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THE SUN, SUNDAY, JULY 5, 1914.
NEWS OF THE WORLD TOLD BY THE SUN'S CORRESPONDENTS
I
RUSSIA MAY ABOLISH
PASSPORT SYSTEM
Cutvcriiinoiii Considers Move
Nil fell Would Oreatly Ueiic
fi(, Travellers.
Many Have Claimed Heirship to Austrian Throne;
New York Woman Says Her Son Is Royal Prince
KAISER FEARS EFFECT
ARCHDUKE'S DEATH
JHWS HOI'KITL OF ACTION
Americans Han on Orientals
(iiven as Justifieution
of Uxeluslon.
,lfntt ltirrrtiontlrnce to Tils Srx.
8- I'r.TKiii'BUiiij, Juno 25. U Is highly
pt .nsM tliat the Government will nuun
t,i. steps toward tlio abolition nf tliu
t irmrt lystcm Imtli fur Itusstuns and
fur (mills. If tills should bo done It lll
ml thi ten enr controversy between the
i ir n i oM-riiriiPiit mill tlio United States,
oiili began shortly after tlio settlement
tii" Itusso-.lapaneso war by the treaty
f Portimoutli. and which has been the
, of the abrogation f tliejreuty with
IV I'liit-'l Stutox anil no inuefi III feeling
(.. belli sides.
often has thi Itusslan Government
1 . i n Hi' point of mtiillflng the pass
(r sstem th.it notion tuken thin work
L tin Duma may In lug t.o fruit after all.
llifso f.ifi, however, remain on roooril:
I hi committee In tlio Diiina for the
co I'loration of resolutions hat approved
h iToixioal of tlio finance Committee, lor
tli abolition of passports for persons
i' -liing to go abroad, liiiini'illatn abolition
w,i opposed by a representative of the
(im. rnme-i, but he declared that In the
new passport law the (loverninont would
probably abolish p. imports altogether for
Iioih travellers entering and leaving Jtus-
IH
If this promise crystallizes Into definite
RCMoti It nil! bo of enormous licnctlt to
American Jews nnd will also bo a most
Imiiortant step In tho modernization of
Russia. The passport system an It now
stands, "modernized" a few years ago nt
th earnest solicitation of Russian busi
ness Hrms, allows tho gi anting of entrance
,nto Russia to Jews only In case such
Jm it are "bankers or heads of well Ifr.own
1 irge commercial firms." otherwise for
elKti Jews must secure the ipeclal permis
sion of the Milliliter nf the Interior to visit
ltuslun territory, and when permission Is
granted they may visit for a fined period
such localities as they need for their com
merce and Industry. This arrangement
natur filly led to serious complication!! and
proved n great drawback to Itusslan busi
ness, The nusslan Governm.nt roallzed these
difficulties by reason of the. fact that
many representatives of commercial en
terprise, an well as physicians, scientists,
clergymen, public representatives, artists.
c., could not enter tho empire under
the classification of "bankers or heads
of large commercial firms." Many In
stances hav b"en put forward. For In
stance. If a great foreign physician, a
Jew, wore called to tho bedsldo of n
patient In Russia ho would be hold up ho
Ions: at tho border waiting to get the
proper vUo on his. passport that the pa-I of theso posts, but tliat li hoped to be
tlent would pass beyond all earthly aid. ablo to serve his country in another ca
Porelgn Jews who wished to attend wed- I p.iclty.
dings, funerals or other events could not i Tronic knew his power among tho men
set Into thu country until too late, so i of tho north, and ho illd not wish to re-
tnat their visits were useless. I
Ttie abrogation of the treaty of 1S32
between ltussl.i and tho United Slates,
whicit agreement was annulled in the lat
ter part of 1912, was directly caused,
a ' well known, by the attitude of this
iioiernmcnt on the Jewish passport ques
tion, tlio United .States claiming for all
,ts citizens, no matter what their religion,
t.pi.il treatment abroad.
i'liH tlovernnieiit hero objectid on tho
KKiund that tho United States would not
.'Inn- Itu.-Hl.t'n MnliamiiKtlan subjects to
nte - the United States, and as It did not
itmril any favors to Its own Jews there
"..i tio reajoii, why It should accord
i.wors to Jews from the United States.
VI . i itti i r KoUovsteff, until recently I'rlnio
aI.ii.si r, once pointed out very clearly
'.lit tli" restrictions placed on Jews en
tet.iii; ltuMa wrc necessarily thn policy
ii' the iioernnieiit. Just as tho United
-. i tes liovevntrient has legislated against i
i ipa'iese, l'hliie and Hindus. Ho as--rt,
. that It was not ntalnst Jews of
Am '.i. in nationality only that the tJov-
lament acted, but against nil foreign
ii ws who. in the eyes of tho flovcrnmvnL
i uiiiles.i.ible aliens.
