REFUGEE HAPSBURGS.

Taihape Daily Times, 9 July 1919, Page 3

REFUGE E HAPSBURGS.

According ‘to the G'rel'mu.n papers, it is only through British metliation that the lswiss .ll;ave llaeen [persuaded /go: allow Carl, ex-Kaiser of Austria and King of Hungacry, to seek refuge in their country from the woes that threaten him he remains at Imme_ The British Government is also stated to be trying to -obtain similar p(j-rmis-sion for the niigmtion of other members of the House of Hapsbmg to Switzerland. This luekless dyn‘asty"will .thu's re. turn as landless exiles to a 13,1151 which they quitted as defeated tyrants six hundred and fifty ‘years ago at the fiine of the heroic fight of William T9ll against them for his eotfiltry’s liberty. The ruins of their old robber castles still stand in the Canton of Aargan, Kaiser Carl ’s flight is one of the keenest ironies of history. It belies the proud motto of his ancestor, Frederick 111. of Hapsburgé-A.E.1.0.U., Austria Erit in Orbe Ultima, 101', Austria will last till the end of the e:art.h.