THE HOUSE OF HAPSBURG
STARTLING REVELATIONS OF malpraCtices. (Eec. January 2<i, 5.5 p.m.) ■ Vienna, January 23. Investigation of the records at the Ministry of \\ T ar resulted in startling revelations of the malpractices of members of the House of Hapsburg. While the Austro-Hungarian Empire was ' suffering terrible privations Emperor Karl was receiving from the army commissariat sufficient to feed fourteen thousand, men, though the household only consisted of seven. The Archduke Frederick, while Commander-in-Chief, was engaged in corrupt transactions yielding ft profit of many million kroner. The Archduke Leopold Salvatore, while Inspector-General, made a million sterling out of the sale of vegetables. The Archduke Max. the ex-Emperor's brother, indulged in a life of riotous enjoyment at Gounden. Two other-Archdukes took large sums from the Army funds which were paid to women.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 104, 27 January 1919, Page 4
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133THE HOUSE OF HAPSBURG Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 104, 27 January 1919, Page 4
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