The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-11-12
KossuTH AT 90

their found Boston Repu bic S IA Il
KossUTH AT 90 5. .s1
He Predicts that America Will Rule the !.
World in the Next Century ri ~
Boston Transcript: Kossuth is toler-
ably hale and hearty for man Of his /
years. Little over the medium height,
his frame 10 his younger days must have
been wiry and athletic. His eyes grow
very large and lustrous when ii CONVEX. ]
sation he discusses any topic chat Jar [.
ticularly interests him; but in his mo-
.nents OF silence and meditation they
have far away, melancholy look, which
warrants one in believing that the great
hungarian patriot regrets he is about to
die without seeing the dazzling dream 81
his life realized. n s N
When I asked him if he believed in the
durability of the Austrian Empire, the
old man shook his head in the negative.
and said: n VI n.
"The Austrian Empire cannot hold to-
gether for more than another generation.
1t is made OF the most conflicting ele-
nents Faces and religions Of different
kinds, and habits and customs Of dia-
metrically opposite character can no
more be blent in one man than oil and
water. We have, for instance, the duh,
plodding, pGlegrnatic German-Austrian,
who sees his only patch of paradise IN
the smoke Of the pipe he smokes and the
blonde color OF the lager that he drinks;
the Tcheck, who is hot-headed and en-
thueiastic; the Bohemian, who is care
less, devil-may care fellow, and the Hun
garian, who shares few of the qualities
of the others, but who is, nevertheless, as
distinct from any of them as chalkis
from cueese. Believe mo, the Austrian
Empire will fall one day, like the old Ro-
man Empire, to pieces"
"And what to your mind will come in
for it's spoils?"
Hungary, whose population is mostly
|of Magyar God, with pretty fair infu-
sion OF Servian and Slayonian, will, OF
course, throw off the Hapsburg yoke and
form itself into an independent republic.
Bohemia and Tchegueland will follow
suit, while Austrian Germany will natur-
ally become part and parcel Of the great
German Empire" l5..@sr 5..@8
"Do you believe that republicanism is
making serious headwsy in Europe?"
"Certainly do. France has now made
up her mind to remain republic for all
time. Switzerland has been q republic
from almost time immemorial. Spajn
and Portugal will yet form an Iberian
republic. Italy will soon rid herself Of
the Savoy dynasty, for Cavalotti and his
brother Republicans are becoming more
and more powerful in this peninsula. AS
for England, the radical element in that
country will eventually pat the Guelphs
on the shelf"
Asked for his opinion of America and
the Americans Kossuth said: II believe
| that the onward march Of humanity is
towards the West. The United States
in the twentieth century will practically
rule the world mot in the political but
moral sense OF that term. The Ameri~
cans themselves are q wonderfully pro
gressivs people, and if the millennium
should ever come they certainly will be
the first to reach it." s
The old mans eyes sparkled with
lambert fire while he spoke thus. He
Expressed himself in the purest French,
interpolated with an old sentence or two
in English. To- conclusion it need only
be added that. in spite OF several draw
backs in his character his chivalrous in
stipcts, his career of self sacrifice and
answering loyalty to the land OF his
birth make him one of the most unique
and interesting figures in modern history.
A Kindly Man.
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