Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-13
1 CIVIL WAR IS BREWING.
Significance of Violent Outbreaks in
the Austrian Parliament.
Race Hatreds Inf1amed-The Strug-
gle of Nationalities in Austro-
Hungary May Tear Asunder the
Empirs-An Issue Made Between
the Germans and the Slavonians.

GmQlrS-Au Issue MADE Between
the Germans and the SlavoHians.
Reichsrath reassembled to-day the sit
ting of yesterday having again been
suspended, owing to a renewal of the
disturbances and conflicts between the
representatives Of the German and
Czech elements, which have been the
features of the recent sessions Of the
house, the president rejected a series Of
motions upon the part of members CT the
left for roll call of votes, declaring that
it was the duty of the president to
maintain parliament in a condition to
perform its functions and not to treat
the rules of procedure as though they
were established for purposes of OBJ
struction.
The disorderly scenes in the lower
house of the Reichsrath began when
that house reopened on September %
last, and they have been continued ever
since. Bitter feeling exists between the
Germans of Austria and Czeohs and 9TH
er Slavonian nationalities. A climax was
reached when the Austrian government
decided that the Czech language was in
every way coordinate with the German
in Bohemia and Moravia. The govern
ment was bitterly attacked by the Ger
man members of the reichsrath and the
latter sought to have the ministers in
dicted. Upon several occasions the low
er house has resembled a beer garden,
and sitting after sitting has been sus-
pended in the attempts to maintain
some degree Of decorum among the
members On September %, the Aus
trian premier, Count Badepi, fought a
pistol duel with Dr. Wolff, the German
nationalist leader, arising from insults
addressed by the doctor to the premier
during the previous days session Of the
lower house. Count Badeni was wound
ed in the right hand.
On October &c, DIR. Kathrein, who is
prominent member of the Catholic
peoples party, of German nationality
and prominent clerical, resigned the
presidency of the house, being opposed,
it is understood to taking extreme
measures against the obstruction being
carried on by the aggressive section Of
the Germans. He is succeeded by DR..
EbaDhoch, a man Of determined dispo-
sition. Ii is expected that the latters
presidency will be marked by repeti-
ton of the violent scenes recently re-
ported from Vienna. The excited feel
~ in Austria is considerably intensi-
ID by the fact that both Austria and
Ingary are now discussing the ques-
"A OF the renewal of the Ausgleich,
x compact which binds the two groups
'of provinces together as the Austrian
empire.
Is The Austrian constitution can be sIs-
pended by the Emperor, under certain
conditions, and His Majesty might, as
intimated some two days ago, by the
Austrian minister Of finance, decide to
govern without a parliament, but the
Hungarians hold that if the Emperor
takes this step the Ausgleich ceases to
exist and Hungary may insist upon her
right to separate government, a sep
arate army, a separate diplomatic SER
vice, ETC., in which case it would seem
that civil war might follow and the
end of such struggle might change
the map of Europe.
y The London Times recently published
the following in dispatch from it's
correspondent at Vienna, who dwells
at length on the parliamentary situation
in Austria:
"Tbe most interesting contribution to
the newspapers relative to the pend
ing critical state of affairs is a letter
which was published by the Neue f'reie
Presse this morning, signed with the
initials II. M and preceded by a few
lines of introduction, stating that it
comes from great German savant and
one Of the most eminent men of the
day. The writer begins with an as
surance Of the deep sympathy felt by
the Germans Of the empire for their
Austrian brethren in the present strug-
gle, for even Nirth Germans like him
Self had never doubted that the Alps of
Falseburg and the Tyrol would remain
permanent possession of the entire
race, and that the Danube would con-
tinue to be as German as the Rhine.
Throughout all the changes upon
which be looked back as an old man,
the Germans had always regarded the
community of their country with Aus
tria az firmly assured. Yet now they
saw thAapostles of barbarism endeavor-
ing to bury the labor of five centuries
in the abyss of their own barbaric con-
dition
1T wa9en inexpressible grief for the
Germans Il be condemned to the part of
mere spectators and precluded from
even an attelpt to hasten the assistance
OF their comhatriots. The latter knew.
however, thaAit Was impossible. Aus
tria was a greet state SO long as it was
held together b7 the German cement. It's
future would NIT be decided in Berlin,
but lay in the hands of the German
Alstrians themselves. His first word to
them was to unite, his second to be
steln and uncNmpr omising. Czech
skulls, which wers not open to reason.
Were accessible I'd blows. Untime,y
submiasiveness was at stake. Defeat
was equivalent to suin. The Germans
couH not emigratA ike the Russian
jews, and whoeves gave way must