Der Trompetenruf
(E. Von Der Tann, B. Daouk)
"Our British friends have occupied France from Dunkirk to Pau and are eliminating the last resistance from Belgium. Our troops have liberated Bulgaria and the rest of the decaying Empire's European lands and are marching in triumph into the Queen of Cities. After the horrors of war, peace is at hand. But what kind of peace? Despite our glorious victories, Japan still reigns supreme in the far East, its barbarous reign of terror over the occupied Korean peoples and unfortunate savages of Borneo persisting, its eyes lingering over China. Our brave and skilled diplomats in Geneva will-and must- ensure that it is held to account. Furthermore, our most noble Emperor has seen the depredations and decay of the vilayet of Bosnia under the rule of the Turk. This must be rectified. The Bosnian people must enjoy the freedoms of a civilized, just monarch, the same freedoms that have been given to all inhabitants of the Duchy of Greater Lebanon..."
In order to quell sinister foreign elements and lingering agents of the Turk, these further security measures will be instituted, in addition to the orders implemented 12th September 1889:
1. Public meetings in the Duchy are forbidden unless a permit is granted by the appropriate authorities.
2. All inhabitants of the Duchy are asked to consent and aid with any and all security searches to root out treason and contraband. All goods entering or leaving the cities of the Duchy will be searched.
3. All persons given official title by the Turkish occupiers are to report to the Imperial Governorate, 3 Sassine Square, Beirut. Failure to do so by 8 February will result in imprisonment.
4. Sales of guns and other weapons to civilians are hereby illegal. Those found distributing weapons will be executed.
Anton von Gablenz, Militärgouverneur von Großer Libanon,in the name of our Lord and of His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty
Franz Joseph I, by the Grace of God Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia, Lodomeria and Illyria;
King of Jerusalem, etc.;
Archduke of Austria;
Grand Duke of Tuscany and Cracow;
Duke of Lorraine, Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola and Bukovina;
Grand Prince of Transylvania, Margrave of Moravia;
Duke of Upper and Lower Silesia, of Modena, Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla, of Auschwitz and Zator, of Teschen, Friaul, Ragusa, and Zara;
Duke of Greater Lebanon;
Princely Count of Habsburg and Tyrol, of Kyburg, Gorizia and Gradisca;
Prince of Trent and Brixen;
Margrave of Upper and Lower Lusatia and in Istria;
Count of Hohenems, Feldkirch, Bregenz, Sonnenberg etc.;
Lord of Trieste, of Cattaro, and of the Windic March;
Grand Voivode of the Voivodeship of Serbia;
etc. etc.
This day 21 December, 1890.