, 1866-12-13

bls programme, though his Austrian nr,do
docs not permit him 70 Avow II openly. The
soldiers Of Austria, belonging. as they do, 10
doEen different. nattoualitIce apd tribes.
never Be formed, whatever efforts in drillirg
ond disciplining them may be made, into the
homoe eneout whole, animated by thc sane
rational feelings and syupathles. that the
te1ye, eass Of 4 hDE Msa ha af9s n5oysd then
Foraneous manEiad The eaaesa p9oS!em eG'i o5 i'm.
parting nn,fotm efficiency to. and .tnsurlng
iss in IN army "' liz the e'"f1a. fpa..
alan, eomposed Of men Of the sane
nationality, Is capable Of solution But It
an nAtional ola podrida Of Germans and
Hungasians, Czechs and Poles, Crnata aud Ra.
thenians. and bali dozen other slayc tribes
fts equal IN the mentioned martial chatac-
tesisucs. Besides this greatest obstacle.
Field.Marshal John Will did the reaiization
o. IN! ms ;, dream Ct reoreani1tng the Austrian
the Prusssan, seriously obstructcd By an-
other, viz: the state OF the public finances,
On the S0th Of June last, The Austrian pub
lie debt amounted to two thousand, eight
hundred md thirty-ope millions Of horins,
tequal to $l.41b, ,5oo, ,oo). Since that time
the share og Yenet!a by Italy has reduced It
hss been more than balanccd
By new loans to the amount Of
one hundred and twenty-five millions: and
by additional Issues Of paper money to the
that the aggregate amonnt Of the debt il At
this time no less than thirty-onc hundred
millions Of forms. The annual revenues OF
the Government from all SOURCES before the
late var were hbout four hundred millions,
and the expenditures, Of which those on &C.
rCnhE or fGH YHnYpSRn$aA - fnrr
per cent, about four hundred and sixty NIL
lions, making an annual deficit OF sixty NIL.
lions: The additions to the public debt dur
Ing the last twelve months; amount to an
AGGREGATE of nearly tlrc, hundred md dry
millions. The additional annual interest OF
about thiHy.fve millions, which this In
crease Involves. will alone swell the annual
deficit to nearly one hundred millions. When
It Is considered that In Venetia the Empire
has lost province that contributed In re-
sources three times more than IT. adminis-
tration cost the Imperial exchequer; that
two Of the richest northern prov1nces-Bo-
hemia and Moravia-haye been utterly I'M
poyerfshcd BIZ the Prusslan invasion. and
consequently cannot be relied on as tax-pay-
eTs for years TO come, and that the capacity
treasury Of all the other provinces has
been seriously impaired b. the war,
the predictions Of certnin Vienna
papers, that the deficit for the next twelve
munf ne VIII not fAli much short OF two hun
dred millions, cannot be looked upon as ex-
ngeerattons. Before the late war, the best
financial talent Of the Empire proved In
adequate to the task OF overcoming the
deficit Of siIty millions and bringing the e1-
penditurea within the iirnits Of the receipts.
II the former lncombents of the ministry OF
finance could not level the hill, will the
present one be able to reduce the mountain
And is the Austrian public not Justified In
the hce Of these facts and figures, to treat
the generalities of the latest financial pro-
Eramunc Of the Government with something
akin TO derieion? That the Minister Of War
Is not likely to command very readily the
tens Of millions required to carry ont bis
plans or re-organizatton-the cost Of furnish
ing the whole army with breech-loaders, Is
alone estimated nj some ffty u,lllions-needs
no special demonstration.
The programme Of the Minister Of War,
alone or ali the mentioned Official revelations
was faVorably received BY the Austrian press
and. public. Bet though his plans arc ap-
plauded, his ability to execute them Is
doubted. In regard to the other mantfesta-
tlons of Imperial intentions, there seems to
be an all but unanimous opinion, that SOME
thing much more definite aud explicit, and
above all. deeds instead Of words, arc needed
to restore full confidence aud faith in secure
fuf