Washington sentinel., 1899-12-30

have TrInsylvanIa and BukovIna; while
Hungary, much reduced in size, would
remain an in depsndsn Magyar Sta
tier discus log the inevitable difficult
ties that would arise. NJ B moist goes
on:
And Furopt1 Th,r. would no longer
be Europe The continent Which Is
called by that rame would be cut in two
halves-a G-rmanv and a Russia. Az
their ex'r-ml les and as II were on
their margins, several States OF the
second. third and fourth rAnk-Stat
which would no longer have a rank,
which would drag on m,serablv pr~ca-
r'"us and to-ratrd existence. and on
which one oi the two Culosst could have
but tn tai in order to crush, smash and
mix than in The d rst Of The nations
already disappeared
What a e we 10 concnde from sse
facts and drductinnsp This: that N
order To- have Europe. we must hav. an
Austrtin Europe. Made up, as she is.
oi tive or six RACES. or fractions OF races,
without consistence and without resist
ance, An tria is he ideal buf-r State.
Too weak herself to trouble olh-rs, vet
strong enough TO main ain herself she
is, as II were, a guarantee and a conoition
OF European peace. In the classification
Of Powers she belongs more TO the
ancient system OF the Marks than to lh.
system Of great modern Stats, unified
and concentrated She IS cont uation
ol German, sn1 in a way modifi-s
Germany by the German Mark OF her
North western and Eastern provinces;
she continues and modifies Rus Ia by
the Slav Mark Of her ast and North
eastern provinces. Imagiu. the new
danger thar will result from the fact the
contact between Germany and Russia,
already perilous on the vistula, will
henceforth be over a frontier incompar.
ably more extensive and, II one may use
the Expression, more insinuaIrng With
Hungary as EinteTland Germany will
sip INTO Rus ia almost as lar as the E'E
GebrTge and thu Bohemian Forest; they
will be mixed aud entangled in one
ano her, and soon The swori will be
found necessary to disentanRle them.
Such is the state OF things to which
Germany AMI Russia, and through them
the whole Of Europe, would be con-
d-mned II Austria did rot exist
Therefore, II Austria did not exist,
Europe would have to invent her And
since Austria does not exist Europe
should do all she can to keep her.
"But Europs-and this perhaps is
really the preliminary qu- u-stion. with the
examination OF which we ought 10 have
comm m-nced-is Europe rea " thr at.
ened with the tlissP Ppearance OF AustriaP
THE secret Is neither ours nor any
BODY else's Il may be that the crisis
will Come. I, g., liable that a crisis
WIN COM; but Il IS also y,--,,..,.,-.------
will only affect, AZ any rate IN the
beginning, the inter or form Of the
Austro Hungarian Monarchy, and IN no
way h.r exterior or her European and
international form In o:her wo 'ds It
may be that trialism will succeed to
duslsm that triple monarchy will
replace the doubl- moraTchv. that the
Young Emperor Will b. K ng of Bohemia,
even as he wall be- King q Hungary. that
he will be crowned az Prsgae as at
Vienna and BUD pestn. l. NAV b. that
the crisis W u stop there; u may ne that
II WI only stop with a triple ted ralism
snd Il vi h. after that I at the incidents
an the cons -quences in Europe Wili be
really formidable