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Show ROYAL HOLDINGS m. mm Hapaburg Wealth Diverted to Aid War Widowi VIENNA. Oct. . Th. liquid tlcm of tha vat Hapibur holding- In Austria, Aus-tria, with th. .ic.pt Inn of th. poam. Ion. con.ld.red private, will be eora-plild eora-plild ahorlly, and the final r.port la eapert.d to .how the dliponal of proprtlm valurd at many milliard, of rrown. Mort of the fund, realized through the aale and the lea.lnc of former court building I1I be ued for the benefit of war invalid.. Tha large reduction in territory now under the government of Au.tria has greatly diminished the amount of space required for administration purposes, and many blocks of office buildings have been rented to private individuals. The posaeaslnna ron aide red as private pri-vate have been reduced to the minimum. mini-mum. Many personal presents made to former Emperor Francis Joseph. Empress Elisabeth and the late Emperor Em-peror Karl by foreign monarcha, Austrian cities and communities, were Included In the sale. A large number of costly vases, clocks, pictures and china, the czar's present of magnlfl -rent tables and vases of lapla lazuli. ind works of art presented , by the pmperors of China and Japan, were imong thee objects sold to foreigners, particularly Italians, who paid large mounts for their purchases. The old and new court palaces, the 'ourt stables and a number of famous as ties. villas and eetatea In the provinces were the principal build.ngt lold. s |