New-York tribune., 1919-10-05
The ExiIed
Archduke
Returns
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amused nlNiSei- ~ sAVoei'}, H0i'oci -eSS
,.seulls from the deck of the ship
,roceedng at full speed, Leopold Fer
ajuand, on one such occasion, indulged
IN the remark that it was wanton
cruelty to pick off the poor birds for
mere pleasures sake, and to let them
Diff. atop the waves, dead, or, what
xss still worse, paralyzed. This hu-
name warning offended Francis Ferdi-
nsnd beyond measure. The quarrel
grew hotter, until the temperamental
| Leopold, insulted, drew his sword.
They were separated by the officers
| Of the suite; but from that day on
Leopold saw himself avoided by all
like leper. At last they set him on
land at Melbourne.
"Remorse, constant brooding, the
loneliness of garrison Che was always
assigned to the worst posts by way of
punishment), as we'll as his bent for
Intellectual seif-improvement, drove
him to feverish, rather undiscriminate
reading However, he was sped
upon and reported to have read not
, only Hene, but even Nietzsche, and
to keep the works Of these ungodly
authors in his desk. That settled him
forever in tile eyes of the Emperor
Francis Joseph. who never r nr
cared for book. AS an archduke,
Leopold had nothing to hope or;
Instead, he faced cver-eAding per-
sacution Suspected and hated by the
then Emperor, embroiled in a mortal
feud with the future ruler. he saw
both his present and future ruined.
Only extreme humility and self-ef-
facement, repentance consistently sim
ulated, could have saved him. He was
not the sort of man to play a game
like that, to submit to the yoke forever.
THAT he publicly renowned his rank
and position and condescended volun
e"AAy I" tHS OtQl ScOiS TGOOIc was
never forgiven to him. His boiling
meant hard blow for the DYNASTY.
but, of course, in sense entirely diff
terent from what the dynasty con-
ceiyed. For Leopold was the most
gifted and humane OF all archdukes.
Not only externally did he bear re-
q
nose, his clever, scornful mouth, high
forehead, and big, b.ight, kindly blue
eyes, to the Emperor Joseph II; his
entire disposition, his passionate seek
ing for truth, his rich intellectual pos
abllties marked him true descendant
OF that greatest of his kin. To be
sure with the qualities he also shared
the defects Of Maria Theresa's son.
defects which were summed up once
BY Frederick the Great as follows:
The young gentleman has many talents;
tls pity he always makes the second
step first
Just the same, Leopold Ferdinand
could have accomplished a great deal
o1 good. But it is evidently the i'll
late OF the Hapsburgs that just their
most valuable sons were cast over
board while the inferior offspring
we're permitted to cling to the helm
WITH their shaky hands unto the very
hst
Leopold W6laing had borne in him
@e misery of exile and nostalgia
'of many years, up to the outbreak of
me war. Then he could contain him
"u no moro. He begged the En-
pefor Francis Joseph for permission
JOIN the army as a private. In
'sin he met with brusque refusal
even when he asked for chance to
return and do some work in civilian
capacity. Leopold Wolhing was never
20 tread Austrian soil again. Tor
'uFed BY homesickness, he journeyed
frequently to the frontier and walked
many miles uphill to catch glimpse
o. nls home city, Salzburg In our
'nsfained habit to regard kings and
princes merely as rulers who, when
s1'ted, mourn only the loss of their
power and exalted position, We are apt
!" forget that even these men feel
'as loss Of the native soil; that even
as'r hearts bleed with yearning for
'as home Of their childhood. At any
fass, this Is never mentioned whenever
mere Is talk about banished kings or
'nnces. Leopold Wolning's hair turned
'a'~ Ike snow in the years when
nostalgia consumed his soul's fire.
Nov, at last, he may return home.
oas before this could come about the
va Austria had to be crushed into
.ngments, the ancient house Of Haps-
Safx had TO go down in ruin. Leopold
"oining had been, seventeen years
go. the hrst rebel; he had, from his
S''t'on and In his own fashion, start
saa revolution. With the Crown Prince
saoolph and with Johannes Orth, he
nay sign Of the coming ruin slowly
e'1aeed by Francis Joseph. He was n
'.vfunncr without knowing it, And
'1"s h's family stray homeless, his
srpesual' Punishment has now come
IN end. While his mos. serene
N'as'ns. uncles and aunts, brothers
''c sisters wander around In the big
''fid' he, tn. prodigal. tho uprootcd
sa'' may return home, FREQ and un-