The New York herald., 1875-10-02
THE cRoAT AND THE TURK.

CRoATIAN SYMPATHY WITH THE RKyoLTED
PRovINCEs-MAssING OF AUSTRIAN TROOPS
ON THE FRoNTIER-PREvALENcE OF THE
PANscIAyoNIAN DEA-PRINcE MLAEs Diff
cULTIEs
AGRAs, in Crota, Sept 8, 1875
One would hardly imagine this tranquil and charming
little town TO be OF the chief centres Of the agita
ton at present prevailing Scavc land; yet such is
tho fact Here, indeed, is Of warke spirit than
found among the Bosnian rayahs The correspond
ent OF Agram journal, who made
journey among the refugees at the
time as myself has INDUCED in several
sympathetic flights which very clearly show the
per of the Croaan mind II it possible to do 1t
without drawing down upon her the vengeance Aus
rian officials this pretty Croatia would thousands
OF volunteers the Turk from his igotten pos
sessions notably in Bosnia and would succeed doing
IL. The Croatans are good soldiers One has an ex-
cellent chance judge Of their merits for the
son that Agram here, the traditional capital
OF the triunitary kingdom of Dalmata,
Croatia and Sclavonia is filled with troops of every
grade and class. The officers almost numerous
enough for an army The clank Of thin swords, the
Jngng OF thin spurs and the of their polite
salutaton 81 have the honor said they gravely
and fastidously touch two fingers to their blueblack
caps are heard in every cafe each courtyard Just
slower town." there is encampment where stalwart
soldiers, similar to those which / saw in Sussex
and along the Turkish frontier, are daily
drilled with sternness and earnestness
which argues an intention to fight Austria has a
formidable assembly Of troops her frontier and the
better condition, physically and in respect
of discipline than before. The Croas like little
taste OF blood in everything that they drink might
call them good naturedy ferocious. On the evening
of my arrival in Agram the Hanoung' had usurped
all the main apartments principal hotel was
giving really fine concert which reflected the highest
credit upon the musical taste and culture OF the
elegant although isolated little capital All the nobi
ties, the members of the Diet, the honorable ''Pres
dent dos Landgerchtes the military and civil dign
ares gathered at supper in the huge courtyard of
the hotel alternately listening to the music and fur
ously discussing the claims of tho Scavc race.
oRoATIASs
that whether the present insurrection is tenn
porary crushed out the day at hand when Ser
via Montenegro Bosnia and Herzegovina cooperating
together with aid from the exterior, will their
independence During my brief stay in Agram heard
much excited talk favor Of the ''poor, downtrodden
rayah and the need of going at to his aid There
several hundred, possibly Gncludng the neighbor
hood) several thousand, young men who if they
not positively certain of being arrested by the
Austrian authorities, would traverse the frontier
and plunge in against the Bashi- Bazouks and
the Ridifs with heartiness born only OF
EXTREMIST hate The Croats do not believe
in the Turks soldiers They say that the latter
achieve any save by accident and that when
caught in emergency, they lose their presence OF
mind at They have latterly taken to recitng
dpropos of the Turks the little story about 0me Pacha
and Prince schwarzenberg 1t appears that the dis
tnguished Turk above mentioned really born in
reason except his military ambition, which he hoped to
crafty by excelling among the Turkish commanders
Schwarzenberg, hearing, in 1850 the recital by
French diplomat of some Of omer Pachas exploits
said nervousy;-
''You making too much out Of him. He is
Croat-t is all summed up in that. We have a couple
OF thousand captains of his force and talent the Aus
trian army"
The Croats here not only have firm belief in their
military prowess and eeadly hatred of the Turks
but they have that intense pride OF which urges
them aid the struggles Of any of their kindred for
liberty. Agram is jealous Of its nationality and
although German is everywhere heard in the rich and
cultured little capital the sclavic tongue everywhere
written and spoken quite as much the Teutonc
language Over the doors of the coffee
houses, hotels, museums and railway stations,
as well the shops, the inscriptions
in Sclavic. Every one, man, woman and child,
less the lowest class Of peasants remoest from the
town be excepted speak both German and Sclavic but
the former considered accomplishment or
disagreeable necessity by all OF sclavic blood The
papers Scavic the dramas in the little theatres
Sclavic the railway plans and schedules in Sclavic all
indcae that Agram Lagreb is called in the Ian
guage OF the locality keeps strong hold upon its orig
inaity and does not wish TO be swallowed up the
great Austrian Empire 50 that its previous autonomy
shall be lost sight Of
In Croatia and in servia the spirits which labor for
rattlng Of tho dry bones the oppressed provinces
are hindercd from more violent efforts by only
thng-a knowledge Of the terrible consequences which
would inevitably be entailed by a general in Eu-
rope at the present time. Still they would not allow
that consideration to restrain them permanently, and
is with fun knowledge Of this fact that thoughtful
people in Hungary and Austria turn frightened gaze
toward the quiet city the hillside in tho Croatian
plans and the picturesque Servian capital the juno
tion Of the Danube and the Save
All the pcasantry in the country round about Agram
and Sissek and along the river from Cortimitza to
Berdon- -the-Save Is
PROFOUNDLY INTERESTED IN STRUGGLE,
in which the rayahs thus far appear to have come or
second best although the insurgents now by their
saes from passes and in deep vallies filing
the Save ports with Turkish wounded l have seen
to-day something like hundred stout fellows at tho
railway within fifteen miles Of Agram. don't
know where these people going, but they seemed
suddenly TO have made up sheir minds to go
where, and had their ragged red knapsacks stuffed
with provisions Judging from the amount
Of beer they drank, and the rolickng way in which
they called for it. appeared also evident that these
brawny fellows had had other hands than their
in their pockets; and that the aforesaid hands, being
hastily retired had left in the pockets numerous myste