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STORY OF A CRIME
ASSASSINATION OF THE ARCHDUKE CONTINENTAL PRESS VIEWS POLITICS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE AFFAIR. (Uy Telegraph.— Press Association.- Copyright) (Received June 30, 8.40 a.m.) LONDON, 29th June. Prince Arthur of Contiaught will represent the King at the Archduke Francis Ferdinand's funeral. Continental newspapers universally regard the crime as a political one. Vorwaerts (the German Socialist organ) declares that the crime shows that Austria more and more threatens the peace of Europe. The Russian press says that Austria is reaping what she has sown. A section of the papers regard the removal of the Archduke as removal of a danger to European peace, giving Austria an opportunity of reconsidering the course she has been following. THE FATAL SHOTS AFTER THE BOMBS HAD BEEN THROWN. "IT IS INFAMOUS." SERAJEVO, 29th June. Hedeljko Gabrinovic, the perpetrator of the bomb outrage, belonged to Trebinje, in Bosnia. He has been arrested. Afier the bomb had been thrown, the Archduke and his wife continued on their way to the Town Hall. When they arrived there, the Archduke, addressing the Burgomaster, said in a loud voice. "We have come to visit the city. Bombs have been thrown. It is infamous !" After a. brief reception, while the Archduke and his wife were proceeding towards the Military Hospital, whither a 'wounded aide-de-camp had been conveyed, Prinzip, a Servian student at the High School, dashed forward and fired two shots from a Browning pistol. The first shot hit the Duchess in the light side of the body, and the second struck the Archduke in thethroat, severing the carotid artery. The Duchess fainted and fell upon her husband's kjiees. The Archduke was instantly rendered unconscious. The two were conveyed to Konak, but during the interval / they succumbed. The two criminals ' were almost lynched. FURTHER PARTICULARS "IT IS AN AMAZING INDIGNITY !" ARCHDUKE'S RESPONSE TO AN ADDRESS. MURDERER'S CONFESSION. SERAJEVO, 29th June. The Archduke Francis and his wifo were motoring from the barracks to the Town Hall, and stopped outside the Girls' High School. They had restarted, when Gabrinovic's bomb struck the back of the ear, falling behind it and exploding under the second car, containing the Archduke's suite. Colonel Merizzo, one of tha occupants, was wounded in the neck. The Archduke stopped Ids car, and on learning what had happened, he proceeded. The pair were greeted with enthusiasm along the route because they had escaped ussassitiation. The news had already spread among the crowd When the Burgomaster began his addross, the Archduke sharply interrupted him, as cahJed. adding: — "It is an amazing indignity." He then said, after a pause; — "Now you may speak. The Archduke, responding to an address, acknowledged the loyal demonstration of, the populace, describing it as an expression of joy at the failure of the attempt. t Although agitated, the pair lost no time in driving to the hospital, when Prinzip consummated the crime. The Governor was in the Archduke's motor, but was uninjured. Gavrillo Prinzip is a Serb. He was born at Grahoyo, and studied for some time at Belgrade. Interrogated, he >leclared that for a long time he intended to kill some eminent personage from Nationalist motives. He fired when the car was slackening its pace in order to turn into Franz Josef -street. As the Duchess was in the car, he hesitated for a moment, and then quickly fired two shots. He dehies having accomplices. He stood at the corner of the street with his hand in his pocket, and was able to fire at close range owing to the narrowness of the thoroughfare. OFFICER TRIES TO PROTECT THE PRINCE LATTER JOKES OVER THE FACT. THE INJURIES" SUSTAINED. (Received June 30. 8.42 a.m.) SERAJEVO, 29th June. Count * Harrach stood om the footboard of the car when it was leaving the Town Hall in order to protect the Archduke from further attacks, an action upon which the Archduke joked with Count Harrach. When the shots were fired it was at first thought the Royal couple had again escaped, but an examination Tevealed the fact that the Archduke's windpipe had been torn and that the Duchess had had a large vein in the a-bdomen severed. Both bled to deatti. THE BOMBS MANUFACTURED IN SERVIA. (Received June 30, 8.47 a.m.) VIENNA, 29th June. It is stated that the bombs used were manufactured in a Servian gun factory. TROOPS CALLED OUT TO QUELL ANTI-SERVIAN -' DEMONSTRATIONS t MARTIAL LAW. (Received Juno 30, 8.45 n.m ) SERAJEVO, 29th June. Troops have been called out to quell anti-SarviiMi demonstrations. Martial law has been proclaimed. Gahnnovich (':) whs expelled frum Sarajevo two yeaiu :igo, but returned on the intervention of a Socialist member of the Diet. A numbev of fc>orvUn student*, when they hoard tho news, exdaiaifid.;