Tli. large number of Jews In busl-
M as heads of Important houses or
rav iling (.ale-mien has In recent years
nnd.- tiie iJoierniiieiit somewhat lenient In
U measures regarding passports. In
I9n a commission was formed headed
lv s nator Dm novo to Investigate the
v i'.- situation. This commission sub-
i Hod a iciHirt urging that all Jews
lould have their passports vlsd uiion
complying with certain formalities. But
1nr ng the discussion of the project It
was pointed out that such a provision
was undesirable because It would result
In an Influx of Jews who would not only
h'P to irowd the "Pnlo of Settlerrent,"
where ihy would not be tolerated, but
would also attempt to settle permanently
n Ilussls.
The funa.mental outlines of the com
mission's report were submitted to the
Crar nnd then referred to the Council of
Kmplre for consideration. After the
manifesto of October, 1805, granting
rtussla constitution, tho reform was
shelved. Nothing more was done In the
matter, but the United States Government
m allowed to believe that tho Investiga
tion was being continued, while as a mat
ter of fact the commission was dead.
It U pointed out In St. Petersburg cir
cles, where the recent land controversy
between the United States and Japan has
ben followed very closelv, that this con
troversy and that between the United
States and Russia on the passport ques
tion resemble each other In a great many
ways, only that while the Washington
Government demanded that rtussla open
her doors to American Jews, and conse
quently Jews of all nationalities, It has
turned a deaf ear to a practically Identi
cal request from Japan on twhalf of all
ber ettliena, and not merely a small por
tion of them.
60,000 NATIONAL VOLUNTEERS.
ilm Jtule "Arms" Has 35,000 Men
Ajrsaea and Drilled.
AST, June it. According to g
wes which reach Unionist workers In
this dty the national volunteor force Is
about 25,000 men armed and drilled.
The total enrolment Is vein uncertain,
but Is estimated at about 55.000 or GO,-
000, excluding men who have allowed
mesr names to be taken but have not
attended more than one meetlnc.
in Ulster volunteer force has a
atrength of about 55,000 or 60,000 and
"third line" of about 40,000 or 45,000
mora Its rifles are largely Germon and
Italian. Those of the national volun-
" are largely American.
Where Is the Perfect Woman t
IiONTiorr. June 9A. n.loMiim tins been
,r'liig to discover the perfect woman. Ac
cording to a symposium In Brussels, she
mu-t possess tho tlgure of an American,
the elegance nf n 1'renchwomHn, tho com-
of n KrislMi wlrl, the hair of
n Austrian, ths eyo of an Italian and
"i profile of a Spaniard. So far tho
.roAtur ha eluded diioorenr.
PRENK BIB DODA PASSED
THIRTY YEARS IN EXILE
As Youiifr Mnn, Present Do
fender of Alumina Capital
Was Kidnapped.
Thr lollnusng In bt Titr Sun's .ijtertnl
correspiitn-Jetir toto I'Mted the lialkan
Slates recently:
Trenk Itlb Doda, who Is conducting the
defence of tho Albanian capital and who
Is the. leader of the native forces against
the Insurgents, Is tho chief of the great
Mlrdlte-tribe and the most Intluentla! man
of the north Albanian mountains. Ho
was tho Head of ono of tho provisional
governments bofor tho arrival of tho
l'rlnco of Wled, was an opponent tliat
.managed to hold In check the ambitions
of KsshiI Pasha and was named among
tho native chieftains an a man who would
make a good ruler of his turbulent
country.
When Essad's Cabinet failed he was
asked to take tho Foreign portfolio In
the new Cabinet, and when he refused
lie was offered tho post of Homo Affairs.
To Tub Sun correspondent ho said at the
timo that he had been out of touch with
diplomatic Ufa for io many years that ho
did not llko to tal'.o upon himself at such
ii critical timo the responsibilities of either
main In Durazio to gl up his energies !
mid timo lu surmounting artlliclal ob-
stncleu to .secure what lu. considered petty
ends. Ho went back Into the mountains
and sent out the annoiincemont to the King
ueiving
that h had lu readiness 8,000 men who!""' 1,1 ew. -orl city in
would com., tn Durallo. ouell tho Insur.
rectlon unil defend tho throne. Ho said i
that If that number was not tmiTlclcnt j
ho could Increase It another B.OOu by en-1
listing tho Catholic and Mohammedan
Mallssoros who would flock to his
Standard.
I'renU Tit Ufa the I'lelil.
