Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-09-07
The Ifnngnrinn ouos,ion .

The London Saturday Reuiep thus sums up
The situation OF affairs in Hungary:
'uniess the Austrians succeed in their in
trigues with the Sclavonic subjects of the Hun
garisn Crown, the foroible separation of the
Kingdom cannot be much longer DELAYED.
There is great risk in the commencement of
an outbreak, but an insurrecton would be ire
sistlble If only it had the opportunity of COL.
soidRting itself for two or three months. A
foreign war you'd almost insure the success OF
Hungary; aud it may not be impossible TO per.
suade foreign allies TO give the signal of hos
tilities. 10 l646, the Hungarians brought O
large regular army into the field, and they de-
ieated the Austrians 10 several pitched bettles,
Without themselves jncurring any correspond
ing reverse. In the next conflict, they will be
subjected to more serious difficulties ct the out
set, for they have no longer an army Of their
own or au organized government, and their
fortresses are ia the hands Of the enemy. Yet
thhir materials are the same; they can ultimate.
y rely on the aid of their counlrymen in the
army and their own divisions have been el-
most o5terated through the wise use which
their leaders have made Of accumulated Aus.
tfian blenders.
"Well.infOsmed Hungarians confidently rely
on the support of the Sclavonic population
which in some districts inclined during the
former war TO the side of Vienna. The differ
ences OF races within the kingdom are happily
not complicated, as in other countries, by relig.
ious dissensioDs, for in Hungary Roman Catho-
lies and Protestants love their country more than
they hate the members of rival communion.
Nevertheless, the risk Of internal division cap.
not be safely overlooked as long as the Austrian
government confidently reckons on the support
of Transylvsnia and Croatia. The Hungarian
Diet has, from the commencement Of the ses.
sion, been employed In anticipating Austrian
attempts to excite the jealousy Of the non-Mag-
var subjects of the crown. Although the Diet,
in its incomplete state, declines ell positive leg.
islation, a committee appointed to consider the
relations OF the various races has prepared a
report which will be practically respected as q
law. g tdtt ri. y -sf5'1 g.
equal rights have been secured TO all classes
by the measures OF 1913, and it seems that the
principal grievances which remained related to
the competing claims of different languages.
Down to the present generation, the difficulty
was evaded by the official use Of Latin, aud con-
siderable discomfort was excited among the
Sclayonic inhabitants BY the substitution Of Ma
gyar In the debates of the Diet. IL would, how.
ever, be absurd, under present circumstances, to
conduct the debates of sovereign assembly in
dead language, As it is necessary TO make
choice, the Hungarian Is retained in the
discussions Of the Diet, nor could any
competing dialect have been reasonably pre-.
ferred. All the races which inhabit Hungary
and its dependencies, with the solitary excep-
tion OF the Saxon COLONY in Transylvania, dis
like the German language as symbol of for
eign domination. II ia out of the question to
prefer the Croatian or Trsnsylvanian dialects
70 the Magyar, and, on the whole, the COM
mittee could scarcely have proposed less OBJ
jectionable plan, unless it were thought expedi.
ent to allow every speaker in the Diet to use
the language which he might prefer. Such a
compromise as that proposed seems the more
unobjectonabie, as it Is to be applied to the
country assemblies and to all municipal bodies.
When two municipalities have occasion to COM
municate with one another, they are TO use the
Hungarian language, unless they agree in pre-
ferring some other dialect The details Of the
scheme are neither interesting to foreigners nor
easily understood, but IL is evident that the IN
quiry has been Instituted and conducted In q
spirit OF Gonciliation and good faith. ctss
The contest for the willing allegiance Of the
SclaVonic races In Hungary raises the most i'm
portent questions which are now at issue be-
tween the Emperor and his Hungarian subjects.
II the nom Magyar population desires freedom
and Independence, it will be more prudent to
form a part of a powerful nation than to be
maintained as Austrian partisans in chronic
hostility to the msjority Of Hungarisns. IL is
possible, however, that jealousies of language
aud Of neighborhood may prevail over legal
right and political expedlency." iis5 a.at.