process.
The M rdered heir would not have
! been the man to have taken over the
guidance of the double monarchy eff.
! ter the death of the aged emperor
the separatist tendencies had grown
too strong during the war, Misman.
agement had increased. In many dis.
tricts there was bad morale. both ir
army and people. War WEAKNESS wa.
growing and the longing for peace
was greater every day. 1t would have
REQUIRED no ordinary man to restore
| the fighting spirit to the double mon
archy and bring new life into the
Austro- Hungarian army,
| Resented Pardon OF Czechs,
| I first saw the Emperor Charles IL
December 1914. as archduke. HI
I gave the strong impression of youth
! fitness. AT the beginning of Novem
bcr, 1916. | saw him again. He haC
grown un and become more mani,
and smoke well on military subjects.
/! The burden OF his new and high DO
| sition was however, to become too
heavy for him. Anxiety grew on him
! He was always striving. and at tn,
/ same time gave Way to MANY mel
land in many matters. He was con
scious of the internal political diff
eultics of his double monarchy. anr
had plans fora league of the people
4 Of Austria under the house of Hans
burg. at the same time he was un
able to bring the Hungarians to a les
selfish policy. and could not max,
them abandon their foodstuffs block
Lade against Austria.
J It was characteristic of him that h
pardoned the Czech leaders who hat
openly worked against the monarchy
his fear of the Czech movement. an,
the whole weakness of the govern
mont and the monarchy, were rem
dered notorious by this conduct. Tn
only consequence was an encourage
ment of the separatist tendencie
among his mono German peoples. an,
grave mistrust among his Germans
who stood firm in their loyalty Il
their imperial house.
i The army, too, felt is as a slight
especially tho German officers an,
men, who were fighting courageous
for the imperial house and the double
/ monarchy. Countless of their Ger