I'rtrt of this force was collected at
Altjislo; sonio of them were sent down
In the early days of the Insurrection to
ion iui
act as palaco guards, and later a larger I
detachment was despatched to take the
Held under the leadership of Prenk him- 1
self against the forces that hud been gath-
oral In tho neghborhood of Tirana and
Klbasjan.
Prenk Hlb Doda. or Prenk Pasha as
tho Mohammedans call lilm, always re-
gretted that he was not able to give more
IPS: SmZS
Prenk Illb Doda. or Prenk Pasha as
chapter In the history of Albania. When
bo was a young man Abdul Hamld heard
enough of him to know that he was too (
dangerous to leave In flio mountains so '
hu had him tnacherouily kidnapped on I
board a Turkish man.o'-war and carried
on io oiisianiinop.c. ue was noi per- j
W-ffl aVXrtll0 hrr,be:
mourned his loss and refused to accept
another leader. '
Flnally tho 'constitution was declared
and Albania was asked to ratify It. Every 1
trlbn notified the Young Turk commit-
ten that It was ready for the great rati-
flcatlon meeting at Scutari
i . mM ... tamer on accour.; or ins inratuat on Tor
0rwordUo0Snee,ab2otlher' Ufr PPon was defeated on
;z?ZTnZr:r ?.:lc.!i..wa.?,,t.h:
Mlrdltes, the niojt
The committee
of the Mlrdltes
his people there might be trouble. The
'"""":u"""uu:7 . "I'.
rience In dealing' with both Turks and ' seeking a dlvorco from her In the State 1 children or that any such pledge can
Albanians, replied that he was only the , of New York, wtuld havo done well to , regarded In law ns In any desree
spiritual head of the trlbo and that the make surn that she really owned the binding upon them,
real head was at Constantinople. The nama under which she married him nnd Count von Sternberg has made a num
oommltteo took the hint, and that was why tnat tl)C ,,arentago which sho gave In 1 her of speeches In support of these nr
Prenk returned to his people. tlle certificate and In the marriage I Ktiinunts, which ho Iium even embodied
i. i- Trinmni,
v
mere never was sucn unomer aay in
the mountains as the day that he came
back, said the good Abbot Bonccl In tell
ing of the return. The people from all
over tho mountain land came In thou
sands and they covered the great bare
hillside, waiting for a glimpse of their
hero. At last, with his escort, he ap
peared, mounted on a white horse. A
mighty cry arose and thousands of
bullets swished through the air. He dis
mounted und the trlbismen, In their white
clothes and glittering arms, swarmed
. u I-.. i n-ul.
"3'ui, 3 ...'
gone away as a boy clad In the white
tunic of the hills; he had come back In
tho uniform of a Turkish General as
aide-de-camp to tho Sultan and attended
by two Turkish officers. Ho was never
again to leave them and they swore then
and there that, lead where ho would, they ,
WOUIU IOHOW,
In the days tliat they waited at Alts,
slo while tho Cabinet discussed whether
or not It was advisable to put them Into
the field they fretted and chafed, de
claring that they wanted only this op
portunity to make good the oath that they
had sworn the day of their chiefs re
turn. And they seem not to have failed
him but to have fought by his side as
faithfully as ever the Albanian of old
foutrht at the bidding of his chieftain and
be.
Prenk Is now almost 60 years of age,
but like the men of these mountains who
spend so much of their time In the open
ulr he appears still to havo the strength
and vigor of youth. As tho son of Bib
Doda he has In his veins tho blood of the
Dukughlns, the great lawgivers of Alba
nia who made the canons of the feuds,
and If the Powers were to look for u
native prime thoy could find none of
higher rank.
"Widespread Ignoranco Tfc
gimling Hapsburg Succes
sion Excuses Attention
Paid Various ."Rival
-Representations.
n- k. cuxijIWk owiijf.
T
HAT tho nssawilnatlon of the!
Austrian heir apparent nt Hara
Jovo on Sunday last Humid,
buvn Klvrn rlo to all norUt of
extraordinary ntorlrs oourrrnlng the
Kuccesnlon to tlio throne ot' the Otinl
Empire U not uurprisltur when the
lgnnranco which prevail about the
matter, even In the Mnpsbiirg monarchy
Itself, Is talieu intu consideration. It
Ih an Ignorunro which must serve as
an c-xcuso for tho attention accorded to
Count Adalbert von BlernberK' Halms
In behalf of j ounir Dnko Muxlmlllan of
ltolienberp, thn twolvo-ynar-old eldimt
eon of the murdered heir apparent by hi
morKannMo wife; claims that have ovea
been niado tho subject of serious ills
cusslon on aevoral occasions In tho na
tional Parliament of Hungary.
