New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-18
THE DUAL EMPIRE.
KOSSCTH'S ANNIvERSARY-llOME RULE IN
AUSTRIA-HUNGARl.
Paris. September 3.

Paris, September ).
On the 18th of this month Hungarian patriots
will celebrate the ninctieth birthday OF thelr
great leader Kossuth who is still living III eNiie
al Turin On the 18th Of the month lus' pasV
all the different parts of the cohgloh'era'e
Austria-IIungarian Monarchy heartily acclaliiieu
tho sixty-second birthday Of the Emperor-hins
Francis Joseph, no matter no" lar 'neii '"''
inc aspirations still are from reconciliation or
fulflment. In the abortiyc revolution ci io10
Kossuth hid the crown of his conquered country
in Orsova, down by the Iron Gates of the Danube
Austrian absolutsm had crushed the aspirations
of the Magyar race for time, and in It's name.
as was supposed, tho young Francis Joseph
haunted the Imperial throne from which MS
uncle had voluntarily descended in WEAKNESS OF
soul
I shall never forget the mysterious impressions
Of one starlit night when ! was driven rapidly
along the banks of the Danube, and my host,
with ba.ed breath, pointed out the spot III WHICH
the Crown Of st. Stephen had been laid away
until the resurrection Of the Kingdom OF Hun
gary Before that time came the Emperor OF
Austria had TO suffer humiliating defeat at the
hands of the French and Italians in Italy and OF
tbc Prussians at Sadowa. Then the hungarian
leaders, Dcalt and Andrassy, on whose hcad
prcc had once been put, with greater wisdom
than the revolutionsts Of ls4s proposed the
oreat COMPROMISE II was then that Francis
Joseph. who before had been simply Emperor OF
many subject peoples, became the sovereign OF
the Austria-IIungarian Monarchy-a union Of two
independent States, in which he remained En-
peror Of Austria and became the crowned King
Of Hungary.
This was In 1867 after struggle of nineteen
years The coronation toak place in Ofen, or
Bada. which with Pesth across the river has
since then grown into the vcritablc metropolis
Of Budapest 1t placed the final seal on tho
compromise which restored TO Hungary her
autonomy as kingdom and united her, on
footing of equality, with tho Empire Of Austria
in the ore "Ausria-TIungaran Monarchy. tn"
five days Jubilee Of last June, in celebration Of
the twenty-nfth anniversary Of this event, passed
in Budapest with an unbroken grandeur Of
ceremonial which could scarcely have been orsa-
nizcd outside OF this halfOriental, hali-fcudai
land This. and the palmer demonstrations in
hcror Of the patriot KoSSutk. will not be lost
II they draw the attention OF the world to the
successful Transformation Of this part Of Europe
during the last quarter OF n century.
Like all compr 'miscs tho constitution Of the
Auetria-Iluugarian Monarchy is not without its
dinicliltics: but in practice il has strengthened
the lIapsburg dynasty. il has secured stability
and power 70 the whole country beyond all that
Austria had enjoyed before her crushing defeats.
and il still remains the chief bulwark Of peace
in Continental Europe This result is largely
due to the patience and prudence Of the Emperor
Kim In all ills he has but carried out the
mission given thousand years AGO hy the
founder Of the Austrian Mark (, his succcssors
THIS was 10 guard Christian Europe on the side
Of tho Danube and this they succeeded in doing
for many centuries uatl the final expulsion
from Hungary OF tie Turks ,nly two hundred
years since Tho wars Of thc present century
have tended constantly 70 pu>h Austria down
from Germany on the North mad 70 thrus. her
back from italy Gcr's7 tie Nps: 81 that now
hc~ natural spher" o. aciio- j. clone l"ff op"n
20 boz. and she has again become Ia" Guardian
Of tho peace OF the Balkans lIungarys growth
in wealth and power dates fr IN her union on
an equal and Independent basis with Austria
undor the House Of lIapshurg and the dangers
10 her future all arise from The smaller States
Of the Southeast" whose various races have great
fragments dwelling within her bordrrs
TLcee dangers are still. greater for the Austrian
rnr. Of thc Non1rchv. which include within IT,
sclf whole races with national aspirations a4 i'm
pcrafivc ~ thos. Of the lluncariars thcmsrivc,.
I'm Hungary the six millions an half Of in
habitants Of Magyar race and speech have po-
li'ical prcdcminance sufficient TO delay them long
in doing justice TO tho demands OF tho two mill
ions and half Of Rumnnians ynd tho three mill
ions Of Scrvians and Greats Bnt Austria cannot
refuse attention 20 the five millions and more of
Bolcmians who obs'rIct al her legislation with
fhcr violent clamors acain@. the eight million
German oppr'rsors And after Bohemia Their"
will conc the turn OF nearly many mort mill
ions Of Poles and their kin. who for the present
are glad 20 rest in peace under Austria unmolcst"d
by the inccSant vcXations of their brethren
across the Russian frontier The question which
most urges now is whether the home rule. won by
Hungary twenty-five years ago. can solve even
for time problem which the modern tendency
toward unity OF races would seem 10 render in
soluble
II 70, the unpoitical politics Of Francis
Joseph, n man OF passive compromise who has
never gone before defeat. but has Loyalty accepted
it with its consequences when ii came, will have
accomplished its purpose His impctuons yonng
cousin Of Germany might well alludc to him on
the occasion Of his late anniversary in terms APP
preciative Of this wise monarch who guards the
peacc Of Europe The days have changed since
the sympathics Of England and America. with an
Italy striving after unity, made them look with
horror OH every representative Of the hated laps-
burgs and now that the parliamcnts arc 10 re-
sumo their work every wc-wiShcr Of the peace
must bc glad that Count Tdafc, the faithful
minister Of his Imperial masters Will. il to begin
his fourteenth year at the helm Of Austrias ship
Of state.
In provision OF future storms the true story Of
IIungary's rise through home rule 10 civilization
and prosperity is worth narratlng. Twenty-Five
years ago. remember 10 go down TO Pesth, ms it
was then called, was a more doubtful undertaking
than il is now 70 90 all the way down the Danube
Hungary was then about as A>lttc III the popu-
lar impression ns Turkey now is and Pcsth was
but station on this side Of Belgrade. which
opened the way to every Oriental plaguc. II is
true that Hungarian patriotism hal already been
at work. but against great odds. The unsucccss
full revolution of s5S had been followed by nine
teen years of Austrian absoluiism. whicl crcat~i n
frantic hatred among the people that is far from