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tfia will not readily consent to submit them
selves to other natlona1ltlcs orer which they
Lave been accustomed TO dominate. The
German population will not fall to separate
themselves from Austlia and to unite pEoba-
bfy with Prussia. In that case, what would
the Slaves dof They would probably seek
a powerful support In the Slave empire par
tzeeuenee-that is to say, Russia.
AUSTRIA.
Why She Accerted the Conditions Of
Peace Proposed by PFusa1a-1Ier I'm
ternal TronbIe-Tho Austrian People I
U1naatfa1cd with TIC Empcror-Thcy |
Want Peace, and DcAtfo to Remain |
lFeom the London Times, Angust ~
The reason Why Psussia would show no
hesitation In slgninE the prctimtna1ica Of /
peace ut Nikolsburg are sufficiently Obvious |
she only accepted terms Of her own pro-
osns a s. l. sv saay yter te Rs &C. how
pugnance, had 10 yield her nascnt to the basis |
Of negotfation-she was defeated by land and !
sea and although In condition to renew |
the contest, she was aware TINT she could |
Ps,hss pn.s agat % nor h;on hS;e%Pf1
the objects Of the alllaucGhad been attained |
on either side. The only polnt Which re-
9uires explanation is the motive which In.
dnced Austria to consent to conditions
reparable disasters, By all the accounts that
reach us from Vienna, It would seem as II
the Imperial nrmy greatly outnumbetad the
Prufsian force asTayed against it. It has the
advantage Of fofnidabls position; q vast
river the basis Of great city. It Is auiuiat-
cd By the most indolnitable spirit; 80 trace
Is left of the sense Of recent defeat, SAFE in
burning desire to avenge It; while in the
and q handfal Of hardy mountaineers hold
aloft tic Austrian tag In Tyrol and Venetia,
ready to rc-asscrt their sway over the as get
unconquered though alienated province and
Admiral Tegethoh, at the head Of hts victo-
md Daimatian coasts from invasion, but
offers to turn the Adriatie into an Austrian
lake The Emperor and the Archduke Al
bert never felt more confident Of an Imme-
diate turn In the tide Of fortune; get, In the
come TO resolution which only despair
could suggest-theg surrender at discretion
to Prussia,
The secret Of nll this lies In the fact that
Austria is now something moro than she Inns
been for the last two hundred years-somc-
Besides the will Of the head Of the State, Of
the commauder.in.chicfo Of the forcea, Of al
sea and navy officers, there ase other wishes
to be consulted. There Is, not q nation, In
deed, but cluster Of nations, Who began to
Inquire for whose benefit all this fighting has
been OF has yet to be done, and who think
that the sovereign right Of war and pe4ce
| ought not to be exercised without some con-
tr0l on the part Of those on whom tho bur-
| dens Of the State must fall The AchHans
cause kings. are foolish. The great chaos Of
the nationalities constituting the Austrian
Empire Is being stirred up from its utmost
depth. The babel of tongnes whcih threat
caed to force asunder the various e1c-
ments Of the motley State In 1913
i, more fisptiesily than ever. 70
the war. They fatty resist tho Imperial de-
cree calling forth the lAndsturm, or levy IN
Masse, Of the people; they denounce. the
folly of exposing The capital to ali the e.
prospects Of impending bankruptcy, chiefly
owing, as they urge, to the wnste Of an army
maintained In Id eness for bali century,
and now mfscrab1y collap.ing In the frat
hour Of The eeuntry's need they refer ai1
their miseries to those centuries Of blind old
despotism that crushed thcn-a stolid deg
potism aggravated at the present moment b5
esptonase. TSey III is for f hee institations
sponsSe ASoes ii nss
quarrel With the Emperor for bis cEaren ap
!: peal to French projection, for bis solicita
| lion OF an EARNED mediation, net b,
which, - they say, he not only dragges
{ biz lmgertA purple IN the dust, ba
! and put himself and his Germa,
/ subJects forever ont Of the palc Of Germa,
: nationality. The Czechs, too, now in tn
: power Of the invader, turn agalnst thei
: German fellow subjects that wrath Whic
E against all Gezmanism; they lay all th
] misfostunes Of the Empire to the partialit
shown at all times to Vienna aud the old hi
a reditazy domains Of the Hapsbu1g, cuTsin
: them and calling down upon them MI thes
: mlssries to which their unhappy Bohemia
less y:eie.t, but Hardly less deliberately ho
+ tile. With them, also, this is not an Austr
+ an, but purely German war The death
e the empire Is life to Hungary or,1at leas
Austtia's distress is uune91y's opportunit..