Were It not for thin Ignorance noth
ing but derision would bo accorded to
tho nretoiiHlons ot' tlio youn; woman,
a Mrs. Hayne. who has Induced a num.
ber of credulous; people hero In New
York nutuully to belluvo her assertions
to the effect that xlin Is a daughter of
the Ulo Crown l'rincc itudolf nnd of
taroiiPM Marie Vetsera, ami that her
Httlo boy Is therefore an Austrian
I'rlnoo and ono of tho lielra to Francis
Joseph's throne.
Not that Mrs. Hayne Is alone In her
absurd pretensions. Uurinif tho last
twenty years wo have received liter.
ally hundreds of letters from persons
noL omy nero in America but ulso In
llclglum, Kngland, Franco and Italy
declaring themselves children of Crown
IMnce Uudolf, some of them even claim.
Ins to be Itudolf himself or the mlsHlnc
.'.l,.l,l T 1 ' I . . ...
......... ..m. uuiui ouivmor; xneso Jotters
usually contalrrlng requests for money I
und Invoking Interest In the writer's!
CiLMP. U II Well fl H llA f 1 1. llmnn I
" .u.ttivinutii III inn
or her demands, fclome of tho writers
are mnttifestly frauds, but tho majority
seem to he cranks whose lock of mental
balance has resulted In their deluding
themselves Into the conviction that
they aro really tho persona, or rathor
personages, whom they allege them
selves to be. They etc afflicted with the
form of aberration known as tho mania
de.i grandeurs.
Airs. Hume's Strange Claim.
With regard to the woman divorced
some years ago by the New York courts
from Georgo Osborne. Hayno of New
York city, who named as corespondent
JuHtln U. JlcDougald, son of a wealthy
Cobalt mine owner making his home at
Montreal, she has, to tho best of my
knowledge, no vestige of a right to
siyio nerseit "uaroness Alma Vetsera,
nor yet "I'rlncetin Vetsera " nor vr
"1'rlneesB Alma of Austria." Several
0f theSo titles wero mentioned In
nertlnn win, ). -i..n i .
Zu , L ,i .n 'l. "''-f- ,l
con-
,,. ,, .... , ...... .. . .7 .
oatiiH
.....,,(,, i it. x on
Momo police court proceedings.
nu"'" court
"aronesa Marie Vetsera, whom the
woman In question alleges to bo her
mother and who died with Crown l'rlnco
Itudolf at Meyerllng on the 20th of
January. 1S89. left no child born to her
Infatuation fnr thn nl. ...... r.r .v.,. t.-.
- - ...v U ' , v. illU Jlll-
purer and Kmpress of Austria, This Is
a matter of such common nnd positive
inowicdgo to every ono of any stand
ing In Viennese society nnd In the
i,,,,i. ,iiii u ...... ,. ,
., ? , " 7 , , 11 ,M ul""
J-U,t lo understand how any woman In
ner "nwa can havo put forward prc-
tensions to any such parentage. I may
add that I speak from personal It now! - '
edge. For I knew Crown l'rlnco Itti- i
I
I
dolf, anil also Baroness Vetsera's father,
"''-"" i wns uiorougniy
acquainted DV "Im and by others with
his many family sorrows and
troubles,
Under the circumstances. It would be
Interesting to learn whether or not Mrs.
nnyne furnished any altldavlta ns to her
JW -hen she
' i...., ...
thn Canadian courts to secure tho llber-
"Hon of younu Justin B. McDougnld,
me corespondent or ner divorce case,
from tho sanltiirium near Montreal to
which he had been committed by his
. minor. Oeorce Osborne Havne. when
.ci, tin.), n U..IUI .inUAUi ttua mill It
license was correct, since If this wero
not ho, the union would havo been In-
validated bv fraud.
Of course the claims put forward by
Count Adalbert von Sternberg In behalf
of young Duko Maximilian of Hohen
berg are of nn entirely different charac
ter, since there Is no doubt as to the
parentage of the lad, who Is thn eldest
son of the murdered Archduke Francis
Ferdinand and of his morganatic con
sort, who fell Inst Sundy by tho hund
of the same assassin. Not that tho con
lOllUOII t
tention of the Count can be admitted.
:"t It has some apparent foundation.
being bnsed upon n misconception of
Austrian and Hungarian law nnd upon
a misunderstanding of the statutes gov
erning tho succession of tho crowns of
tho dual empire.
The Claim for Vonnir Duke,
The Count, who Is an extremely well
born but also exceedingly wrong
headed man of remarkably stormy ante
cedents, Insists In tho first place that
Hungarian law does not admit that any
marrlago can bo morganatic, and that If
a mnrrlage Is real It entitles the woman
to all the rights and prerogatives of a
wife, and tho children born of tho
union to the inheritance of all their
father's honors, rights and property.
