The herald., 1897-11-13
Los ANGELES HERALD, SATURDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 1a 1897
TROUBLE IN AUSTRIA
AZ VIEWED FROM THE GERMAN
STANDPOINT
The Nations Future Lies in Conver-
sion Of the Czech, With q Club
II Necessary

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE London
Times Of November /, received here to-
day. contains the following in a dis
patch from its correspondent at Vienna
who deals at length with the parliament
ary situation in Austria:
The most interesting contribution to
the newspapers relative to the critical
state of affairs Is letter which was
published by the Neue Freie Presse
this morning, signed with the initials
1T. M" and preceded by few lines Of
Introduction, stating that 1t comes from
u great German savant and one Of the
most eminent men of the day. The writ
er begins with an assurance of the deep
sympathy felt by the Germans of the
empire for their Austrian brethren in
the present struggle, for even North
Germans like himself had never doubted
that the Alps Of Salisbury and the Tyrol
would remain q permanent possession of
the entire race and that the Danube
would continue to be as German as the
Rhine. Throughout all the changes
upon which he looked back as an old
man, the Germans had always regarded
the community of their country with
Austria's firmly assured. Yet now they
say the apostles of barbarism are endeav-
oring to bury the labor of five centuries
in the abyss of their own barbaric con-
dition. 1t was inexpressible grief for
the Germans to be condemned to the
part of mere spectators and precluded
from even an attempt to hasten to the
assistance of their compatriots. The
latter knew, however, that it was i'm
possible. Austria was great State so
long as it was held together by the Ger
man cement. It's future would not be
decided in Berlin, but lay in the hands
of the German-Austrians themselves.
His first word to them was to unite, his
second to be stern and uncompromising.
Czech skulls which were not open to
reason were accessible to blows. Un-
timely submissiveness had done great
damage to the German cause in Austria.
Now everything was at stake. Defeat
was equivalent to ruin. The Germans
could not emigrate like the Russian
Jews, and whoever gave way must know
that his children. or at least his grand
children would be turned into Czechs.
A NEW PRESIDENT
VIENNA, Nov. 12.-Dr. Abrahamovics,
the First Vice President of the Lower
House Of the Reichsrath, has been elect
ed President. in succession to DR.. Kath-
rein, who resigned October 26th. It was
understood that Kathrein's resignation
was due to the fact that he was opposed
to taking extreme measures against the
obstruction being carried on by the ag-
gressive section Of the German represen-
tatives.
ONE VOTE TAKEN
VIENNA, Nov. 12.-The unterhaus
discussed today the proposal to impeach
the ministers for an alleged violation of
their ministerial powers by the issuance
Of a decree authorizing the ofiicfal use
Of the Czech language in Bohemia. The
members Of the Left retired from the
chamber at the beginning of the sitting,
after q declaration that they would
readily cooperate with constitutional
settlement, IL necessary, by peaceful
compromise.
The impeachment proposal was finally
rejected by vote Of 1T to III.
Count Badeni, the premier, replying in
the unterhaus to the proposal to i'm
peach the ministers, declared that those
who thought or hoped that the govern
ment would force himself or the cabinet
to retire were mistaken. Nothing of the
kind would happen, he said, let their op-
ponents be ever SO much disappointed.
In conclusion he asked the rival parties
to agree to truce among themselves.