The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-08

ordinances, placing German and Czechish
on an official par in Bohemia. This so ex-
| asperated the Germans, who saw In the
measure premonltion Of their absorption
by the hated Slavs, that they refused To-
allow any bill to pass the Reichsrath I'LL
the ordinances were repealed Even BA-
DENIS dismissal did not satisfy them.
They blocked the AusGleich and brought
on constitutional deadlock between Aus
tria and Hungary to carry their point
Tho opening of 1913. when the read iusted
Ausgleich should have gone into effect
found parliamentary government in Aus
tria practically paralyzed The Emperor
availed himself of an emergency paragraph
In the Constitution, prOrogucd the Rcichs-
rath indefinitely, and took into his own
hands the management Of all State affairs
The Hungarian Premier was prevailed
upon to allow the status quo to continue
till the end Of 1898, and FRANCIS JOSEPH,
in his old and most successful role OF alb
solut" monarch, set to work to find way
out of the tangle.
The results Of his efforts are now made pub
lie. The AnsDieich Is renewed till 1907, and
new form Almost everything they asked
for is granted Their contribution to inn
pcrial expenses is reduced to their satisrar-
tion. A half share in the control OF tho
National Bank, formerly purely Austrian
concern, Is given to them. The revenue
derived from spirits beer sugar and Pc
troleum is assigned to the country in which
those articles are mainly consumed in
other words, to Hungary. More important
still, IL is agreed that each country shall
have the right to denounce any CONNER
clal treaties with foreign nations that may
expire before 1907 and to conclude fresh
treaties in their stead independently Of one
another. As the present treaty with Ger
many lapses in 1904, this agreement has a
meaning Of great significance.
IL must De borne in mind that there OK
lists in Hungary growing party, led by
koSSUTHS son, that is opposed to all con.
nection with Austria except that OF "pcr-
sonal union" That Is to say, il is con-
tent that the Emperor of Austria should
also be tho King Of Hungary and serve as a
figurehcad to the State. But, outside ot
that it would see Hungary standing by
herself, managing her own diplomatic
affairs and framing her treaties to suit her
self. This newly won right to conclude
reciprocity treaties without consulting
Austria is a decisive victory for the Kossuth
lrreconcilables and seems to shadow forth
the ultimate separation of the two States
at all points.
In" terms of tn" renewed Ausaleich have
been received in the northern half of the
monarchy with many muttorngs, but the
hStrians have only themselves to thank IL
they have been worsted at the bargain
But for the persuasive tact of the Emperor
there would hav" been no agreement at all:
ami to Austria in her present state of chaos
even bad bargain is better than the war
of tariffs that would have ensued if the ne
EQUATIONS had fallen through again. FRAN
CHS JOSEPH has shown once more how adj
mlrably he can play the autucrat and if his
latest success has not in any way mitigated
the Internal feuds that are slowly forcing
Austria into disintegration he has at least
patched up quarrel between the two di-
visions of the realm that the Reichsrath
had given mp as hopeless. Thanks to his
efforts the dual monarchy is still the dual
monarchy. How long it will remain 81 is
another matter.