New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-11

the length ens breadth % the Magyar kingdom,
and taxpayers are invited not 20 pay their In
posss 60 as 70 '-sta-ve out his absolutist rule"
Il one word his popularity IN Hungary, upon
which 50 much was believed 10 depend. is sub
,ect a. the present moment 10 al eclipse.
i IL possible that the latter may prove OF q
merely temporary character. and that the ap-
p-ehensions expressed lest the CONFLICT between
TIE throne and me Magyar people should &C.
Felop into 6 revolution, and into q reFlFa4 o.
those culinary scenes that marked The opening
O. the Emperor's reign. may remain unfuIhIleo-
Hopes % THIS kind are based upon the fact that
even those most violent IN their attacks upon
the Emperor reproaca him with having yielded
70 The -nefartous coursels" Of his Austrian ao-
rfsers, FOR whom their bItte7est invectives are
reserved the Inference being. therefore, that
the- hold the military cigaitaries and states
men st Vienna IS primarily responsible for MS
Present attitude and this impression Is con-
trrnec By the comment frequently heard o. late
that had the iarneuted Empress Elizabeth been
alive h. ,nauerce would have been successful
Il sve-rtng the actual deadlock. This goes 70
show that tn srite Ct their monetary exaspera-
don against him Emperor Francis joseph sim
tn5s & corner IN the hearts q his Magyar Leges'
sn5 that BY & few vel chosen words IN the
right place ana At the right time he may re-
extent as to stife the burning eTnbers Of oiscon-
tent without recedlng from the position which
he has felt himself compelled 70 assume Ger
tain x is that 10 che else but the chivarous old
Emperor could undertake this task with any
prospect OF Success and no greater calamity
could befan Austro-Hungary than his oeath al
TIE present 3uncture
The cause q the actual trouble n Hungary is
question q languages. To put the matter
orle-ly' TIE Hungarian majority in the national
legislature al Budapest demands that IN al the
regiments q the Hungarian rrcse-v OF the com
mon army q the Dual Empire. Magvar instead
o. German should be used n giving the words
&C command. They co not ask ia. Narvar
should take the place q German in the higher
grades % the service. or that general orders 10
nelc Officers should be couched IN other Ian
Euage than German. but merely that. from The
colonel downward. the oeicsrs OF al the Hun
ga-ian regiments should give their commands
n Magyar. They add that Il IS unreasonable
that of1icers n command OF Hungarian reg-
ments who have sometimes lived for two or
three decades = Hungary. should have never
taken The trouble 20 learn Magyar. ana that
their inability 10 speak the language OF the
country Il which they have been stationed con-
ttitutes En- a-ront 20 fts people.
Whle there Is a certain amount % plausibiliTy
z these arguments. and the concession demand
&c Of the Emperor appears at first sight one OF
&C Htte Importance that Il could readily be
GRANTED. there are Z number OF other questions
involved which render II quite impossible for
t1e Emperor 70 give way IL this matter. While
hungary is not only IN theory. but also by the
terms OF her constitution a nation with a king.
government ane a parliament OF her own, her
ny constitutes fragment Of the polygiot
OF the empire. Ever since the relations
- 'hs s~o States. that is 20 say. of Austria and
ssss' -wsEs regulated by the so-csIise CON-