The New York herald., 1871-11-09
AUS TRIA.


The Ministerial Crisis-Tho Result-DecIsion
OF tho Emperor-TriumDh of Beust and
Audrassy-What will Hobenwart DOv
VIENNA, Oct a. 1871.
Events have marched with rapid step within
the last few days. The ministerial crisis appears to
be for the moment decided, and in a way, think,
which very few expected The great Council OF
Ministers has concluded It's labors. Let me sketch
for you its proceedings during the last few days.
Finding Count Beusu, with the two common Mn
listers, Lonyay and Kuhn; Count Anorassy, the Hun
garian Premier. and Baron Wenkheim, another OF
the hungarian Cabinet, all arrayed against him,
Count Hohenwart was compelled to yield to q
phalanx OF opposition formidable and 30 united
He AT nrst insisted that answer should be given
70 the Bohemians which would fully recognize all
the claims they had pat forward In their address to
the Crown. count Beust and his adherents abso.
lutey refused to agree to this and suggested seve
raj notifications. Count Hohenwart then with.
drew, and, after consideration, agreed to make
some changes In the reply to Bohemia This DONE
he brought the reply. in Its modified form, again
before
TIE GREAT COUNCIL.
But both Beust and Andrassy found the amended
reply unacceptable the original one, and COM
plalned that the alterations they had suggested were
really omitted in Hohenwazt's new document.
Hohenwart hereupon seems TO have begun to de-
ppair Of arriving ut a compromise which would be
satisfactory to the two parties with whom he had to
deal-the Bohemians on the one side, and the party
Of Counts Beust and Andrassy on the other. Under
these circumstances he thought his best plan would
be to sound the leaders CT the Bohemians to see how
far they would be ready to abate their pretensons
and accept compromise. With this OBJ ect he
autographed TO Prague the capital OF Bohemia, re-
questing Dr. Rieger and Count Clam Marttnitz TO
come up to Vienna 1t Is characteristic OF the con-
ndence they have In the justice OF their claims and
she ultimate OF tseir own cause that Reger
and Clam Martinitz at first refused to accede to the
Prime Minister'S request: they had, they replied
already fully exposed their views IN the address OF
the Bohemian Diet 10 the thrOne TO this address
they had nothing TO add Count Hohenwart, how
ever, repeated his request and, thus urged, the
THE EMPERoR'S DECISION.
Meantime the Emperor had been considering his
Of the meetings OF the great Council. But Francis
Joseph is IN these matters. cautious and taciIurn;
f peoe Lad 10 y
Rledgng himself One Way oF the other. To-Day the
1ecslo1 o. the EmperSr was s, slveh, and hele it
, "The Emperor has decided to reject the modified
was proposed by the Hohenwart Ministry, aud to
eccert the amendments proposed by Count BeusL
Hungarian Ministry. These amendments are con. on
tanned in the following points,
py ss i be
a the aw ssns % oI, that S especially %
Gsy as they have been estsbashed. 'A' 'Ai''
SIS, ss sady e ss ssea Sy M
fDwThe government shall not promise IN its Iescrpt
sddrsss before The Roichsrath' p''''''1
Thus, 1t viii be seen Beust and Andrassy are for
The moment, conquerors and have carried all their
WHAT WILL HoHENwART DO?
Now, the important question arises, What will
Hohenwart do viii he accept the decision OF the
Emperor or will he reslgnY This is matter which
as y aea aT er
concerns the future Of Austria itself. AS find II
well expressed Ia semi Official journal OF this city
the object OF the great Council was to discover
pia n,edia-a middle path. which would on the one
hand DO nothing TO disintegrate the empire and,
on the other, would satisfy the Just demands OF the
Bohemlans. The time is past-thc time will, think,
never return when the claims OF The B0hemians
will be met with sneers and obstinate refusal. The
ruture policy OF the cis-Leithan must be policy Of
concession. The degree OF concession viii be the
only question In dispute. Now. Will Count Hohen-
wart consent TO adopt the modified programme OF
concession put forward by Beust, and II Hohenwart
support There can tnlnE he little room for doubt
on the proper answer to this question. The Bo-
hemians wl so far we can see, steadily stick to
Ehe demands they have made in their address to the
throne,
PLEDGED TO THE BoHEMIANs.
Count nohenwart has, every one believes, pledged
pimself too deeply TO the Boemlans TO accept with
honor the Beust programme. A resignation OF the
present Ministry may, Then, be fairly looked forward
70 as the result OF the Emperors decision: Who VIII
come nextY II there be country in the world In
which the occupation OF minister is little deserv-
ing OF envy that country Is cis-Leithan Austria.
Power, even when attended with danger and DIM
Cultles, has exercised q strange fascination over
mems minds; the situation OF minister has seldom
70 10 begging. What idea must we, then have Of
the estimation In which a position In the govern
ment Is he'd In Austria when we remember that
last year tne Emperor spent five months in getting
together ministry? IL is not at all impossible
that he may find equal difficulty In supplying Count
aonenwarrs place. And thus II may happen M T. that
through his present defeat TO a future victory.