Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-30
OTHER LANDS THAN OURS.

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Hungary should indefinitely continue. Ger
tainly 1t could not be maintained after the
present emperor's decease and the action Of
the Austrian ministry, which must not
however, be confounded with the imperial
ministry by which the affairs OF the empire
proper are administered, may be an lndi-
cation that crisis is approaching How 1t
will result, In what way the pressing prob
lem will be solved, battles the conjecture
Of the best informed and most sagacous.
1t is impossible to foresee how the ire
pressible conflict will develop or to what mo-
mentous consequences 1t may lead. 1t is
a conflict of races which threatens, unless
some manner OF assuaglng 1t can be devised,
to tear the Austria Hungary empire into
fragments and perhaps plunge all Europe
into war The immediate trouble is over
a decree by which the official use in Bo-
hemia of the Czech language was legalzed.
The Austrians, whose representatives in the
Relchsrath are responsible for the disturb
ances which have reduced that body to i'm
potence, want that decree recinded. II that
is done disturbances of the most serious
character In Bohemia will certainly ensue.
Knezevitch, the half-witted fellow, who
was publicly shot at Belgrade on Monday
last for alleged conspiracy against the life
of his former boon companion, eX-King
Milan was a victim Of his misplaced conf
dence in the honor OF princes. The at
tempted assassination was so evidently
cumsily managed farce as to incline one to
believe the report that the performance was
pre-arranged by the ex-king himself in the
hopes OF restoring his damaged reputation
and fading popularity. The GOODNESS dis
played on the occasion by Milan, who is
notorious poltroon, was sufficient in itself
ITO arouse suspicious; and these were con-
firmed by the utter inability OF the misera-
BILE Knezevtch to give a motive for his
deed in spite of the careful coaching to
which he had been subjected by the stage
Of the affair. The fear of being
found out. of course, was a sufficient motive
for ex-King Milan's subornation OF the
court to condemn his truthful henchman.
What picture Of Servian civilization" do
the goings-on at Belgrade present!
*As
Siberia, long looked upon as a frozen
waste, is becoming a veritable Mecca for
Their number last year was
400, 900; and with increasing facilities OF
travel the movement thither is likely to be-
come of volume comparable to the flow
of population toward the United States at
its highest. The attractions are fertility of
soil and mineral wealth. Between Tomsk
and Kooznesk lie 23,167 square miles of
coal lands, while the existence of iron ore
yielding as high as 60 per cent In close
proximity to coal in Amur territory gives
promise of an industrial future Wheat
ripeps in the region of Irkutsk within 1O7
days and the cold season lasts only ninety
seven days. The migrants, however, are
likely to come exclusively from the con-
gested districts of Russia. He would be
rash man who would put his neck under the
Russian autocracy for all the allurements
Siberia has to offer.
The dissolution of the empire Of Austria |
Hungary must result ultimately,it 1t thought |
in the absorption of the German element
by German and the Slavic element by Rus
sia. Reflection upon this aspect of the |
present movement has served, it is said, |
to restrain many of its advocates, since the
severer rule of Berlin and St. Petersburg |
Is net desired But the events of the year
have tended mostly to show that revolution |
is in progress which may end with the dis |
appearance of Austria from the map. Since
Germany is Protestant and the clergy have
been active on the wrong side, large num-
bers of German Catholics are going over |
to Protestantism-showing that they take |
their politics more seriously than their re- |
Iigion We see whole German villages |
passing from Catholicism to Professionalism |
as kind of protest and as a movement |
for alliance, If only by the bonds OF re- |
ligion, with the great evangelical German |
empire. The discomfort has been increased |
by Count Thun's decree adding slightly to |
the tax on sugar. Riots have occurred in |
Carinthia, Bohemia and other places, even |
where there were no race differences Such |
Is the spirit of faction that any act of the |
government, good or bad, is suspected and |
The socialists, moreover, are |
quick to fish in the troubled waters. 1t re- |
mains to be seen what Hungary will do |
in case Austria neglects to appoint in a |
manner the officials through |
whom the affairs of the Empire are to be
There can be no joint govern
ment IL but one of the two states takes
part
The affairs of Servia cut a small figure
in the worlds news by the side of Dreyfus
and Deroulede and Paul Kruger. Neverthe
less 1t is worthy of note that great state
trial has just come to an end at Belgrade,
after nearly three weeks duration, with re-
suits not much more satisfactory than was
he verdict at Rennes. The object of it
vas to dispose of the men who were charged
With completely in the attempt to kill the
x-king, Milan, on July 6. The outcome
# it Is that Kenzevitch, who actually shot
It MILAN with a revolver, has been publicly
tut to death, ten men have been sent to jail
or twenty years, one for nine years and
even for five years, six have been acquitted
md one, the radical leader, Pasitch, has
,een condemned to death and then par
loned.