7 JULY 1967, Page 9

A hundred years ago

From the 'Spectator,' 6 July. 1867—The event of the week is the execution of the Archduke Maxi- milian, who was shot by order of Juarez on the 19th of June. No details are known, but there appears to be no room for hope, telegraphic inquiries from Vienna and Paris being all answered in the same way. The event has saddened Vienna, where the Archduke was not only cordially loved, but regarded as the hope of the Liberal party; Paris. where his fate is justly felt to be a national humiliation: and London, where pity for an ex- ceptionally mournful fate is deepened by detestation and contempt for the anarchy which must follow his death.