Sunday, March 24, 2013

Exit Austria

Departure from Kopfstetten train station by EckartsauHalf a dozen years short of a century ago today, the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Family arrived at the Austro-Swiss border in an Imperial train and departed Austria – under the protection of the mascot of this weblog, Lt.-Col. Edward Lisle Strutt.

At Feldkirch, the Emperor-King issued the Feldkirch Manifesto, declaring the November 11 power renunciation – so often referred to as an abdication, but erroneously so – null and void, and denouncing the authority of the republican government.

Vierundneunzig Jahre Interregnum sind genug!

No comments: