New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-08

rFFORTS OF THE RrMANIANS To SECURE
RFCOGNlTlDN or THEIR NATIONALITY.
Paris. September

! tlNr- Of IL" Ruinlnian inlah.tlnts Of Hungary
! brought IT, sessions 10 Il clos" in the city ~
/ il"imannstadt. Their unanimous conclusion Wa
10 stand by The emor,ndum OF the RHmanans Of
lrInsl i'anil and Hungary. which WAS drawl
zap ia March, l-g. and pres ntc'i - the Emp ror-
/ Kim ~ Vienna in June Of thc same year, but
which Francis Joseph. by advice Of III, consti
| tgtonal counsellor, for Tn" KINGDOM OF Hungary,
declined - receive. On the 3i-t OF August the
! Hungarian courts at Kau>cnbuia CONDEMNED the
author Of defence Of the memorandum 10 four
year, imprisonment and 1000 forms fine, with
proportional rcnatir, for the publishers This
i one mere step forward in conflict which
threatens the peace of the HUNGARIAN part Of the
monarchy. just ~ the Cacch agitation IN Bohemia
! di,turls the Austrian
English readers have mover been slsw to inter
ct thomSclvc. in The conflicts Of race which hav"
been waecd IN the empire of the llapsbngs. Kos
| suth and Hungarian Independence, Mazzlni ana
| United taly, have by turn thrilled their svmpa-
thies. Perhaps only the man is now wanting 10
do A. much for IN" Rumlnians OF Tnnsylvania
1t is we'll 10 state from the beginning. that this
latest and perhaps Understanding agitation OF
the spirit of nation ilty i directly aimed against
that dual constitution of the Austro-llungarlan
monarchy which has been in force since the En-
pcror Francis Joseph was crowned Kin of Hun
| gary in 1861 Before tllt time under the OH
Austrian abeouti~m. the MaeyarS of Hungary
complained that they were sacrificed 10 IN" unciV-
/ ilizcd Slav wcarorS of shccp>kin. II - now the
turn of tl" Rumanians. who demand their on
reimbursement from the barbarOus yoke OF IN" Hun
garia
Taken altoeother-in the Bukovina, which l.
at peace under the Austrian dominion: III
| Transylvania, which j. in hish unrest under the
| Hungarian mastery, AMI in Independent Eunaina
| this race numbers over lo.OOo.our Souls
In Austra-lIGngary tie Official statistics give. III
Transylvania. l.is4.Se3 Rumanians. as AGAINST
$780, 80 IIunrarldns Nlaglar~' and ?il.'4o Say
ons belonging to a German colony oi The twelfth
century In hungary proper the Enmanans form
an absolute majority in three counties and a con
siderable minority in five more. l'nl if III" stu
alton OF the Lands occupied hy the Islnanians b.
onsidcrcd. instead of the arbitrary division OF
counties, it will be- found that they are all mlsse
together in continuous territory with littc or no
adiIiNturc Of other races. if "Nc"pt tn" compact
Saxon and nriehLorin. Hungarian cnclaycs. Thi.
territory is contcrminouS the or" hand. with
the I"lovina where IA" RumanlrGs. e. IN" mum
Der Of Il few Hundred thousands. pr"dominat".
and. on the other. with the hDmogrnl"n> an in
dependent KINGDOM Of Rumnna. surely th"r" j.
here Tire making OF respectable nationality
united not hy the ti's Of bloc aon" but 10y the
more i,otci tie. of speech. TRADITIONS ard customs.
and religion held IN common.
Naturally If is 10 LIGHT tr~i, in this composite
Au>iro Hungarian monarchy To- satisfy the national
aspirations 81 each and all of the subject race. 81
these Runanian, IN Ir'n-y l,nnia ard of flc vari
ous Slav populations. czech. in Bohemia. 'roat-
and SERBS Pole. and Rnthcnnn- Slo,ak. and
slavcuitns AMI the rrst-hoW"v'r su" "~~iul th"
attempt may have been with th" NaeyaI,. Vet
the whol" question of tie peace Of Furop' depends
on the successful treatment 81 Anstro-Nlayi.m"
which j. always on tie point Of conversion TO
Pan-Russsm I'm the cl>' of Iran-ylyauia
there i the middle term of Eumana rrcdcn'a. II
the Magyar who has conquered liz own AUTONOMY
from the German. VIII not cou~.'" III" ssmc
liberty 10 tie Rumauian~ within hi borders. wins
should not the latter ioir hand, with ihr others ct
their race who already constitute indcp nd"n'
nation?
The present aeiati.n. however. doe. not look 20
far ahead a. this IT, oalcr- sill hop. for Justice
and freedom in the balance. of races Of ~" Nr,fro-
Hungarian monarchy. thou-h they have all bu.
abandoned hope from tie present constitution Of
things in which Hungarian HON" Iul' lo. com" 20
mean compulsory MAeyaiHtipn. ~ least this j.
the conclusion of the viriou- memorial m which
they have presented THIN cause 10 III" judgment
~ Europe during IL" lat two years and il j. the
ha~i, OF the appeal made for The r"r~oual n"ry'n-
ton Of Francis uscph IN III" clrl' part Of l-'i
the hungarian Ch1mla.r~ voted a law oblieine caci
commune 10 OPEN maternal school. which all
children from three tn siN wear Ol a.c wcr" {" fire.
uurnt The declared end of the law Wis 10 dlmin- |
ish the hieh rate Of mortality among young chit !
drcn who are commonly IN cared for TIL" Ru |
manlan- Of Tran,ylvuiA saw in all hi, only OF"
more instrument Of differentiation, Zinc" th" Mag |
var was To- Zee the only languag" Of such schools |
After noisy meetings of piot'stati'n they wound
nh by forming Il national LEAGUE. which extended
into Humania it~Ir The students Of the latter |
country first published and soIt 70 the foreign uni
vcrsitje. lone memorial 'I-.ati,e 10 the situation
Of the Rumnians of Trans, lvania and Hungary
tn this which was dated from Bucharest a reply |
va. ot once issued bv the Hungarian students and
q counter reply, during the year So. WIS adj |
dressed 70 ti,. foreign public " by the Rlmanal |
youtL Of IN. university, who live under the Hun |
oarian domination. and know by personal eAp'-
ricucr the nature of that current 81 NaSN"IHauP" |
70 which Our common country II rubrrt"L lh'
last brochure j. worl, of definite historical! value
in SNIFF. of it, having special cause to plead, and
il i, furnished with Il detailed cthnosIaplhcal map
Of Am>tria-lluneary and Hun"nla
Meanwhile, ia" hapl"-s memorandum Mhirh had
been drawn mp Tor presentation 10 '' ''"P''"I
King was communicated TO the press me pr'Si'
dent Of the committee appointed fo present II III
,bo name Of "al tie Rumanian electors Of Tran
.ylvania and Hungary" is III" Dr. Ra'in who
presided over the congress Of this year. Last
wear the Hungarian Assembly of Advocrts for
,ually accused him Of having broken his oath ny
sctng against the integrity OF tli" nation ana its
II was not ia" liist tim" that hi~
Of the Rumanian cause had involved
him in serious trouble.
The burden Of all these memorials j. the same
The Rumanians, who inhahit Hungary 10 tn"
number Of 2,O0O,OOO and more. and who are III
the actual majority in 1ransy lVania-th" seat oil
their race from Tia" day oi III" Roman Empire
demand their national rights which the Magyar
race. predominant in the present constitution Of
the kingdom. constantly denies to them They
demand 70 be represented by men Of their own
hath i'm the ndiniuiSt of their own part