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Gazette Of The United States
New York, New York County, New York
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From Vienna, May 3: The King of Hungary writes to Prince Starhemberg expressing surprise at France's declaration of war shortly after his ascension, denying provocation, promising no extraordinary taxes on Austrian subjects for two years using family heritage, and attributing the attack to adherence to his late father's policies against injustices toward the French royal family.
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The following letter from the King of Hungary to Prince Starhemberg, written on receiving the news of the declaration of war against him by France, will show how little he expected such an event:
"I am sorry, my dear Prince, to inform you that France has provoked me to a war, when I had but just mounted the throne of my ancestors. I have done nothing to draw on me this war, witness my last declaration to France; and a proof of it is, that I am not in the least prepared for it. Inform my dear States and faithful subjects of the Upper and Lower Austria, that they need not be chagrined; that I will not aggrieve them, for two years, with any extraordinary imposition; to that purpose I have agreed, with my brethren, to appropriate our entire heritage and all the property of our ancestors. It is evident the French attack us merely because we follow the late system of the late Emperor our Father, who would not long suffer the injustices of a combination of perverse men, who have not hesitated to permit the most unworthy treatment of the King of France, his brother-in-law, and of the Queen his sister."
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Vienna
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May 3
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france declares war on the king of hungary; king promises no extraordinary impositions on austrian subjects for two years, funded by family heritage
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The King of Hungary, newly ascended, expresses shock at France's unprovoked declaration of war, cites his recent declaration to France as evidence of innocence and unpreparedness, instructs Prince Starhemberg to reassure Austrian subjects of no tax burdens for two years using ancestral property, and blames the attack on continuing his late father's resistance to mistreatment of the French King and Queen.