The Washington times., 1934-03-12
DROVE THE CAR
Of ARCHDUKE
Of AUSTRIA
Slowed Instead of Speeded;
Gave PrinCip Big Chance
l. For Sarajevo Murder
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corner and drank sliowitZ.
To-day the wineshop Is full OF
customers in fezes, drinking Sill
owitz.
That day 20 years ago. the boy
was the only customer. Every
body else was crowding the side
walks. Gavril Princip waited.
At 10 o'clock he Joined the
crowd, walked down to the corner
where the bronze tablet now
stands, and got place at the
curb.
From up the quay came the
sound of an explosion. An auto
mobile bearing a man and a
woman dashed down the quay at
top speed. The boy Shivered,
made a convulsive movement Of
his right hand in his coat pocket.
Too late! The automobile had
passed. It bore the Archduke
Francis Ferdinand and his con-
sort to the city hall. There the
heir to the Austro-H Hungarian
throne paused just long enough
to fling in the face Of the COVER
ing mayor:
you've received me cordial
"! With bombs! Wounded my
adjutant!"
Then, to the chauffeur:
"Get on! Back to my adju-
tant!"
The chauffeur misunderstood.
Instead of speeding straight on
down the quay, he jammed on
the brakes at the corner Of King
Peter Street, and swinging close
to the curb in order to make the
turn into the narrow thorough
fare, brought the car around at
walking pace within arms
length of the boy who had been
drinking sliowitz in the Cemz
Vinara.
He Then Fired Twice
Perhaps one can say the chauf-
feur, whose name has not been
recorded in history, started the
World War.
Gavril Princip was no expert
p1SCo1 SnoC.
He never could have hit 0
speeding car.
With his pistol almost touch
ing the archduke he fired twice
and afterward said he never in
tended to hit the archduchesS.
They both died before Princlps
revolver stopped smoking.
Today, in Sarajevo can be found
q little known pamphlet that con-
tainS the last words Of Princip. It
consists of the notes made by the
Austrian physician, DR.. Pappen-
helm: in talks with Princip in
prison.
Princip was mortally sick when
he talked with DR.. Pappenheim,
In June, 1916.
The curious red.tape Of Austrian
Justice had saved him from the
gallows, for the death penalty
could only be applied to persons
above 20 years old, and he lacked
. month of 20.
The red-tape did not, however,
save his life. He had been beaten
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In such foul quarters that he
eventually died.
A Strange Recital
His conversation was in broken
German.
'Father 81, mother IS. Two
brothers. Father didn't drink.
was head of my class. Aus
trian professors treated me
badly. Read many books, an
archist, socialist, nationalist.
Never talked much, fell in love.
Ideal love. Never kissed her.
Always thought Of her. Never
wrote her.
"Our ideal, all students ideal:
Onion Of JugOslav people: Ser
bianS, CrOats, SlOveneS, but mot
under Austria. Thought If we
brought Austria in difficult pO-
BitiOn, revolution would come.
''Never thought war would
come. Could not think such
world war would break out on
account Of Such q thing.
4AUuSAO WUEIU WAL uAASH6 UEC0A
cut some time, but not then.
Thought would be Just rev.
4OlutiOn.
"Have heard tragic thing.
That Serbia exists no more"
Today in Sarajevo three Jugo-
slav soldiers, tall, brown, lean
faced, stop and read the inScrip-
ton on the corner where "The
War Started" Proclaimed Lib
erty!"
They are the only persons in
sight.
:. It is a Mohammendan holiday
and Sarajevo, half -Moslem, is
quiet. The only sound is the
rippling of the water in the river.
and the clang of the soldiers
boots as they turn and walk
away.
T0nloroD-SGrajeDo on Whether
Another War Will Come
Reports Insist Mary
"STI D~SS n- o.