l. The Magyar ahides bis time he does \,
e complain or threaten; he gives no sign
t his intention to shake of his allegiance b,
Is he sends not one couscIipt, not one rolu
tec1 recruit; he lifts not as much as his lit
J. finger In support ofthe totteting throne. PTu
ie Excluded from Germany, Austra, be think
X must needs fnll into the hands Of Hungaz
ye Worsted at Fleuna, the empire must gTA,
Is tate upon Pesth. Hungary becomes the be:
=. Of the monarchy, the Magyar the ruling rae
to r. anticlpattcn Of thls Il H splendid destiny, =
e. eminent, his constitution, his cwn diet, !
lis own king. He bandics words with his sc
IS, ere1gn he drives his bargain; he temp
rixea. This time II he is to die pro rege nost1
70 It must be for real king Of his Owl, not
i. one Who only remembers Hungary in his ho
t. Of distress. and tramples upon her and brca
his filth with her as soon as the hltt
es ness os that hour Is past For the Gaifcis
he the downfall Of Austria has not set gone
u enough. They are Poles, and their dream
be be obtain o. i al they desire T it would id
Of on the utter aunihilation Of A
hc tia and compelled to carry Ii
to effect that scheme Of Polish Kingdom f.
m which the first Napoleon shzanl- Pruss
m patriots argue, would under King Nillia1
,he auspices, become the embryo Of an E2st
uc Stale. \ bulwark to Germany against Russ
il and Prince Frederick Ch.4ics, VINO has
is far more entitled to reign at Craeow
Wazsaw, ss the head Of minor brunch
his house, than his distant cousin wss to ,
z for himself p1incipality at Bucharest. E
ne while waiting for realization OF these bri
eF. dreams, the G&licians are not less loud
- pressing their grievances or In calling for
for dress. Nor less impo.tunate or less exact
are these styrfane, Nfrfans, Dalna!is
es.1 | who still Eend up loyal addresses and pro
the sions Of devotion to the Kaiser. Every
Ion Vice performed, or merely rendered, la tac
au- By corresponding demand. The Austl
als- bark Is stranded and its crew Of various
Ing tionallttes IL turned into gang Of wreck
'e1~ Ill Intent on making thesE own profit ou'
Id 49, >~ LoxDos. An=us,e IS
t Of The cholera has entirely disappeared
pro- Egypt, Syria and Palestine, but Is still P
the nleni In Moldaria and the southeastern p
BY fnces Of Russia.
2eai The Queen has sent letter to the Bis
his Of London Intimating that the suffertn:
'os- the poor in London from cholcsn have |
DO painfully attracted the. attention Of
pay Majesty, and that her Majesty has {
and manded check for EGO to be forwnsdet
r1n- the cholera fund Of the Metropolitan 4
nm. and District Visiting Association
istee II Is reported In tho Frus&lan. army At
that kolsburg that Hungarian deputation
suce ing formed for the purpose Of oder1n
ank- Prince Frederick Charles the crown Of
ex- gnEy. T.
rity The Ndli< says Ethat several thoussnd
:ieTr needle guns hare been sent from Frnsst
Aus- Florence, and hare now been dtsttib
tnce 4 among the Italian troope-
pu 4 ThtIe arc now fory-threc Austrian
tho Saxon guns IN the garden before tho
lem ralacc 1t Berlin. The othc1s that, t,havs
Tho taken during the war have been distrih
vcrT amorR this PrussiAn fort5esses-
, BE- A Biussels Judgment WAS recently CIV
Az, the case Of MessFs. Vesnfer and Rosez,
t ha Were accused Of libelling the Emperor
Ltion Emnrcss Of the French hy the pnhllcati
rrss. two works, entitled 'tMaliage dune =
zure. | noleH and LA Femme de Cesar" HI
ply, Vesuicr and Rosex were found guilty,
Yes. | senteaeed 70 eighteen month"; tmprison1