TRAGEDY RECALLED
AUSTRIAN GENERAL DIES. ' SPAR K THAT ’STARTED TH E WA R i . VIENNA, December 21.
' -Field-Marshal 'Oskar von Potiorek, •in whose motor-Car the Archduke Franz 'Ferdinand hvas "assassinated at ’Sarajevo, died to-day at 'Klagenfurt, [Austria. • The assassination was the . spark which led up to the Great War, as it iproduced flic ultimatum from AustriaiHringary to Serbia which brought in ;the other Powers. I. Potiorek had had a lightning pro■motion. His fortune turned when, as 'Governor of BosniaTHrirzegovina, he "failed to ensure Franz Ferdinand’s safety.
• As'Balkan commanderf n-cliief in th'c War, he was speedily‘placed on the defensive and followed disaster. The Serbs droye him from Belgrade two days after lie had captured it, and ho Whs ’rtepi'jived of ibis command. He had since lived in retirement.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 December 1933, Page 6
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127TRAGEDY RECALLED Hokitika Guardian, 30 December 1933, Page 6
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