On this ground he nriruea that If Arch
duko Francis Ferdinand had lived to
succeed to the thronn the Duchess of
Hohenberg, being Ills lawful wife not
his inorgunatlc consort In. tho eyes of
Hungarian law would have become Ipso
facto Queen of Hungary und her oldest
son the Ttoynl Crown Prince of Hun
gary. Tho Duchess of Hohenberg hav
ing died slmultaneuuuly with her hus-
dolf, and also Haroneus Vetsera's father Sternltoi
Ll Very handsome, charming nnd nopu- i ' r
lur miin) v . W(. lm,eellthoUB'h 'not fully wr
l!!?.""? W1? fro"w.,o,n lioUanatlo
H i B.lk
band, thus predeceasing tho old Km-
peror, the prob. em that might haw b en
created had Count von Sternberg's con-
tcntlon been correct has been cllml-
nated.
Hut according to him the next heir
to the Hungarian throne Is not young
Archduke Charles Kruncls, but thu or-
plianeU uuKo or Holienberg. Count von
Sternberg further alleges that while the
ixrcnuiiKo J rancis reminaivi was
arrnnicu nt l lie time or ni inor-
marriage to l.o illness r-opmo
Chotek In solemnly swearing on tho jjj tm, fonn unKl where membert, latures which gave their adhesion to the
Gospels and on tho crucifix. In the proa- f tj. reigning liousp aro coucernil." I Pragmatic Sanction tn the early part
ence of the Kmperor, of the members . oIcmyI replied 'hat neither nn oath ' nf the eighteenth century. This ulso ox
of the Imperial family nnd of tho high- j H!(, tlmt taken by tho Archduke nor plains why Archduchess Elizabeth, tho
est dlgnlUirles of tho realm that If ho HIiy f.lmy agreement could luivtr thu I only legitimate child of Crown Prince
succeeded to the throne ho would never slightest Influence on tho order of sun- ' Itudolf by his marriage' with Prlncows
under any circumstances raiso ills wire
to a s,oat thereon or to sovereign rank.
ho had no power to renouncu all rights
of succession to tho crowns of Austria-
uiiBur, itoiieiniu, io will uui.ir oi
his then nnlxirn children. Without nd-
1 milting that the young Duke of Hohun -
berg lias the slightest vestige of right to
i'i.'o m" ' .utim w
' throne, it cannot be denied that Count
.""tau"
.Is powerless to make any
n the name of his unborn
. ......
. valid pledgo I
In a book published n few years ago.
entitled "In the Chungn of Time." They
were hailed with satisfaction by the
members of that Independence party ut
, , . , .
liuuapest wmcn aims u u. i
severance of nil the ties that still unite
Hungary to Austria and which saw in
the Count's urgumcnta the possibility
or itungur ans naviuB once more a
separuiu ruicr oi men un.o iiidi. m
being subject to a King who was also
Emperor of Austria.
IT any .Magyar
Kmperor ! ran-
In order to choko off
aspirations of this kind
els Joseph caused tho Archduke's
sworn declaration, to which I havo re
fcrred above, us huvlng been mado on
tho evn of his marriage, to lie submitted
by his Hungarian Premier to tho
Parliament ut uuimpest. Aimougii
thero was much violent discussion, dur
Ing tho course of which tho Opposltlun
turned the views of Count von fcttcrn
herx to tho best possible account ami
the controversy wns fully aired, yet tho
Archduke's declaration was eventually
; accepted by the Magyar Legislature
I witii an ovenvnniming uiajornj.
To
Annoy
ItelKlllnir House,
In spite of this, the matter every now
and then la brought up again '.here,
whenever an opportunity Is afforded
or doing something dlsagrecablo to the
reigning house of Hapsburg; and on
tho occasion of tho young Duko of
Ilohcnbcrg'a birth Deputy Polonyl, a
well known member of thu Opposition,
brought forward a motion to congratu
late tho Arolnlulto on tho birth of a
son and heir. The motion was defeated,
after u speech from tho Premier, Count
Tiszu, who declared lu the Uotus that
Ltiuy A. V. Hayne and Master K. Hayn-.
t t
"the honorable deputy's Intention can
only have been to cnttsn unpleasant,
ncsa, and to exploit tin; Miccutsor M
tho throne and his family affairs for
party purposes In u way which mill-
tales against 'tho respect which wn nil
IIWI, to the heir apparent. The Arch-
duko by his own lesolutkm has so
I ordered his family affairs that his rhll-
,ren are not members of tho reigning
family, nnd for this reason tlm national
Leglslatine tloes not give expression to
. i. interest In occurri-ncca in li s him-
Ph8lon aH rstai.n.shed by Hungarian
lnW- TllChe IuWHi ,, ;il(li riruBnUc
clll(ir,.n by u morgannt!c wife ns ca-
pnWe of fluc(.fcrling Just us much ns
thoi!p o K non-niorganntlc wife.
