The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-30
KOSsuTH AT NINETY.


1tkEc Predicts That AmerloR Will Rule the
World In the Next Century.
Kossuth Ia tolerably hale and hearty for a
man OF his years. Little over the medium
height his FRI m , in his younger days must
havo been wi y a I'd athlet 10. His eyes grow
Every large and ~luatroua when In CONVERSE
sion he discusses any topic which particu.
larry interests him; bnt In his moments Of
silence and meditation they have q PARKWAY.
melancholy look, which warrants one In be-
lievinR that the great Hungarian patriot re-
g'ets he IL about TO die without seeing tho
dazzling dream Of his life realized.
When ! asked him IL he believed In the
durability Of the Austrian empire the old
man shook his head in the negative and
said;
1.-THE Austrian empire cannot hold to-
II Rether for more than another generation.
1t Ia made of the most conflicting elements.
Races and religions Of different kinds and
habits and customs of a Numerically OPP
posite character can no more be blcnt IN
one than can oil and water. We have. for
instance, the dull, plodding,. phlegmatio
| German-Austfian. who sees his only patton
smokes and the blonde color of the lager
that he drinks; the Tcheck. who 10 hot
l headed and enthusiastic; the Bohemian.
who is a careless. devil-mny-care fellow.
and the Hungarian, who shares q few OF
the qualities OF the others, but VINO IS.
| nevertheless, "a distinct from any OF them
aa chalk is from cheese. Believe me, the Aus
/ trian empire will fall one day, like the old
Roman empire. to pieces."'
"And what. to your mind, Will come in
for its spoils?"
Hungary, whose population ia mostly
of Magyar blood. with a pretty fair infusion
of Servian and Slavonian, will, of cout Sc,
throw off the Hapsburg yoke and form it.
self into nm independent republic. Bo-
hemia and T%chegueland will follow suit,
while Austrian Germany will naturally be-
come part and parcel of the great German
empire"
do you believe that republicanism is
making serious Roadway in Europe?"
Certainly ] do. France has now made
mp her mind to remain a republic for all
time. switzerland has been arepublic from
almost time immemorial. Spain and Por-
tugal will yet form an lberian republic.
Italy will soon rid herself of the Savoy dy-
nasty, for Cavalotti and his brother repub-
Leans are becoming more and more power
full in this peninsula. As for England. the
radical element in that country will event.
ually put the Guelphs on the shelf"
Asked for his opinion of America and
the Americans Kossuth said: II believe
that the onward march of humanity ia to-
ward the west. The United States in the
twentieth century will practically rule the
WOfIu-uOb Id the pSiisisal eHe neral sense
Of that term. The Americans themselves
are a wonderfully progressive people and
If the millennium should ever como they
certainly will be the first to reach it,"
The old mans eyes sparkled with lam
bent fire while he spoke thus. He expressed
himself in the pu est French. interpolated
with an odd sentence or two in English. In
conclusion it need only be added that de
spite several drawbacks in his chhracte,
his chivalrous instincts, his career of self
sacrifice and unswerving loyalty to the
and Of his birth make him one of the
most unique and interesting figures in
modern history.-Cort. Boston Transcript.