New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-14
THE AUSTRIAN CRISIS.
STAY AGAINST GERMAN.


SLAV AGAINST GERMAN.
ORIGIN OF THE TROUBLE IN THE CON-
prrx COMPOSITION OF THE EMPIRE.
cvrcu CAMPAIGN FOR HONE RULE-RUssIAN
1xrR1GUEs-TRyISG TO HOWL DOWN
y,crpoy-THE CZECH LEADERSHIP
HUNGARIAN AUsGLEIcH-GERMAN
OBSTRUCTION - VIOLENT
SCENES IN THE
REIcHsRATH.
In the present crisis in Austria-huhsa'y .he
..,,nr ~ Tnucydides is fulfilled that couh'I!
-, many races always tends toward revolution
Ire composite character is the secret Vi TIC
49,. .rorhlcs Politically it is divided into
A.. r,onira If Austria and the Kingdom OF Hun
rorv The latter is subdvided into Hunsar!
1roner Transylvania and Slavonia-Croa'ia' an
u,der \ common legislature ana executive D"
,he FORMER although all under one crown anu
nar,,onnent. is divided into no less 'ha'' s'N'eeN
nrov,nces each with its own local s'' '0'
a,a dict This complicated system was '"''o
duced NV Count Beust after oado"a' |Nu.
,oo then been forcibly deposed from t"e "e"o
shin of, and indeed from mennoers"'p ~. m
Cermanic Confederation. Of when her Sove'e A1r
va co lone been Emperor. To satisfy her Sell
nav ." ,',os necessary for her TO form an
-. - her own. The Emperor was SICK d.
,. ,or+,v because of Sadowa partly because
:, bic losses in Italy, and partly because VI '"e
S..o =, his brother in Mexico and he accoroihe
=, oo,.a readv assent TO his Minister'S PROPOSE
,,o, The plan seemed practicaoie ONO "
<or, an ,n,nerial confederation OF PROVINCES ali
ou+ononnous but bound together py 'i'e'i WA
mon aIleeiatce to the Hapsburg crown. =
IN rare language and religion the EMPIRE -
.a,,ai,,, con,nlex Roughly speaking, the ''iiao-
,,arts include about 100000 Slavs OF various
,,s o,,bracine Croats Slavonians, N~echS'
serbs Poles. etc: 100000 Germans o'ooo'ooo
Nasvars 100000 Wallachs or huiiiai'i""''
I 100 600 Jews. 100000 Italians. ana minor vi"
t,nrents Of gypsies, Armenians' ..I
Greeks Albanians. Turks and Others e"O Wv"
,+s own language. literature manners anu
49,. pe,iqious oreeds also vary. About TWO
thirds of all are Roman Cathoiics' 0o"'r.'."e
,,.ora than one.half Of the Magyars are Evan
~, I,ro,.stants Greek Catholics make up
,ar.b NJ the whole And as rule 'he
..os,,r, ,beoloe;cun" is more bitter among these
than anywhere else in the world.
ro anpreciate fully the feelings OF r'vairy
ord aninoosity between the various races II 10
,Acassary TO review few OF the saNent i"N''
,r the past history Of the Empire. MT o'!'e'
49, atJo,v Roman Empire" reminds us that
the resignation OF the imperial crown 0! ta"
c,s II marked the end of the Empire when hau
- .,,aaa .iqhteen centuries before by the
go, ,onbew Of the great Julius. and when
go survived continuously for all those ages IN
- torr, or another Well, Francis's resiena-
49,, ,,as immediately followed by his assump-
49,. ~ another imperial crown. II he was no
,onsar rmperor Of the Holy Roman Empire ne
us Enoperor OF the new Empire OF Austria
oes,erreicn. the Eastern Empire-"hich we ma!
,hus NOT uniustly reckon the successor OF the
Enopre Of Augustus Caesar
caoera nh,cally Austria-Hungary STANDS De-
,rsan the East and the West Chronoiogica"y
1. s,ands between the old and the new Ahtee
-eiehboring castles in the south OF germany
we're the birthplaces Of the three greatest lam
lilies in German history the Hohenstauieh' INC
uansburg and the Hohenzollorn Between INC
Ave-, With its noble though unavailing struggle
for German nationality and the last' WIN ''s
,nora successful essay In the same direction.
stand the Hapsburgs. the adversary OF oo'h'
,r,rrnbant over the one beaten by the other,
endurance Of this prin ely line surpasses that
=, all IT'S neighbors. II was in the year "94
che. tho name Of Austria was first used 1t was
IN 1878 that Rudolph Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
hu-o Hawkscastle--W erthrew Ottokar, King OF
Pobenia and made himself master OF that
rea,no and thus founded the dynasty which has
from, that day to this borne unbroken sway
over the Eastern Empire.
RIVAL RACES.
RudoInh and his successors made 1t German
Eron,re That is the salient fact Of their history
Rohemia had been Slavonic Hungary had been
Latin and Magyar. Both were made German
The German language prevailed German uni
versities were founded German towns and cit
les were built The whole Empire became dis
tinctively German and It's head was the Ger
man Emperor Down TO half century ago such
German influences remained predominant and
all but unchallenged. The Hungarian revoiu-
ton was the beginning Of the end. 1t was sup
pressed. But Russian help was called In 10 aid
in suppressing 1t. and thus an impulse was
given to the Slavonic revival In Bohemia and
elsewhere which is to-day the most conspcu-
Gus and most menacng feature Of Austrian
politics With the establishment Of Hungarian
autonomy a systematic campaign was organ
lied against German influences. Magyar was
made the official language OF Hungary. and the
use Of German actually forbidden; German
schools were replaced with Magyar, and SINH
lar transformation was effected in nearly all
departments OF the national life. Bohemia
strove to do the same in behalf OF Czech. but
was hampered by the fact that autonomy was
not granted to that Kingdom. But for twenty
five years German has been individually and
socially ostracized, and now this year, Czech
has been made the official language. coordinate
with German for doing which the Germans