New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-25
III. 1r.rRLlN ENPIRE.

sbould he introduced into the quarrel. indeed,
the policy indicated by the Cars note ana
B,ron Won Boust's circular is Obviously inc
proper one for both these nations. Russia has
not much 70 glin by helping either slde' lof
bor march is toward the South and SOUTHEAST,
and her growth is Ivy building up new civil
iza;ion rather than absorbing dismcmbered
fragments OF the older powers. Her finances
are not i, a prosperous condition. Her progress
in Asia has lately been unexpectedly checked.
She can do nothing better than wait patiently,
nurse her strength, develop the railways and
other works which she needs for military quite
IS much rs commercial reasons, and watch her
opportunity.
For Austria, neutrality seems to be not
merely advisable but ilnperatvels necessary
She is Ear less allie to encounter Prussia now
than she was in 1865. Sddowa was blow
from winch she never has recovered, and if she
regain leading place among continental
States il is not likely to be as German power
Our readers VII rCmcnbor that one of the
principal features of the reconstruction OF
Austria after the defeat Of 1866 was the diyis-
ion of .hc empire into two great component
parts, namely, tie Kingdom Of Hungary and
lie hereditary provinces of Austria proper 1t
is IN the former TIA. the strength and vitality
of the country seem now 20 lie, and 1t Is from
Buda- Pcsth that we LOOK with the most hope
for signs of political regeneration. In four
years the progress OF that revived milton
has been astonishing. The Magyar, under
the leadership of Deab, have risen from tho
bitter abasement in which they were held so
long by a cruel despo,sm, the scars aid sor-
rows Of the struggle have been forgotten, and
the patriots have returned from long exile to
take the lead in Establishing the ancient
kingdom, with It's own laws and its own con-
s!itutiOnal government. Mr. Bancroft. in
dispatch 10 Secretary fish, he's recently drawn
a striking picture of This revival "Ihe c1iles
"of 1885," lie says, "retlrlcd home Iich with
call the political experience and wisdom OF
"tbe Western states of Europe and of the
Omitted States. American influence and
American "reminiscences arc everywhere OBJ
"scrvable. Hungarians who had been il
america are frequent in the streets
"of PeSth. One of the Representa-
Gives was former naturalized American
"citizen. Thecity of Buda, the residence OF tho
" Emperor King, selected for its Mayor ltun-
gar:an exile who had resided ms az American
citizen ia New-York. Yielding TO their request,
he returned home, resumed his position as
citizen OF Bdda, and was placed at the head OF
"the city magistracy." Under these influences
the people are prosperous and contented, COM
1nerce and enterprise flourish the population
RAPIDLY increases. mo nation IN Europe" says
the document from which we have Just quoted,
as 1T this moment moving forward like the
"Huugafian people. They have not seen 50
"happy days since the battle of MOhacz, or
"rather never in the course of their history"
Austria proper on the other hand, consists
OF seventeen different provinces, without unity
Of religion, nationality, language, commercial
interests, or political aspirations. 1t Is not
even teIritorialy compact. Ia this part OF the
Empire sometimes known as the Cislcitian
Provinces, while Hungary is styled Trdnslci-
thai, it was supposed that the Germans, who
constitute rather less than cne-third of the
population would play the same part as the
Mlgyars in Hungary. But the Germans have
never 10 the hope Of reviying the great Ger
nan Empire, and, even if they could bo brought
to love the AUatTo-HUngarian power with which
the are connected, they could make little
Roadway amid the conflicting interests which
distract Chem. Poland dreams of national
revival under some second and more fOrtu-
maize Koss;uzko. The Czechs clamor for
a new kingdom Of Bohemia, and with the
other Slayi generally resent the prepOnderance
OF power given to Germans and Magyars, who
both together make up only 100000 out OF
the 3j,0O0,OOO Of Inhabitants of the Empire.
Dissatisfaction and jealousy, indeed, in the
CiSleithan Provinces are all but universal.
On the subject of the present war; it would
probably be impossible to reconcile the wishes
of the Government with the interests of the
two halves of the Empire. While the Austrian
Germans have shown factious disposition to
prevent the union of North and South Ger
many, being naturally jealous of the Prussian
Confederation so long as they do not belong
to it, their sympathes nevertheless are all
with their Prussian cOuntrymen, and they
would be strongly avorse to a coalition with
France for the purpose of humilating the
Fatherland, and defeating that ultimate
union of all the German peoples which, in
some way not yet understood, they hope
to accomplish. The Maygars have no objection
to union between North and South Germany,
so long as Austrian Germany does not join it
too. They believe that the Hungarians and
the people of the crown lands must work to-
gether for the glory and prosperity of the En-
pire but they would not be sorry to have for
neighbors confederation of German States
upon which they could depend as friends and
allies Above all things they want peace, that
their budding prosperity may have time to
develop, and, until their safety is directly me-
naced we may be sure the movement for a
French alliance will find no cOuntenance from
them Austria, therefore, if she went into this
contest would do so against the strenuous OPP
position of her own subjects, and moreover run
imminent risk of giving her rickety Cisleithan