The New York herald., 1877-07-29
AuSTRO-HUNGARY and THE RUSSIAN WAR.

HERALD CORRESPONDENTS CONVERSATION
WITH THE MINISTER PRESIDENT OF HUN
GARY.
BUDA PEST, July s, 1877.
NJ Tiszas recent speech defining the policy of the
Austro- Hungarian government ~ the present Turco-
Russian war already familiar to your But
what speeches of statesmen or diplomatistsy Do
they not employ their language, Taeyrand so wit
ty said in order to conceal their thoughts? great
man, be he Bismarck, Don Carlos President
Grant Hungarian Miniscr-President like NJ. Tis2a,
will be sure to express himself much freely and
openly to q correspondent of the New York HERALD,
who comes to him from the great American
ing him. than he will dare do in
q set and formal speech to Parliament In an easy,
oI-hand conversation between Two gentlemen, IN
which the knows how to sink the correspondent in
order that the other might sink much as possible
the dipomast, the shacklcs OF statesmanlike dignity
and nvountarily slipped of every and
then, and even the most lofty, dplomatN and Talley
randc--if may use the wordar is apt to DO caught
In an occasional burst of Mr. Tisza himself is
a model OF candor us Will be from the report of
my interview with him, which l give exactly us II
took place, and as far possible word for word in
the Translation. Wherever his position head of the
or TO answer question ALL no said So and In dong
so maintained that perfect conrtoic in which the
Hungarian gentleman takes such pride to excel And
Grst OF ALL reader who is not very familiar with
Hungarian politics will desire to know something
about Sir. Tisza.
FROM THE OPPOSITION TO MINISTRY.
Well, Mr.. Tisza, like most ministers, 1 might
say, began rs radical, or, at all event nts
an advanced liberal When Deak who was undoubt-
odly Hungarys greatest statesman for Kossulh really
never was anything but revolutionary agltator and
orator genius) led the great conservative party of
! Hungary Tisza the CHI cf OF the Left In one
word Deak was the Theirs, while Tsza was tho Gam
bctta OF Hungary However, every one knows that IN
order to trnsmogriiy liberal into conservative you
| need only make him Minister II Is wonderful wnat
qu,eting soothing influence upon the seething oub-
bling macstrom Of liberal ideas by The Min.
isteria portfolio We all have heard "a million adver-
tsements about Mrs. winsows soothing syrup and its
magnetic lullng encct upon turbulent babes
| Tho Ministerial portfolio is the soothing
syrup par excellence for liberals Perhaps this does
not apply well to Mr. Tiszas case for although he is
now the leader Of the conservative party and has
all ntents and purposes taken the place Of Dcak he
is stll man welded to IDEAS of liberal progress and
cminently statesman Of broad and generous views
Enough that he WHO was once The leader OF Tho oppo-
siton, and dreaded radical by the conservative
element, Is now its acknowledged chiei and mouth.
piece and busks the sunshine OF tho imperial pres
once Next to Count Andrassy Mr.. Tisza Is undoubt.
| cdy the most 20 worul man in Austria aud 1 do no,
know but what his uttcrances at this timo have even
greater importance. why2 Because 1t is lust the
Magyar nation which shapes the policy of tho
Empire, and because Koloman Won Tisz. far more