Half a decade 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 icon 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.
Fünfundneunzig Jahre Interregnum sind genug!
Monday, March 24, 2014
Departed the Homeland
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment