AN APPROACHABLE EMPEROR.
From "M.A.P." we learn that twice a w_ek the Emperor of Aiistria gives audience to any of his subjects who may wish to consult with hint. Their letters asking for an audience are sent to the Emperor's Private Secretary, iflquiri-* are mad- as to the truth of their contents, and,- jl satisfactory, the writer, of whatever^ rank he may happen to be, is granted an interview •with his sovereign alone. Nothing has done more to end-ar the Emperor to his subjects than, these informal audieitc-S, through which countless wrongs have been cjuickly redressedj trouble- smoothed away, as-ist-ancd rehdeted, as Well as fratik, sdldiefly advice, afld __or_ di_t_._- relieved than th© world will .ver hear of. There the patriarchal systetft show, itself at ite kindliest; there the ,s6rr6w-_t_.ckei-monarch can for' ai while forget his griefs, in the syxflpathy they^aave taught hipi. j-'efhaps, t-dbj 6. dll x W-fo Come to him, arid of all the poor whose fee. he ha. washed eaoh Easter-tide,- there is not one whota ii- his heart of hearts, this hapless, wearied man does riot Cnvy. I
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7680, 15 April 1903, Page 2
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182AN APPROACHABLE EMPEROR. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7680, 15 April 1903, Page 2
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