3 JUNE 1911, Page 1
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
MHE Emperor Francis Joseph has, we are glad to see, sufficiently recovered from his illness to be able to return to Vienna, which be reached on Thursday. He was welcomed by the people of his capital with a great outburst of enthusiasm. It was noticed that though he walked as erect as usual, he looked pale, and drove in a closed, instead of an open, aniage. Though probably the rumours as to his state of health have been a good deal exaggerated, there is little doubt, we fear, that his condition is not satisfactory, and that the hard work inseparable frcm the duties of his position is telling upon him. The Emperor is eighty years old. The courage and devotion with which he carries on his public work win him the admiration of the world.
