Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph as a cathedral gargoyle gnawing one of his subjects in Bosnia, Herzegovina, Trentino, or Trieste, or a citizen of his neighbor Serbia.
Les Monstres des Cathédrales No. 2François-Joseph. Le sinistre vorace qui non content d'avoir étouffé la Bosnie, l'Herzégovine, le Trentin et Trieste voudrait encore dévorer la Serbie.The Monsters of the Cathedrals No. 2Franz Joseph. The ravenous calamity who, not content with having suffocated Bosnia, Herzegovina, Trentino and Trieste, would also devour Serbia.Reverse:Message and army postmark dated June 28, 1915, one year after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.Édition Lorraine. - Déposé, reproduction interdite.Edition Lorraine. - Filed, reproduction prohibited.
"He was not one of those great men that lead humanity along new ways or 'fashion fate' according to their own desire . . . In such a conglomerate state as ours, monarchical power is a thing of great weight. A long reign has something cohesive about it, independent of the sovereign's personality and based on habit only. The long duration of the Emperor's reign created a feeling of stability in the State and his death is thus a wrench, a fall, a sudden awakening . . ."
Excerpt from the Socialist Arbeiter Zeitung of Vienna on the death of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary on November 21, 1916, quoted in May's Passing of the Hapsburg Monarchy. The crowns — Emperor of Austria and Apostolic King of Hungary — passed to Karl, son of the late brother of the assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
The Passing of the Hapsburg Monarchy, 1914-1918 2 Volumes by Arthur James May, page 431, copyright © 1966 by the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, publication date: 1966
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