New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-14

ing to be in a position to impose their demands
for complete autonomy both at budapest ana at
Vienna For the present the Slavs of Bohemia
and the Slavs of Croatia are far apart lheEe
is. indeed. only one power that ever expects 10
unite them for purposes of her own, and that IS
Russia who has the agents of the Pan-Slav As
ISOLATION busy at work in Bohemia, as IN Gro
alta. bent upon the fulflment OF the openly
avowed programme OF the Pan-SiaN Rssocla-
ton namely, the freeing OF our brethren from
German and Austrian tyranny, and the lorna
ton OF a great pan-Slav empire. or federatlon
of saw states undec the sovereignty of the
Car It is because the Austro-Hunsarlan Gov
eminent has long been aware of the pan-SiaV
Propaganda being carried on within Its borders
that 1t has always endeavored to represS rather
than TO encourage the Slav nationalist idea ana
why 1t set its face so strongly against the Iats
Bishop of DeakovaT. MonslgnOr StrossfIeEeI en-
who was one of the most powerful and innuen.
tiaI champions of the great Croat idea ana OF
the SIav nationalist movement Although mem
Der of the Austro- Hungarian Episcopacy ne car
ried his nationalism to such an extent that ne
made a point of talking nothing but the Croa-
tian language or else Serbian, aosolutely re-
fusing to speak sing W0ru OF He I i,I.a 81 81
Hungarian The cathedral which ne erected at
Deakovar. gem of the purest Gotnic art 3. oe as
an inscription over Its central Pof W -
effect that il has been designed, puiit anu
sculptured for the greater glory OF GOO st
clusively by Croatians. NO one was 3. no,',d he
nut his hand to the work unless IL couiu ue
shown that he had Slav blood coursins tnrougn
his veins For several consecutive years tiie
Risbon kent men travelling through the country
cniIactins ALI the old Slav legends. popular
songs poems etc, which after pelns caIelu
revised by himself. were printed ana s 80
gratis everywhere, in order that. IN the WORDS OF
the Bishop, tine people might be no longer s eM
posed to hearing those hateful HeInlan f h,'t
HUNGARIAN songs. which contain nothing put
curses for Croatia This will convey some some loea s
Of the strength of the great Croat loes anu
of The Intensity of the nationalist feenns
throughout Croatia, we'll as the III VIII Oh .fie
population thereof toward hungary anu III
minor degree of course, toward Austrld;
While the Croatians may be always Gepenuea
upon to shed their blood for the Hapsours
dynasty. as they have done for hunofeus oI
years past they are bound IN the natui o. 49,
Of things to continue to prove as mucn source
of trouble and anxiety to the aEtholiues at
Vienna but more especially al Budapest, as
the Irirb ara To the government of Great Britain
And as time goes and the revival OF the ole, OLD
Croatian literature poetry and Legendary lore
becomes more pronounced the feeling OF dlscon-
tent with the present condition OF aHairs VIII m
crease fonented as in the past by Russia which
naturally sees her advantage IN carrying OUT
the programme OF the Pan-SlaV committee at
Moscow and of fostering every movement that
can tend to harass weaken that particular
power of Europe which constitutes the prln-
cipaI obstacle to her designs upon CONSTANT
nnnia EX-ATTACHE.