Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-12-16
HUNGARIAN LEADERS.
The Characteristics of Count Kalnoky, NJ.
de KalIay and M. Tisza.

The Characteristics of Count Kalnoky, NJ.
de KalIay and NJ. Tisza.
As Foreign Minister it has been Count
Kalnoky's object to remain the SUBJ
servient protege of Prince Bismarck
whom he sees regularly once year
and to promote the best understanding
between Austria and Russia. 1t was
with the most tranquil satisfaction that
he watched the Afghan imbroglio draw
Russia away from European affairs, and
with utter dismay that he heard of the
revolution at Philippopolis, which sud-
denly reopaned the Eastern question.
His lack of authority was then shown
in his inability to restrain Servia from
making war upon Bulgaria, and his
want of stat2smanlike shrewdness in
stopping the Bulgarians at the moment
when they were about to win a decisive
victory over King Milan. All through
the Eastern crisis he proved that he was
not a helmsman who could be trusted
in gale; and if his system of nervous
little concessions to Russia should
end-as such n system generally does
in making Russia grasp abrupt
lv at more than Austro-Hungary can
certainly have to retire. His successor
in that case might be Count Andrassy,
but would more probably be Nj. Benja
min de Kallay, now Finance M mister
of the empire. NJ de Kallay is Hun
garian who has risen by his success in
parliamentary life, not by court favor,
and in Austria that says everything.
There is in those Hungarian politicians
a sturdy independence which is alto
eether wanting in the statesmen. Nj.
Tisza is honest, religious, Che belongs
to the str. ctest Calvinist sect, and lib
eral, vet no one has ever seen him
boast of his principles or make a
parade of his piety or seek to prove his
Liberalism b. splenetic denunciations
of men who did not agree with him.
He is sngularly abstemious of re-
marks upon his opponents motives.
His patience is wonderful. He applies
himself to convince, and if he fails
begins again with unrutfled temper
and ploddng tenacity. His adverse
ries accuse him of having no principles.
but he has at least never called
Heaven and earth to witness his consist
ency His statements are so plain
that they admit of no two meanings.
and are never to be CLOSED away. If
ne alIeTS HIS says 81. SUI
mits to jeers with a shrug. His Liberal
policy has always consisted in legis-
lating for actual wants, not n creating
wants for the purpose of snowy legisla-
ton. Having satisfied himself that
there is general movement of opinion
in a particular direction, he heads that
movement, but contrives that the meas
ures which it produces shall do as little
injury aud cause as little irritation as
possible to those who have withstood it
COMPROMISE with him is the very es-
sence of management. In the most
difficult leg sIatiye work which any
statesman could undertake reform
of the House of Magnates-be was
confronted by what seemed at first an
overwhelming opposition; but he car
ried his point without threats, without
appeals to 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 if
he had gone on the stump through Hun
gary, harapgued Slovenian, Servian.
Roumanian and Croat;an peasants out
of railway carriage windows, and sent
showers of postcards flying over the
land. But this is not NJ. Tlsza's way.
a patriotic delicaey Of no common or