The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1886-11-17
WHY HUNGARY HATES RUSSIA.

The bold declaration Of Premier Tisza,
of Hungary, that the Government OF
Austria. Hungary would never consent to
see any single great Power hold undls.
puted sway in the Balkan region, was
aimed, Of course, at Russia alone. The
beginning Of the hatred which Hungary
feels toward Russia dates back more than
a generation. This feeling has always
been the disturbing element in the triple
alliance. When the kidnapping OF Alex
auder revealed the hand of Russia, the
Austrian Government for day or two
apparently acquiesced in the arrange
ment almost A. freely az Germany did.
Subsequently. however, opposition to
Russian sggrandizement was heard IN
Austrian official newspapers-feeble at
first. but at length becoming more open
aud pronounced. This was the reflex
and expression of the aversion to the
Muscovite, which has become part OF the
political creed of the Hungarian division
of the Austrian Empire. When the
tyranny aud duplicity of the Austrian
Government eliminated 10 the attempt
in lS4S to excite civil strife in Hungary
in order that Austria might have pre-
text to interfere and subvert tho Hun
parian Constitution just sanctioned by
tho Emperor Ferdinand. the Hungarians
rose in revolt in defense OF their liberties.
The Hungarian National Assembly de-
clared the House Of Hapsburg deposed,
chose Kossuth as Governor General OF
the country, and strove to shake of the
Austrian yoke by force of arms. Ferdi-
nand abdicated, and his nephew, Francis
Joseph, the present monarch, became
Emperor. In the war which followed
the Hungarlans displayed patriotism,
courage, and military and administrative
skill which gained imperishable renown
for Kossuth, Gorgei, Benz, Dembinski
and others. Hungarian arms were every
where successful. An enemy, however.
which the Hupgarians had not taken into
account, and against which they could
offer no effectual resistance. was about TO
appear ON the scene. Russia, fearful
that the example of the Magyars might
incite the Poles to insurrection, came to
Aus.ria's aid. Three powerful Musco.
vte armies invaded Hungary, one from
the north, one from the west aud another
from the east, and the Magyar insurrsc-
ton was crushed out. Russia thus, by
one of the blackess crimes which has
stained it's annals in the century, repaid
Austria for its aid in suppressing an up
rising in Poland fifty.four years earlier,
and left legacy Of hatred in Hungary
which was destined to become one of the
most potent elements in the resistance OF
Russias schemes of aggrandizement in
Southeastern Europe. In 1867 Hungary
formally came into possession, by the
consent OF the Austrian Government, OF
most of the rights and privileges, except
separation and Independence, for which
it fought so calamity in lS4S, but its
enmity to Russia was no. in the slightest
degree abated by that act. Hungary
possesses about l6, 000.0 900 of the 81, 900.
600 Inhabitants comprising the Austro-
Hungary Empire. and its influence is a
potent factor in molding the foreign pol
icy of the Imperial Government. 1t Is
especially powerful in this exigency,
when it ia arrayed on the side of the
national aspiration to retain the Austrian
prestige and influence unimpaired in the
Balkan peninsula. These are some OF the
reasons why Premier Tisza's utterance
created such sensation in all the Euro
pean courts from the Neva to the Thames.
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