Pfcmler Tlsza again arose and there-
1 nriile the following declarntlotr
. 1)t (lln(iamprltai Hungarian law.
i,n,vn as th Prairmatlo Sanction, ex
, .tlStatw o no o ho comll
m
, " ,
. '?,
gary
successor to the throne of Hun
gary must be an Archduke of Austria
and the ruler of Austria. Archduke
Francis Ferdinand's suns, however,
cannot be regarded as Archdukes."
The Ptiigmatlu Sanction Is not, as so
many people seem lo believe und us Its
nume might Imply, a mcro Imperial de
cree of a Uyzantluc, that Is to say, of
nn autocratic character. On tlm con
trary, It Is a statute, or series nf stnt-
i utes, which received nearly two liun
l (. a i i
Jtfj years 0 leplalatlve continuation
I udhc!4lon b c.leh of tll0 various
, Htaltg op ,.roVlnces unltC(, n(lcr ,
',0 of , ouso of Hupsburg. Hun-
Rttry.H parliament gave Its entire ad
lioslon thereto in 1723
It Is of Imporlunco to note hern
tlmt although iihe was the last to give
esIsiiltlVo rutlllcut!on to the Pragmatic
Suncl,on Hul,Bury hnJ been tho tlrat
to suggest It even prior to 1713, when
tho decree wns first promulgated. For
tho sako of her own protection against
tlle Turks, who had so frequently lal'l
Wllst0 thn nn0ftnt Wngaom ' of St.
Stephen, she had pressed for the closest
kind of union, not merely dynastic but
also military and economic with tho
remainder of the Hapsburg monarchy,
Prnamntlo function .Not a Myth.
Tho Pragmatic Sanction was after
ward communicated by Charles VI, to
the various Powers of Kurope, each
expressing itu approval, und good will
in thu matter. To say, therefore, as
is so widely ulleged In Hungary, thit
the Pragmatic Sunctlon Is a myth und
a forgery Is preposterous. Indeed, it
is umarlne that any person of education
and Intelligence should attach the
slightest Importance to such a pal
patio lie originated by old I.ouls Kos
suth, tho leader of tho rebellion of
1849; all tho more us that portion of
the Hungarian Constitution revised
und reenactcd In H87, which concerns
the relations of' numpiry with the re
mainder of the Austrian Empire, U en-
tlrely based upon tho Pragmatic Sanc
tion. The Pragmatic Sanction, briefly
npcaltlng, provides two things! first of
nil, for tlio siiL'corslnti of women to tho
Austro-ltungarlan throne In default
of malo heirs. Uti to the beginning of
tho eighteenth century the Salic law
hud prevailed In Clermany, with the re
sult that on rnrh occasion when tho
main line of n dynasty died out san
guinary wars of surccsiilon ensued. In
which neighboring countries wero also
Involved. Half of tho wars of the
Mltldtu Ages Indeed wc.ro mused by
conllletM lu connection with tho .suc
cession to tho- throne.
The, Pragmatic Sanction permitting
females of the Hnpsburg ilynast to as
cend the throne In default of any male
helm was devised so as to put nn end
to these, stru
ggls by providing for ttertnnn new-papers tal.e pebslinlstliJ
l. All tho male -clous f ',n coiisetjurm-i, of the iisMsilna
it..h.nt e f Arcliillik.. Kram-ls lVrdliiand nf
the succession
.. ' i ""J'"-"-'"'-
ganatlo birth nro trom tho moment .
that they come Into the world Arch
dukes, and us long us there remains tin
Archduke, no matter how remotu from
the Austro-Hiingurlan throne, no arcli
diicliess, howuver near, can succeed
thereto. This disposes for nil time of
tho story that Kmperor Kruncls Joseph
contemplated at ono moment altering
i tho succession In lavor of his youngest
' and favorite daughter. Archduchess Va-
lone, and of lier sons. Ho could not
i do this without securing tho sanction
of every ono of the dozen or more I.egls-
Stephanie of Belgium, now Countess
I.onjay, liu-s no prospect of succeeding
to tliu throne of her grandfather until
a hundred or so of the now living nrch
dukes have passed nway without male
posterity.