"Thank God, we do nob need to do it ourselves." All have been arrested as accomplices in the crime. NUMEROUS ARRESTS SUPPOSED WIDESPREAD CONSPIRACY. (Received Jimo 30, 8.45 "a.m.) VIENNA, 29th June. Though the prisoneis declare they had no accomplices, yet numerous arrests have been made, the belief being that there is a widespread conspiracy. THE AGED EMPEROR ! HE IS PROFOUNDLY DISTRESSED. "I AM SPARED NOTHING." VIENNA, 28th June. The Emperor Francis Joseph was staying at Ischl when the outrage was perpetrated. He is profoundly distressed, and is returning to Schoenbrunn. When the news was broken to the monarch of many tragic sorrows, he became deadly pale, and murmured :—"I: — "I am spared nothing." The Archduke Charles Francis Joseph, the deceased Archduke's nephew, is now the Hoir-Apparent. He is a promising young prince. It is reported that, in view of the Pan-Servian agitation in Bosnia, efforts were made to persuade the Archduke to relinquish his visit. _ The Servian Minister at Vienna officially warned the Austro-Hungarian Government of the existence of plots against the Archduke's life. Several newspapers emphasise that the Archduke had latterly inspired a growing confidence among the AustroHungarians, inasmuch as he approached great questions with an open mind, and many of the stronger political feelings had been modified. Telegrams from all parts of the Empire report widespread horror and grief, coupled everywhere with spontaneous, loyal demonstrations. Both desperadoes belong to the Serb Orthodox faith. They played a leading part in the anti-Austrian agitation. There are indications that recent events in the Balkans rekindled the Serb Chauvinists' resentment against the annexation of Bosnia to the Empire as a serious blow to the cause of a Greater Servia. _ The surprise in Vienna at the tragedy is all the more pronounced, inasmuch as the Archduke was regarded as favouring the formation of the Monarchy's southern Slavs into a third Stafp. with equality with Austria and Hungary, and his Consort belonged to a Slav family. BALKAN CRISIS ARCHDUKE'S SEVERE DISAPPOINTMENT. IN ANTAGONIS~M~WITH SERVIA. LONDON, 29th June. The limes says that the Balkan crisis of 1912-13 brought the Archduke a severe disappointment. Austria had as* , sumed, firstly, that Turkey would defeat Servia; and, secondly, that Bulgaria, in the second Balkan war, would overwhelm Servia, enabling Austria in either case to intervene and Secure a protectorate over the whole Serb-Croatian race. These ideas placed (he Archduke in antagonism with Servia and the partisans of the Pan-Serb ideal. Hence, the conspiracy to which he was the victim was possibly traceable to that antagonism. _ The new heir is unlikely' to tread in his uncle's footsteps. The tendency_ of Austria-Hungary will be possibly in the direction ot stagnation, wliile constitutional developments! tire likely to bo steadier, and the dual system to main tain for some years the ascendency which it has hitherto acquired. PAST ALL HUMAN AID LAST RITES OF THE CHURCH. TRAGEDY THE WORK OF A FEW SECONDS. LONDON, 29th June. Gabrinovic is aged twenty-one years. The Serajevo correspondent of the Times confirms the report that Prinzip throw the bomb which did not explode. He then fired thrice. The first shot hit the Archduke's neck, the second his leg, and the third the Duchess's side. The victims, on arriving at the Governor's residence, were past all human aid. They received the last Sacrament. The Archduke expired a few minutes after his consort. Renter's latest report from Serajevo describes the tragedy as the work