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Show Tlie Austrian Succession. "Although the Crown Prince of Austria; has now been married some six years ha still remains without male Issue, and it is feared that little or no hope remains of his wishes in this respect being fulfilled. Should he die without leaving a son Iho Imperial crown of Austria would pass to the present emperor's brother, the Archduke Arch-duke Carl Ludwig. According to advices received in London the eldt-9t son of tho latter, the Archkuke Otto, who only a few months ago was married to Princess Jose fa of Saxony, has behaved so shamefully shame-fully to his young wfto that sho has been forced to leave him and to return to her relatives, who aro indignant at her treatment. treat-ment. It appears that tho young archduke arch-duke has shown such unmistakable signs of menial aberration that his condition is being submitted to a careful m;dlcal examination. ex-amination. It is feared that the hereditary hered-itary curse of tho Hapsburg family, namely, epilepsy, which rendered the late umperor unlit "to govern, and which in capacitated his brother, tho present monarch's mon-arch's father, from undertaking tho government, gov-ernment, has developed with increased Intensity In the young archduke, a fact which is likely to seriously affect the question ques-tion of his dynastic succession. Vienna Letter. |