New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-23
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GENERAL r6TstErIlON OEDIE--J NTOPUIFIIY
OF HE MEAsUEE-yl-Ir ell BARON BLusr 70
rreTu-RrIITN HOME Oh HUNGARIAN LAHIs.
From o.. Special to.l,syo.-'tt
PT.IH, Jan. 9, 1861
i sccms indeed that the Vienna Government viii
,t last succeed IN Iuiuiug The Austrian monarchy
ta, which was too difficult either for Kossuth OF ioi
Bismarck but which after all, may be achieved By
that fatal tendency Of mscttlne every thing without
laying the foundations OF a better future.
On New Years eve the Vienna Go-ctio contained
an order in Council introducing general con-cription
without exception. Each young man, attaining
bis Goth year. must enter the army serve three years
in the line three years in the first and six years in
the second reserve. Students and educated young
lien may volunteer Tor one year and be present for
two moro nj the Fan exercises which are TO last for
| five weeks on they may for six yeaus be drilled
always five weeks n year; but in case
Of var, Iybody must face the enemy. You may
imagine what a confusion that New-leaI's welcome
caused throughout the empire-the new duty OF
soldering knocking at every door. The University
at Pesth will probably DO shut, since all the under
graduates must interrupt their studies heypreier
one years volunteering, and the prospect of becom-
ing officers, 10 the tedious duty of being
for six years under the capccs of an Austrian officer
in the wording of the law and that it is possible for
few days, as yet, to get an exemption by paying
1000 forms Hundreds and hundreds of fathers
rushed 10 the exemption office which is 10 cease It's
operations after five days, aud paid the tax sometimes
for babies, and the first days receipts amounted
10 nearly 100000 forms This was certainly a
Godsend for the Minister Of Finance but it viii
soon be absorbed by the increase OF the army budget
suddenly expanding since the number ol soldicrsis
10 be doubled by the recent law, introduced with
out the consent either of the Hungarian or Of
the Austrian Parliament. ii o complete change Of
the army organization may be introduced without
any regard 20 constitutional FORMS It is indeed diff
ficult 10 see Why there should be any Parliament in
Austria.
IL may he said that the present system is abon the
the PTussian, and that against rival Of such
importance as Prussia no other means could avail but
70 copy the Pussian system STILL we ought to remem-
Der that Prussia is a homogeneous empire and that
the Landwehr system was introduced during the en-.
thusiasn of al Germany against the first Napoleon
while it was developed during fifty years Of peace
Little by little every PrUssan became accus-
toned 10 military drill and service, while
in Austria there Is no enthusiasm, and there
is every prospect Of war, Hungary not yet
reconstructed, is now to be armed. Even tho edu,
Gated classes are 10 be drawn into copsCriptiOn.
Why7 This is two-edged sword, under the present
circumstances, and may become most dangerous in
fact. 10 is Government which organizes and arms o
revolutionary force. And Gallica7 VIII Russia not
protest against the military organization Of the people
most hostile heI7 IsAustria strong enough to check
the Poles If they are once armedf And the R0unani.
ans Ruthenians, servians and SclayOnians, once
armed and organized, will they not rise against the
hunsai1ans and Germans7 And the population Of
Vienna and OF the German provinces, now already
sIaVitating toward Germany, viii they be willing to
pay large taxes in order that their sons should be
taken away from business for three years7 Has
Government sufficient foresight and energy to
meet oil the effects Of discontenti am sorry TO
say, but cannot help believing that this is tho be-
ginning Of the end.
Baron Beust has been at Pesth TO maks tbe ar.
quaintance Of the leading men Of the Hungarian
Diet. He paid visits to and met Counts Apponyi
and szecsen, Baron Scanzey, Count Apdrassy' Baron
EytySs MssgiL kopyay snQ somssick, apaprigcipally