of a few seconds. HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED IN LONDON PAINFUL SENSATION CAUSED. DEEP SYMPATHY. LONDON, 28th June. A painful sensation has been, caused in all circles in London by the assassination of the Archduke Francis and the Archduchess. The deepest sympathy is felt for the aged Emperor Francis Joseph, whom the assassin has again afflicted. King George and the Kaiser have sent touching messages of condolence to the Emperor. King Ge6rge has commanded Court I mourning for a week. The King and Royal family are inexpressibly shocked at the tragedy. His Majesty will send to the Austrian Court an expression of deep sympathy. THE DANGER j ARCHDUKE WAS FOREWARNED. ' VIKNNA, 29th June. Some circles attribute the assassination ] to Pan-Servian agitators. The Archduke was forewarned of the danger from Serajevo, where, numerous political agitators have been arrested within the past few days. WHAT GABRINOVIC DECLARES HAD NO ACCOMPLICES. RESOLUTION OF~SYMPATHY AND LOYALTY. SERAJEVO, 29th June. Hedeljko Gabrinovic declared that he received the bomb from anarchists in Belgrade, and that he did not know their names. He also denies that he had accomplices. After throwing the bomb he jumped into the river, but was quickly arrested. The Bosnian Diet passed a resolution of sympathy and loyalty to the Throne. All the deputies dressed in black except four of the (Servian Opposition, who wore wearing ordinary clothes, thoiv attitude arousing their colleagues' indignation. FORMERLY AN ANARCHIST FIRST SEMI-OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. VJISNNA, 29th June. Uiibriuoviu was formerly an umtrchUt, but. ji'as recently employ^ in the Servian
State printing works, He returned to Serajevo a month ago. The first semi-official account received in Vienna slated that the Archduke , warded otf the bomb with his arm. CONSTERNATION IN ROME . THE POPE SHOCKED. ROME, 28th June. The assassination has caused consternation in all circles, and the greatest ■commiseration I'or the Emperor Franz Josef. Cardinal Merry Del Val Papal, secretary, broke the news to the Pope, who was terribly shocked. He sent a long message of condolence and his benediction to the Emperor Francis Joseph, and is offering prayers for the souls of the departed. SORROW THROUGHOUT GERMANY KAISER'S REGRET. GERMAN INTEREST IN AUSTRIAN PROBLEM. BERLIN, 29th June. The assassination caused the deepest consternation and sorrow throughout Germany. , The tragedy is deeply regretted by the Kaiser, who had latterly established close personal and political relations with the Archduke, and would, when the ense arose, have strongly championed the claim of the Duchess for her place on the throne. German interest in the Austrian problem will now be more intense than ever, and will possibly be more directly and unequivocally asserted now that all the problems regarding the succession have been so tragically solved. When the news reached Kiel the Kaiser was racing in the yacht Meteor. The race was stopped and the Meteor was towed to harbour. The Kaiser stood gravely silent at the rail, replying to salutes and an occasional cheer. He returns to Berlin immediately, BOY ARRESTED / SERVIAN SHOPS LOOTED. MORE ABOUT THE TRAGEDY. (Received June 30, 11 a.m.) SERAJEVO, 29th June. A boy has been arrested for throwing a bomb in the street and injuring a Moslem. Many Servian shops have been looted. M. Potiorek, the Governor, was not aware- that anything serious had hap< pened. The Duchess collapsed against her husband. It was thought fehe had fainted. The Archduke exchanged a few words with her in a low voice, i When the Governor turned from giving instructions to the chauffeur the Archduke was still sitting upright. A WONDERFUL OLD MAN EMPEROR WORKS AS USUAL. (Received June 30, 1 p.m.) VIENNA, 29th June. The Emperor Francis Joseph worked all the evening, and received officials. COURT FUNCTIONS ABANDONED LONDON, 29th June. The Court functions in London 1 and the fetes at Kiel have been cancelled. All Governments and heads of State are condoling with the Emperor of Aus tria.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 153, 30 June 1914, Page 7
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