Tlio second and perhaps the most Im
portant feature of live Pragmatic Sanc
tion of two hundred years ugo Is that
It provides, by popular will, for tho dy
nastic union of every one of tho nation
alities embraced In the Hapsbun? mon
archy under a slnglo sceptre. It stands
In the way of any secession or of the
setilng up of some member of the house
of Hapsburg other than the Austrian
Kmperor as King of Hungary or of
Bohemia or of Croatia. The Pragmatic
Sanction establishes not only by the
will of the sovereign and of the dy
nasty, but also by tho legislative will
of all tho people, concerned and with
tho approval of the foreign Powers, that
the monarch who reigns at Vienna shall
likewise rulo over every other portion
of tlio so-called Dual Empire, There
Is no possibility, therefore, of the Hun
garians ever putting Into execution the
project often openly dls-cu&sed by the
Magyar press of electing on the demise
of Emperor Francis Joseph some other
Hapsburg Prince than .the heir uppa
rent, Archduke Charles Fruncls or
olso the young Duke of Hohenberg'
as their King,
Hilled by Chnrlra VI'.s Descendants.
The Pragmatic Sanction stipulated
not only that the possessions ot the
house of Hapsburg should always re
main united under one ruler but also
lliut they should be ruled by Charles
VI.'s descendants.
As two of his nieces had married
foreign rulers, ono the Elector of Ha
vuriu and tho other the Elector of Sax
ony, ho Insisted upon their renouncing
by a solemn outh all rights that they
might havo had to his possessions, eave
such as they enjoyed under tho terms of
the Pragmatic Sanction, And It Is from
this timo forth that dates the custom
with which every Archduchess of tho
liousu of Hapsburg Is) forced to comply
on tho ova of her marriage of solemnly
proclaiming with her hand on tho Gos
pels her renunciation of all rights to
tlio Austro-IIungarian crown and pos
sessions, save tlioso which she onjoya
under the terms of the Pragmatic Sane
tlon.
German Kmperor ruderstood
and Could Handle, l-'rau-ci.s
Ferdinand.
HAD SYMPATHY FOIl HIM
yovereign Ma. Mukc New Aus
trian Heir Ills 1'upil in
Hlau.'Mnansliip.
SreHat I'abtt lfnitci tn Tin Six,
nent.in, Jut t. The majorlly of the
Austria, whose Iom. from n political taml-
tmiM ho M. i h.,,.,.
than smong tlio high nobility, by whom
lu- was not lot t'il.
"Wo bear the future thunder rumbling.
Noinj can now teo tho cotoeinie ucer of this
dastardly deed," eiiys Hie Iterllnir fi-nrali
.Vucnrlebfon. "Quo Vnills, Alls: rlaV asks
tho llerlinrr (Imetle.
Some of the newspiipcis "leu profess
to ren In the :isKissln.itlim the ' oils of
tho dreaded war brlvtetli tin Slav unl
' tlerinanlc raced through Austria liceom
lui: Imolvcii wllh Ser!in, lit whoso doors
, iitihllr) opinion ny tho respoialblllty
for the assaselmiMoiis.
filploiinits who ha!ti itrrlvtd Jtcrx. from
Kiel say tho news of llu assiiBsliiallon
tmide n deep Impiesslon nn tlio Kaiser.
Willi tho exception of hit: wife, no mil
knew or undsrttooil or could handle tits
lain Archduke like Kmperor William,
while tho Duclier of lloiiinberg wits far
inoro highly roiisldeiril at tlio litrinnn
court 'lian ut lit r own.
Tne K. Iser had a peculiar ej mpatliv
with the co'.il, utislere Archilul.e, Ah the
emnm.tniler In chief of the Austrian army
and navy Kmperor William vanleil lilni
ns uliniixt already a ruler. IIl Iih:usc'I
with tilin ii!tiitu.illtett when' tie ro.n
blneil notion of (ho ticrmun ami Atisttl.in
fort'CN uilglit be tieceMar. Tills lias been
changed by the assassination at Sara
jevo, which removed Austria's ono strong
man, which, as a diplomat said, "for a
time knocks the third leg from under
j the Tripl't Alllanoe."
i Mltle Is knortii III iJernian:- of Arch
duke t'h'irleM p'r.uiciH Joseph, the new
heir to the Austrian throne, lie is re
garded .is being wholly iinlnifiatod in
state.Mimr.shlti. He Is looked upon as
merely a pleanmt joiing man of an agree
nble personality who Is fond of Hie good
things of life. He is a daring rider. Ho
ulso Is foiiil in' ligiit intern, otuiiedln
nml fnrcH and mw fifty porfornianres
of "The Waltz Itreain" at Prague Home
predict that the K.ileer will wion bn busy
In an endeavor to make Archduke Charles
Ills pupil in ntatt'tmanshlp.
Meanwhile It Is ruiuorid that n bih
will bo laid before Hie Ilelchstnt; this
fall providing for an additional appropria
tion of money ami more ta.MS and thon
an Increase of tlm army on the ground
that Gvrinuny must bu pri pared now more
than ever before to rely upon liurself.
