Show great concern felt by whole country over aged monarch 0 0 0 vienna oct 13 A sleeping 0 0 potion was administered last 0 0 night and his majesty slept un 0 0 til 6 this morning after 0 0 awakening ho arose and was 0 0 propped up by pillows in an 0 0 arm chair his temperature 0 0 was below normal he had 0 0 taken considerable dose of aul 0 0 nine the emperor repeatedly 0 0 asked to be taken in to the 0 0 open clr saying that ho has 0 0 been used to it the whole ot his 0 0 life and that otherwise he 0 0 could not recover quickly ow 0 0 ing to Us condition however 0 0 the physicians refused the re 0 0 quest according to the doc 0 0 tors the danger is from old age 0 0 0 the hague oct 13 the news concerning the condition of emperor francis josephs health is serious ahe diplomats gathered here especially the europeans ant more particularly those belonging to the triple alliance A cipher from vienna received by a leading diplomat here today says that the optimistic reports of the condition of the emperor are issued purposely so as not to alarm the people but that in reality the doctors are anxious fearing the growing weakness of the patient which is due chiefly to insufficient nourishment and lack 0 rest and sleep because of the cough the fever is keeping above the grayest danger the dispatches says which is not mentioned in the official communication comes from the heart which may be too weak to withstand the general depression the telegram ends by saying that the feeling of regret over the condition of the emperor both at home and abroad is most touching naturally the conversation of the delegates to the peace conference is almost entirely on the question of what would happen n case of the death of the old monarch who next year would celebrate the anniversary niver sary of his accession to the throne having witnessed during his long reign greater political and family catastrophes than any living ruler from the battle of Koni gratz to the loss of lombardy and and from the incurable infirmity of empress elizabeth and by anarchist besides the tragedy which led to the death of arch duke rudolph the diplomats some of whom know the situation in austria thoroughly that just because the dismemberment of austria and hungary at tho death of the emperor king has been so often predicted it will not help him the authorities being prepared for such an event and having long since planned the severest measures to maintain order and to check without memory any separatist movement especially in hungary bohemia and Ti leste they admit however that the death of the emperor would have great influence on the internal and foreign policy of the government as his successor will not command the same influence over the people or hao the prestige and sympathy they have accorded francis joseph |