THE LATE EMPEROR.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 November 1916, Page 5

THE LATE EMPEROR.

HIS LAST MOMENTS. 'Amsterdam, Nov. 80. The late Emperor Franz Josef con«| tinued his usual activities on Tuesday,: but aggravated symptoms appeared at I 8 o'clock at night. • ; The Archduchess Valerie was CoH«'i ' stantly at his bedside with two doctors,i J. lie Imperial family, court dignitaries, 1 and 'Premier, were summoned. The! Archduchess Valerie read the prayers ■ ■ for the dying. The patient made a ges-! ' lure to the doctor and pointed' to his ■ ' throat, and died a second later, t The Kaiser was informed by teletj phone, whicfi communicates direct beti tween the palace and headquarters. ' ; The Lokal Anzeiger saya the Em-! peror's death has created a great gap,' especially when great events are decidi» .' ir.g Austria's future. Our will to riw t lory is as strong as ever. j i . ; Amsterdam. Nov. 22. ■ Franz Josef rose at his usual time On ' Tuesday. He engaged in Government matters, and gave an audience to Count Btirian. At 10 o'clock in the morning his condition got worse, and in the afternoon his temperature rose, and it was evident he might tlie at any wi* ment. - , ' J

TOO EASY AN END. , TOR A MAN WHO GOVERNED M/' BLOOD. deceived Nov. 23, 9,10 p.m. Rome, Nor. 28. Franz .Josef was regarded as the in<> carnation of the Austro-Italian enmity, and it is doubtful if Austria's enthusiasm for the war will survive his death. The newspaper Messagero says that deliverance was an undeserved reward for a man who governed for 60 year* in blood and by the gallows. He should | liave lived to sec the. decomposition od r Austria's monstrous feudal organism. Hay God show kindness in their last) journey to the individuals and peoples who have suffered from Austria'* via* lent rapacity anil not forgiVe him. / Amsterdam, Nov. £3. \ The death of Franz Josef wa» received indifferently in Berlin, where ho was unpopular. .Much is expected of his successor, who is a tool ia the liandg, of the Germans. " '' • ;. f

THE NEW EMPEROR. A DISMAL FAII.URM AS A GENERAL .Received Nov. 23, 11.10 p.m. ' London, Nov. 2'l. . The newspapers print long and outspoken, but not ungenerous, obituaries of Franz Josef, pointing out his belief that he ruled by Divine right. While under this delusion he became the catspaw of Germany. It is expected the accession of thai Archduke Karl will greatly diminish thei influence of Germany at the Austrian Court. The new Empress was born inj Italy, and has strong iFreneh sym< pathies, but it is unlikely that she wilf influence the war. v Karl has been described as "leathers headed,'' possessing no more capacity) for public affairs than the Cabinet. H< commanded the Austrians in Galiciaj in Serbia and in the Trcntino, and fin< ally in Transylvania, but everywhere! lie proved a dismal failure. His wife, Princess Zita, is a clever woman and an accomplished linguist. She finished her education and spent her holidays at a convent on the Isle of Wight, where hen sister is a nun. ,

Karl is a. fine horseman and a mo- 1 torist, aiul popular in the army. Ho represented Franz Josef at the Corona- ; tion of ICicg George V.