Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-02-09
A NEW KING or HUNGARY.


The Archdnko Rudolf, young gen.
tleman who will be eighteen years old
next August, is the Emperor of Aus.
trias only son, and hclrapparcnt to
the crown Of Ausiria.Hungary. As
almost every person knows, II is a
rather ,lisnniicd union, this junction Of
German, or "Cislcithan monarchy,
witha Magyar, on" 1ranslcithan" king
dom---ihc former known as Austria,
the latter as Hungary. Though these
countries have been under ono and the
same ruler since tho early part Of the
sixteenth century they have never
coalcsced, Hungary having been ever
since to Austria what Ireland has long
been to England. Hatred TO "the
German is as much the prevailing
feeling among Hungarians as hatred
to "the Saxon has been for ages
among the Irish. But Hungary has
been and is much better off than Ire
land II has n Constitution which
dates from its foundation as a Kingdom,
about the year s95, and this Constitu-
ton, forfeited by the revolt of 1S4s.9,
when Kossuth was leader, was restored
in 1860, and the Emperor Of Austria,
in June, 1867, sworc to maintain 1t, and
was then crowned King of Hungary
with great pomp. Besides this, Hun
gary, ms well as Austria, enjoys Home
Rule" under a Reichstag or Parliament
q hcr own, each country also sending
an equal number of members TO the
JOINT legislature, called the Delegations.
The territory of Austria includes Bo-
hemla (an independent Kingdom until
the year 1920, Dalmatia, Galacia,
Styria, Moravia, Silesia, the Tyrol, and
other ncighboring provinces. The
Kingdom Of Hungary, as il continues
to be designated, includes Hungary
proper, Croatia, Slavonia, and Transyl-
vania Francis Joseph is Emperor OF
Austria and King of Hungary. Un-
fortunately, the German and Hunga-
rian provinces oftbis Empire Kingdom
are at present in active hostility against
each other. To settle matters il has
been determined (thc Dewsche Zeitnng,
u Vienna journal atiirms) that the
Prince Imperial of Austria, the young
Archdukc Rudolf shall be crowned
King of Hungary. There is no lack
Of precedent for this. SO lately as
1880, the Prince Imperial Ferdinand
was so crowned, though his father,
Francis !. (father-in-law ofNapoleon /. J,
was then alive, and did not die until
1885. m
1t is thought, the Vienna Journal in
timaies, that the relations between the
two portions of the Austro- Hungary
monarchy may be improved by placing
Hungary directly under n King
though, in this case, Prince Rudolf
would be only Yiceroy. In Hun
gary the Crown of st. Etiennc (Which
was lost during the revolt of ls49 and
eventually recovercd) is regarded with
n reverence which Republicans can
scarcely believe or understand. The
heir-apparcnt, ON whose head that al.
most sacred crown is placed, with the
solemn rites Of religious and the mag
nlfcent pomp Of feudality and royalty,
has the right, from that moment, and
without any other formality, to oxer.
else all the powers and prerogatives
with which "thc crowned King Of Hun
gary" is invested. l fa II
In the present instance the draw.
backs are that Prince Rudolf is not
much above seventeen years of age,
and that IL as crowned King" he
should happen to show q leaning to-
wards Austria THAT is towards his own
iather), the Hungarians may get hufied
and send him back, an uncrowncd
King, to Vienna. The case is much
the same as II, in order TO conciliate
the disatiected majority in the Emerald
Isle lMoore's "First flower of the earth
and first gem of the sea-, tho British
Government were to have the Prince
Of Wales crowned King Of Ireland in
81. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and
that after time he were TO exhibit
decided leaning towards the English
interest. Who can doubt that, once a
conviction thereof got into the Irish
mind the dcputy-monarch would be
shipped back TO England without hest
tatlon or delay.