BOSNIA TRAGEDY.
A P.RSVATE FUNERAL. THE EMPEROR'S DESIRE. 1 1 81 ILECTBIO TELEGRAPH COPIEIOHT, 1 PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. 1 VIENNA, July 3. Some, people attribute the Kaiser's absence from the funeral of the Ajrolif duke Francis Ferdinand and the Archduchess to considerations of safety, j Prince Henry of Prussia (.brother of f the Kaiser) and l'rinco Arthur*of Cou- ; naught and the Kings of Saxony and j Bavaria will also be absent, tlie Km-* . peroy desiring to confine the attend- - ante to the family in view of the Areh- > duko's small personal fortune. ; PROVISION FOR ORPHANS. VIENNA, July 3. The Emperor has granted til© ori phaned children the same appanage , as if. their father had succeeded to Ul9 . throne. The new heir (Archduke -diaries Francis Joseph) approves of this. WHERE THE BOMB CAME FROM. ■■REPENTANCE OF THE MUIIDER. Vf FIONA, July 3. Spoakrnp to liis lawyer, Prinzip (who fired the fatal shots)- stated that he tried to' assassinate the Arclulnke at the manoeuvres, but the. gendarmes prevented him from getting .near. He followed the Archduke about from the moment be set foot .011 Bosnian soil. Gabrinovic(the perpetrator of the •bomb-throw nig) states, that lie got the bomb from Major Milan Pribicevitoh, secretary of the Pan-Servian Union' who was in the Servian military service. He told ■ Gabrinovic to apply to a well-known Komitagi named'Cigatiovitch, who supplied six bombs and six Browning pistols from the service arsenal at Ivragurjevotz (in Central Servia) upon Gabrinovic's promise to find tanr more conspirators. Gabrinovic and Prinzip approached a a Belgrade student named Trifke Giabes. All three received cyanide of potassium which they were instructed to swallow after throwing the bombs. •(xabnnovic refuses to give the namas ; of the other three conspirators. ■Graibesj when said that he , did not throw the bombs as the Arch- . duke and his wife were already fatally ' wounded. ' 4-1 Prinzip promised to diyulge the ] names of the other conspirators to-dav as lie repents of the murder because his accomplices betrayed him. Prnizip's courage has broken down \ and ho wept during his examination, i He states that the poison was knocked t out of lus hand before he could drink
tired of life. V". BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH— COPTEIGIIT. TIMES AND SYDNEY SUN SERVICES, ~ , . . VIENNA, July 2. OabvinoV.c said lliat the. reason for throwing • Vhe lioml) was that ho was tired of life. He and Prinzip persist ni stating, that they had 110 accomplices. An-ests continue at Seraievo, and many nersons have been denounced to tiie pqluo. OLD iTRAGEDY RECALLED. -Iduies Joki,.; the poet, has revived eld tragedy ,l>.v publishing in his P a P ßr " lotter written to the Crown ' I'tnce Rudolf immediately prior to ];is : . at Meyerling; ,
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Mataura Ensign, 4 July 1914, Page 5
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446BOSNIA TRAGEDY. Mataura Ensign, 4 July 1914, Page 5
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