Tho assassinations lit Sarejevo virtu
ally killed the Kiel week. The new. fell
like a pall and Hie Kaiser in a moment
became a changed man. When lie left
Kiel on Monday mo.'tilng he looked as
If h had itged over night. .Mr. tlerard,
tlio American Ambassador, and thu nieni
Sees of tint embassy who accompanied
him to Kiel reinaliu.il on Allison V Ar
mour's yacht Utowan.i until Thursday.
THREATEN PARIS'S LEADERSHIP.
Munich, Vienna unit llrrllii Are
A til
bilious Artistically.
Paris, June IS. The reputation of Pari!
for good taste In all matters of artistry
Is In tho balinco and there are many
signs that her dominance Is crumbling.
This city has now a triumvirate of vlrllx
rivals In Munich. Vienna anil Berlin.
Munich Is attracting artistic genius from
till over tlio world, lor the purpose of
practice. There ire mum than r.,000 wri
sts, prore.sors, practitioners and stu
lents In the Hivarlan capital alone.
In substitution lor dirt and illseass
rotted f.tu.irtler I,.illii, or the vice Infested
region of Montniartie, the artist nuarler ot
Munich Juts broad and spacious streets,
clean and sanitary ilwillliigs and a won
ilerfull; reasonable scale of living, In
order lo study art It Is no longer necesary
to live 111 couilltlniis or niedheval piggery.
IIRlriin and genius arc not Incompatible
elements.
You can know "Munich stylo" br Its
bold, broad splashes of intor nnd Its se
vere simplicity of line. Tills Is not the
"noiiveau art" of the early years of the
lentury, wriggly and snaky and curllcn-
esiiue. It Is based on the slralnht
'Ine, the sipinre and the plain circle and
It is sane and plenK.int tn live with If
you Insist on an ancient analogy. It Is Gre
cian simplicity lu a modern ruialHsance
nf feeling.
Dress fashion is more espreinlly the
creation of Vienna In the triumvir ite of
Muillch-Vlriiim-ll-i'Ilu. Vlrnnii hits all the
daring and smartness fo, which p.irls has
gained Its reputation, plus thr virility of
youth. It l claimed, with seeming ra-
on, that nowhere rlc in lluroi.e a tli re
s-iieli urtlsts In the "l.illonnadn." Thn
new fabrics for dliss uml home decora
tion which Vc:.na Is now pinning oicr
Kurope nro startllugly be.iutiiul and origi
nal, They open up u whole new territory
of color harmonies.
Berlin Is the commercial p irtner In tlm
trio. Here are hard headed business men
who are thrusting Into the markets of the
world tho creative thotncht of Munich and
Vienna, Recently Berlin utaged an exhibi
tion of 'Herman dollies'' In order to prove.
that Vt is Ik no longer the undisputed ar
at Pjj Is Ik no long'
ler (ft fasiilon.
biter i
TURK, HOPE FOR SEA MASTERY.
Ul it Ksial llnllilliiK 1'lmi In Coarse
Of Ktl'CtltllMI.
Ixinpo.v, June :C- -The new rrlsls that
has arisen In the relations of Greece and
Turkey turns attention to Turkey's of.
forts to cteito u naval force that will
end Greece's predominance on tho seas.
An elaborate protrampte of pew con
struction has ben decided upon and
most of the more InuxirUnt couftuts
have nlr'.ady In en placed. The bulk of
the work Is to be done In lh, gland, but
eight torpedo lm.it dustrow. und Inrre
submarines w.lll l: hu.lt in Frnnce,
Messrs. Vlckers and Sir W. O, Arm-strong-Wliltwortli
i Co., who have under
taken tho reurgnndt'.itloti of tin- Turk, h
fleet, have received orders for two dread
nouuhts as well as several crulsera and
destroyers. Moreovor. the former firm Is
completing tlm battleship IteshaUleh, with
t ill'nlicejnent of ','S 000 tons nnd ten
IS. 5 Inch gunr, for the Ottoman Gov
ernment, wlill the la'ter In llnlslilng th
Sultan CtHinnn 1., which was bought from
Brazil and has a displacement of 2?,5Qri
tons and u main armament of fnurtcn
12 Inch guns. A big floating dock Is also
being built tor Turkey, and the dockyard
at Const otliH'iile Is to be modernized.
As regards the plans nf Greece two
Vnlted States Ii lleslilp will b, bought
The Greek AdrAlty Is ucgotlat nic also
for the purchase of the two Argentine
dreadnoughts HlvitOavia and Moreno,
which am Hearing completion In Ameri
can yards.