The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-04-06

Funchal, Madeira Former
Emperor Charles of Austria Hum
gary, died here today.
Former Emperor Charles and
his wife, zita, were sent into exile
by the entente allies after he had
made two spectacular attempts to re-
gain the thrones either of Austria or
Hungary. Thereafter he was kept a
political prisoner on the Portuguese is
land of Madeira, 400 miles off the At
rican coast.
Charles and Zita were given pleas
ant home in the beautiful city of Fun
chal whose residents treated them
with friendly consideration.
Ex-empress Zita had left her chill
dren in Switzerland, and when one of
them was taken i'll the allied govern
ment permitted her to return to that
country and visit them.
After the establishment of the Aus
trian republic on November II, 1918,
Charles, who was then in Austria,
sought permission to remain in that
country but he was asked to leave
after it was found he was plotting for
resumption of his power. He left
with his family late in March, 1919,
and rented house on the banks of
Lake Geneva at Prangins, where he
resided for some months.
Makes Dash for Throne.
During this time reports of his al
legged plotting leaked out and brought
forth a categorical statement from
the entente that the restoration of the
House of Hapsburg would not be per-
mitted. Charles had steadfastly refus-
ed to abdicate although he was re-
quested to do so at various times.
On March 20, 1921 he suddenly ap-
peared in Vienna but his overtures
being repulsed by the Austrian author
tiles, he went to Budapest where he
attempted to take over the Hungarian
government from Admiral Horthy,
Hungarian regent, but without success.
Although disappointed by the lack of
support, the former emperor refused
to leave the country pleading illness.
Later he offered to renounce all his
titles, remaining as simple citizen.
British Take Him to Madeira
Switzerland, meanwhile, incensed at
his violations of his agreement not to
leave the country, was reported as un-
willing again to receive him. The mem
bers of the little entente, Jugo-Slavia,
Czecho Slovakia and Rumania, sent an
ultimatum to Hungary demanding his
election and on April he re-entered
Switzerland, which received him on the
understanding he would engage in no
more intrigues or propaganda. He
was ordered to remove his residence
from near the border to the central
part of Switzerland and did so, locat-
ing near Weighs. The Swiss increas-
ed their guard over him, but on Oc-
tober % he reached Raab, Hungary,
having crossed the Swiss frontier in
an airplane. He formed a "legitimist
cabinet" at Rabb and marched on Buda-
pest with an army of $1,000 men. The
Hungarian government sent loyal
troops against him and he was finally
captured with his wife near Komorn
and confined in the castle at Tata
Tovaros until the entente allies de-
termined that he should not again have
an opportunity to attempt a coup,
sent them to Madeira.
Charles still refused to abdicate and
the Hungarian government, on demand
of the allies, passed bill in the ma
tional assembly dethroning him an
permanently outing the Hapsburg re
gime.
A few days later he and Zita were
conveyed by a British warship to Fun
chal where they arrived November 10,
1921.
Had Been III a Week.
Former Emperor Charles was taken
i'll at his home in exile on the island
of MADEIRA slightly more than a week
ago. He was first said to be suffering
from fever, but direct advices from
Funchal on March % announced that
his malady was bronchial pneumonia
and later it was stated that he was
suffering from pneumonia with cebe-
bral complications. His condition be-
came so serious Wednesday that Ex-
IRENE Unction was administered.
The illness of the ex-ruler created
widespread sympathy among the mon
archists in both Vienna and Budapest.
One of the former court physicians
started from Vienna in the hope Of
reaching Funchal and attending the ex-
monarch, a subscription of several
million crowns being raised to defray
the expenses, while in Budapest it was
reported that Count julius Andrassy
had sold famous Rembrandt for 300,-
900 francs to assist the exile.
M N