The Portland daily press., 1886-11-29
THE HUNGARIAN LEADER.
some Of the characteristics OF N.
Tlsza.

4 ACmflc DAIs
AS foreign minister IL has been Count Kali
| nOky's object to remain the subservient pro-
tege Of Prince characterization he sees reg
ularly once year-and to promote the best
understanding between Austria and Russia.
1t was with the most tranquil satisfaction
that he watched the Afghan lmbrogllo draw
Russia away from European affairs, and
with utter dismay that he heard Of the revo-
luton at Philippopolis, which suddenly re-
opened the Eastern question. His lack Of
authority was then shown In his inability 10
restrain Servia from making war upon Bul-
garia, and his want Of statesmanlike shrewd-
ness in stopping the Bulgarians at the mo-
ment when. they were about to win decis-
I've victory over King Milan. All through
the Eastern crisis he proved that be was not
helmsman who could be trusted In gale;
and II his system of nervous little conces-
sions to Russia should end-as such system
generally does-ln making Russia grasp alb
ruptly at more than Austro- Hungary can
allow her to take, Count kalnoky will eer-
tainly have to retire. His successor In that
case might be Count Andrassy, but would
more probably be M. Benjamin de Kallay,
now Finance Minister Of the empire NJ. de
kallay Is Hungarian who has risen by his
.1NNN'4
favor, aud In Austria that says everything
There is in those Hungarian politicians q
sturdy independence which Is altogether
wanting In the statesmen. M. Tisza Is hon
est, religious Che belongs to the strietest Cal
whist secD and liberal, yet no one has ever
seen him boast Of his principles or make
parade Of his plety or seek TO prove his Lib
eralism oy splenetlc denqnclati9ns Of men
larly abstemious Of remarks upon his OppO-
nents motives. His patience Is wonderful.
He applies himself to convince, and II he
fails begins again with unruftied temper and
plodding tenacity. His adversaries accuse
him Of having no principles, but he has at
least never called heaven and earth TO witness
his consistency. His statements are so plain
that they admit OF no two meanings, and
have never to be CLOSED away. h-he alters
his mind he says so, and submits to jeers with
a shrug. His Liberal policy has always con-
sisted In legislating for actual wants not In
| creating wants for the purpose Of snowy
legislation. Having satisfied himself that
there Is a general movement Of opinion in a
particular direction, he heads that movement,
but c0ntriveS that the measures which it pro-
duees shall do as little injury and cause as
little irritation as possible 10 those who have
withstOod Il. Compromise Is with him the
very essence OF management In the most
diffcult legislative work which any states
man could undertake-the reform Of the
House Of Magnates-he was confronted BY
what seemed at first an overwhelming Oppo-
threats, without appeals 10 class passions,
and his victory left no soreness on those
whom he had vanquished He might, no
doubt, have carried his point faster and with
much less labor TO himself IL he had gone on
the stump through Hungary, harangued Sla-
yOnian, Sereian, Roumanian and Croatian
peasants out Of railway carriage windows,
and sent showers OF post cards flying over
the land. But this Is not M. Tisza's way. A
patriotic delicacy Of no common order makes
him shrink from offering the spectacle Of
Hungarian disunion to the eyes Of other
countries, and especially to the knocking ewes
Of Austria. He would at any time rather
forego personal advantage than appear 10
have gained 1t by making host Of enemies.
and It Is because the Hungarians feel that 1t
great and willing majority Of the nation
and whenever possible for the entire nation
that they admire him, trust him, and follow