New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-22
Bspov B1TvERLE,S SUCCESSOR.

baron ltaNnlcllc SuCCcsSOl Has Al N'IAg DN'ii
selected. Count Kalnoky has returned to ST.
Petersburg to present his letters of recall as
Ambassador, and is expected to assume the
functions of Minister OF Foreign Affairs for the
Whole Empire after the adjournment OF the
Austrian and Hungarian Delegations. Count
Andrassy is reported to have declined the Office,
so that the choice has lain between the most
prominent members of the diplomatic service,
the Ambassadors at the Russian and British
Courts. One of these, Count KarOlyi, had
waived the appointment in 1879 on the ground
that he was only an Indifferent debater and
could not appear 10 good advantage before such
disputatiOus bodies as the Delegations. HIS
successful competitor is a younger man, whose
appointment is due to his diplomatic aSSOcia-
tons quite as much as to his race and abilities.
Count Karolyi has won the confidence OF the
Hungarian Catholics, but the Emperor has pre-
fcrred for reasons of his own to send to st.
Petersburg rather than to London for his conf
Dental adviser. Count kalnoly is not person
ally unpopular in Hungary and he possesses
Dcculiar qualifications for determining what is
to be the position of his country if the Three
Emperor League has been, or is to be- renewed.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs for the
W ilDie Empire NtllNtN llltit anu iioA' NO
colleagues i'm the common Ministry. The Min
lister for War is almost invariably an Austrian
Field Marshal chosen for technical rather than
political reasons The Minister for Finance Is
an Austrian when the Minister for Foreign
Affairs is a Hungarian, and Hungarian when
his associate is an Austrian; so that change
in the so-calcd Premiership is commonly tol-
loved by transfer in the subordinate depart
ment. In the War Office there are no CORE
spending changes The three Ministers are
individually responsible to the Delegations
without forming coherent Cabinet. The Min
ister for Foreign Affairs Is the practical admin
istrator of the two mOnarclncs. and when the
races and natioualitss are pulling III opposite
directions he executes the personal VIII OF the
sovereign. Although there Is no country IN
Europc where there is so much parliamentary
mechanism as in AusrO- Hungary, duaiIsm
practically leaves the Emperor master Of di'
plonacy and politics in every great emergency.
If the rival claims OF Cabinets, natiOnalltics,
Diets and races cannot be recon clod. the En-
pcror does rs lac chooses without regard to
constitutionalisn. Hungary did not favor the
OCCUPATION of Bosnia, and Austria looked
colby upon it. for neither Magyars nor Germans
but Franz Josef, having lost two provinces
early in his reign, was bent upon making good
Ins territorial LOSSES. Although lac Is a consti-
tutional monarch and respects the rights Of
nationalitics and races in his composite Empire,
hc repeatedly intcrvcncs in public affairs to
keep Cabinets in Office and To enforce his own
views OF foreign policy.
A model Chancellor of the Dual Monarchy
must. therefore bc equally efficient in conciliat-
ing royal favor and in retaining popular conf
dcnce. His usefulness will bc permanently
impaired if he alienates the sympathy oi domi-
naut race or party. The first Chancellor saved
the Dual system from destruction by indgcins
the Emperor to dismiss IIohcnwart and 10 dis
appoint the arrogant hopes OF prcacy and aris-
tocracy but lac had given mortal offence to the
Czechs and be- relieved the Emperor from an
embarrassing position by rc,igninS Andrassy
displayed remarkable adroituc-, in rcoouciiing
the Magyar5 to his policy OF mentality during
the war in Bulgaria and 10 the subsequent oc-
cupation Of Bosnia, bat his plea of political
Baron Haymcrlc had an easier task, for the
alliance with Berlin was popular alike at Pcslh
and Vienna The new Minister of Foreign
Affairs will be charged With the delicate duty ol
adapting that alliance to the conditions of the
Ddntzic interview and possibly OF bringing the
Emperor face 10 face with the Car. The st.
Petersburg Ambassador may be the man for
the work, bat he will not be likely to have h-
labors appreciated in Hungary.