On Wednesday the King reached Ischl, the charming little town
in the Salzkammergut where the Austrian Emperor has been accustomed to spend the summer for the last thirty or forty years. The Emperor, who bears the weight of his seventy-eight years wonderfully well, insisted on being at the station to meet the King, and greeted him with the strongest marks of affection and respect. That that affection and respect are by no means ceremonial we have little doubt. There is no stronger friend of peace in Europe than the Emperor Francis Joseph, and be knows that King Edward is as anxious as he is that the sword shall not be drawn. The reports note that at the suggestion of King Edward the Emperor agreed to take a drive in a motor-car, though hitherto he has always looked with aversion upon that form of locomotion. "According to authentic accounts the Emperor greatly enjoyed his novel experience."
