Since the tragically mysterious death (January 30, 1889) of the Emperor’s only son, Rudolph, the heir apparent to the several Hapsburgh crowns has been the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, son of the Emperor’s brother, the late Archduke Karl Ludwig. In order to contract a morganatic marriage, some years ago, he renounced the right of his children to the imperial and regal succession; but it is believed that he will force the regularizing of his marriage and the annulling of his renunciation, as he is reputed to be a man of strenuous will. According to report, also, he is strongly anti-democratic and reactionary, and extremely likely to give trouble as a sovereign to this democratic generation. ----------AUSTRIA-HUNGARY: End-------- AUTOCRAT: Title denied to the Czar by the Third Duma. See (in this Volume) RUSSIA: A. D. 1906-1907. AZAD-UL-MULK. See (in this Volume) PERSIA: A. D. 1905-1907. AZEFF: The Russian police spy and agent provocateur. See (in this Volume) RUSSIA: A. D. 1909 (JANUARY-JULY). AZUL, Party of the. See (in this Volume) PARAGUAY. B. BABISM. See (in this Volume) PERSIA: A. D. 1908-1909. BACON, Robert: Secretary of State. See (in this Volume) UNITED STATES: A. D. 1905-1909. BADEN: A. D. 1906. Introduction of universal suffrage. See (in this Volume) ELECTIVE FRANCHISE: GERMANY: A. D. 1906. BAEYER, Adolf von. See (in this Volume) NOBEL PRIZES. BAGDAD RAILWAY, The. See (in this Volume) RAILWAYS: TURKEY: A. D. 1899-1909. BA HAMED, Late Grand Wazeer of Morocco. See (in this Volume) MOROCCO: A. D. 1903. BAHIA HONDA: Coaling and naval station leased to the United States. See (in this Volume) CUBA: A. D. 1903. BAHIMA, The. See (in this Volume) AFRICA: ITS COLONIZABILITY. BAILEY, L. H.: On Country Life Commission. See (in this Volume) UNITED STATES: A. D. 1908-1909 (AUGUST-FEBRUARY). BAKHMETIEFF, Madame: Her humane work in Macedonia. See (in this Volume) TURKEY: A. D. 1902-1903. BAKHTIARI, The. See (in this Volume) PERSIA: A. D. 1908-1909. BAKU: Destruction of Oil Industry. See (in this Volume) RUSSIA: A. D. 1905 (FEBRUARY-NOVEMBER). BALDWIN ARCTIC EXPEDITION. See (in this Volume) Polar Exploration. BALFOUR, Arthur J.: Becomes Prime Minister of England. See (in this Volume) ENGLAND: A. D. 1902 (JULY). BALFOUR, Arthur J.: His puzzling attitude on Mr. Chamberlain’s declaration for preferential trade with the Colonies. Correspondence on Mr. Chamberlain’s resignation. See ENGLAND: A. D. 1903 (MAY-SEPTEMBER). BALFOUR, Arthur J.: In the "Dreadnought" debate of 1909. See (in this Volume) WAR, THE PREPARATIONS FOR: NAVAL. BALFOUR MINISTRY: Its resignation.