New-York tribune., 1901-07-07
BOIiEMIA'S KING.
EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH To BE
CROWNED AT PRAGUE WITH THE
GROWN OF ST. WENt ESI.AUS

10 an appearances the conservation of Edward
vi N Westminster Abbey as King of Great
hilialn and Ireland Emperor of India. Sow
tfelSn OF Canada and Australia. Duke of Nor
mandy, etc viii coincide with the coronation
at Prague, in ST Nitus's Cathedral of Emperor
Francis Joseph King Of bohemia
This was decided on the occasion of the re
cent visit Of the chief Of the House of
HaIsbUrg to the Bohemian capital. Indeed. il
has been announced by both monarch and min
lSiefs, and it viii be empty meaningless
ceremony. For according TO the declarations
q the Emperor to Dr. Lang. one OF the prin-
opal Nationalist representatives of Bohemia in
the Reichsrath at Vienna. the ton at
Prague viii signalize the restoration to Bo-
hemia of its former national and political
rights and autonomy. Of which ii was deprived
after the battle of the White Mountain. in
lO2h. IN punishment for the part which it
played in the Reformation That is to say. the
great power which figures in the so-called
concert Of Europe the dual empire Will be
come instead triple empire and instead of
tn Hapsburg monarchy consisting. now, of |
i"o separate States. Austria and Hungary it
Will be composed of three. united by ties dy |
nastic. military and economic, but not admin |
istratiye. The statesmen at Vienna to |
have come to the same conclusion as those in |
London concerning Englands colonies, namely |
that decentralization and federation a |
source Of strength rather than weakness the |
empire as a unity.
A LONG WAIT UNDESERVED.
That Bohemia should have had to wait SO |
long for recognition of her national rights and |
for the realization of her nationalist aspirations
is amazing to the unprejudced foreigner who |
Understands anything at all Of the situation !
Fer there i country IN Europe that has |
more ample justification for its claims to ad- |
Iainistrative independence and autonomy than
this kingdom OF the Czechs. Bohemia CON |
tributes far and away the lions share in the
way of taxes into the treasury Of the empire |
The largest number of men for military service |
IS drawn from Bohemia. II is the latter that
Possesses the largest manufactures, the most
prosperous and wonderfully developed system |
Of industries and the most extensive net OF rail- |
roads and canals in the empire. Its agricultural
development is Of the highest order Not one !
acre OF land is left lying waste, while there are
more mines beneath the surface Of the soil IN
Bohemia than in all the remainder of the |
dual empire.
In fact the kingdom of Bohemia may be re-
garded as the foundation OF the cisleithian
division of the dual empire, comprising as II
does Moravia and Siesa, the remaining prov
lnces Upper and Lower Austria, Tyrol' Styria'
Sazburg, Carinthia- Carniola and GalicIa' being
merely the lesser appointments of an already
erected building A great French economist has
declared that amy country which can live on
its own resources deserves to be free AMI inde-
pendent" The ambitions in that direction OF
f3ohernia which fulfiIs these conditions, are OF a
moderate character. 1t merely asks TO be free
from the bureaucratic tyranny of Vienna, IN the
rarne way as Hungary; that it should not be in
The mower of some less subordinate de-
detrimental official at Vienna, who is wholly lg-
nora NJ of the political and economic position OF
izah4rnja to decide his own responsibility |
n,estions upon which the welfare Of the entire
I.:..gdom depends and finally it asserts that in
aefnuch as the Magyar language is recognized
as The official language in Hungary, and PoIlsh
in the Far Eastern province Of Ga!lcia, the
czech language should be recognized as the
official language of Bohemia Hungary Oh
taincd the concession from Austria Of all these
demands by means Of an instruction so san
culinary that the Eiennese government was
forced to accept the assistance of Russia III OF
der I, bring II to an end. Bohemia apparently
has been left out in the cold because both her
NJ l,jes and her people were too Loyalty devoted
70 the reigning house of Hapsburg to be willing
10 lake up arms against II, even for the sake OF
national independence.
There have been two great obstacles IN the
way Of Bohemian home rule. The one has been