... the news of the impending visit of the Archduke was first announced. Attempts were made to persuade the Archduke to give up the trip, but determined to go. and only wanted his wife to remain at home. The Archduke was regarded in certain Servian quarters ...

... bore. He read the messages, and sank into his chair like a man stunned. When mastered himself, and looked up, the Archduke Francis Ferdinand standing beside him. What!” cried to him bitterly. ”Is there calamity known thi« world which is to be spared to ...

... when the Archduke raised his hand and spoke as follows, in voice in which resentment was blended with emotion:— Mr. Mayor, come to Sarajevo to make a friendly visit, and are greeted by a bomb. This is outrageous. Then, after pause, the Archduke said:—• ...

... place in the hierarchy immediately after them Francis Ferdinand was not content with half successes. His wife was a clever woman and did not out her way to malce unnecessary enemies. The Archduke had Ids party, which looked likely to the party the'future ...

... the second shot struck the Archduke in the throat, severing the carotid artery. The Duchess fainted away and fell on the knees of the Archduke, who also lost consciousness in a few seconds. Besides the Archduke and his wife there were in the car the officer ...

... and medicine produced the desired effect. Francis Ferdinand became well able as any his relatives take his place in public life, and had to lie reckoned with. The question of finding a wife for the Archduke became urgent. There were plenty of Archduchesses ...

... AUSTRIAN murders. aged emperor liV VIENNA. HOMAGE THE PEOPLE. European PRESS COMMENTS. ARCHDUKE’S LAST WORDS. Sophie live for our CHILDREN.” sssasßination the Archduke Ferdinand and hin consort, aldealt with editorially by most of Continental journals, does ...

... popular of the younger members the Imperial family. ARCHDUKE’S FUNERAL. THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE KING. The King has decided to send special representative to the funeral of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, and it probable that either the Duke ...

... will return to Ischl. It would seem a miracle that the occupants of the motor car which was following that of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and under which the bomb exploded. only two persons were injured, as the splinters of the bomb made no less than ...

... and read the oath from a paper which he held his left hand. This is the remarkable text of it:— I, Francis Ferdinand, by the grace of God, Archduke Austria, swear to God the Almighty that I recognise the House Laws always, and, in the case of my marnage ...

... HOW THE SECRET CAME OUT That secret came to light because Francis Ferdinand —or perhaps hie valet—was o careless packer. bad been at Halbthurn on visit to the Archduke Frederick; and when he had taken his departure, a servant came to the Archduchess Isabella ...

... front ot him and embraced him tenderly. Her arms were still clasped round the dying Archduke when a second bullet entered her body. The last words of Franz Ferdinand, according the same authority, were oophio, live for our children.’' The assassin Princip ...