The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-04-07
= ! ENDS LIFE
OF EXILED RULER
Charles Last Of Hapsburgs To Reign
Over Austria-Hungary Dies
OF Pneumonia.

FunCnal. MdutIlds app II - N-A'''
les I. former Emperor of Austria and
King of Hungary, died hers this
morning at 1880 o'clock. The exil-
Cd monarch had been suffering from
pneumonia for more than a week.
Charles. who retained conscious
ness until thu last, passed away IN
the presence of his wife. the former
Empress Zita, and their eldest SON.
Francis Joseph Otto. one-time heir
apparsnt to the throne of Austria
Hungary.
r Zita. when the condition of her
husband became critical, desired that
the physicians in attendance permit
her TO undergo the operation o. blood
TRANSMISSION in an effort to save him.
but the physicians refused their con-
sent.
His body will be embalmed, and
the expectation here is that it VIII De
taken back to Austria for burial.
On the announcement of the death
of Charles. all the commercial houses
In Funchal closed their doors as
token of respect.
Exiled, After Failure To Recapture
Throne
Former Emperor Charles OF Aus
tria-Hungary and his wife Zita were
sent into exile by the Entente Allies
ofter he had made two spectacular
attempts to regain the throne either
of Austria or Hungary. Thereafter he
was kept a political prisoner at
Funchal. on the Portuguese islanu Oh
Madeira, 400 miles off the African
coast. -.
After the establishment OF the
Austrian Republic on November H.
1918. Charles, who was then IN Aus
.r,o souqbt permission to remain in
that country, but he was asked u
1aave after ii was found he was plot
ting for his resumption of powers ne
left with his family late in March,
1919. and rented house on the
hanks of Lake Geneva at Pranglas'
where he resided for some months.
During this time reports of his al
legged plotting leaked out and Drough'
forth categorical statement from
the entente that the restoration Oh
the house of Hapsburg would not Dc
permitted. Charles had steaulas'i!
refused to abdicate, altho he was re-
. INFESTED to do so at various times
On March 20, 1921, he suddenly
ann: AIRED in Vienna, but hiss over
tures being repulsed by the Austrian
authorities. he went to Budapest
where he attempted to take over lhe
Hungarian government from Admlral
Horthy, Hungarian regent out WIN
ant success. Altho disa s1ointed by
the lack of support, the former EN-
no-or refused to leave the country
nIeadiug illness. Later he oftereu u
renounce all his titles, remaining as
a simple citizen.
The members of the little entente
Jugo-Slavia, Czecho-Slovakla ana hu-
mania, sent an ultimatum 10 Hun
gary demanding his election and on
ApriI 6 he re-entered Switzerland
which received him on the under
standing that he would engage in no
more intrigues or propaganda. me
Swiss increased their guard over hlm'
hut on October 22 he reached RaaD'
Hungary, having crossed the SWISS
frontier in an airplane.
He formed ''legitimist cabinet at
Raab and marched on to Budapest
with an army of 10000 men.
=. The Hungarian government sent
loyal troops against him and ne was
finally captured with his wife near
Komora and confined in the castle
at Tata Tovaros until the entente al
lies determined that he should not
again have an opportunity to attempt
coup d'etat, sent them to Madeira
November 10, 1921.