The Last Rites.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 63, 6 July 1914, Page 5

The Last Rites.

ROYAL FUNERAL SERVICE. THE MURDERED ARCHDUKE. (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [Unked Press Association.] Vienna, July 5. Archduke Franz Josef, the heir-ap-parent, and other relatives attended an impressive funeral service at the Court chapel at Holburg. In silver coffins, ornamented with gold, the bodies were conveyed to Artstettin.

AN IMMEASURABLE SACRIFICE. AFTER THE FUNERAL. (Received 9.50 a.m.) \ Vienna, July 5. The bodies were interred in the presence of the Heir-presumptive and members of the family. The Emperor, in a letter to the Army and Navy, states: “The inscrutable will of the Almighty has demanded an immeasurable sacrifice from me and the Fatherland.” He expressed confidence in the loyalty of the forces.

Archduke Franz Josef received the children on their return from the funeral.

PRESS OPINION.

“Pesterlloyd,” in a communique, says: “Austria-Hungary does not desire war, but is justified in expecting Servia to fulfil her duties as honorable neighbors. The tone which the semi-official journal ‘Samonprava’ adopts in discussing the relations is proof that the Servian Government is unacquainted with the elementary principles of constitutional courtesy.”

“Pesterlloyd” advises care in fulfilling obligations in connection with the Archduke Ferdinand’s murder, which undoubtedly was piomoted in Belgrade.

ALL CONSPIRATORS ARRESTED. (Received 9.30 a.m.) Vienna, July 5. It has been ascertained that all the men implicated in the conspiracy against the Archduke have been arrested.