New-York tribune., 1905-02-15
FRANCIS JOSEPH AND FRANCIS KossUTH.

The nalace of the Habsburgs at Vienna has
been the place of many interesting ana Msloric
episodes but Of few surprising, eitner III ap-
peal to the Imagination or in practlcai linpor
tance TO affairs. that of Sunday morning las''
when Francis Kossuth was received in friendly
audience by Francis Joseph; for frahels NOS
suth is the son and political successor OF that
Louis Kossuth who led the great Hungarian re-
beiion against the Habsburg sovereign, ana
who was driven into exile and condemned 10
traitors death by the government OF that SOY
ereign: aud Francis Joseph is that very haps-
burg sovereign who crushed kossuth rebelloh
and condemned it's leader to death IN view vi
those circumstances the meeting of sunday was
as dramatic as any ever conceived by the imagi-
nation of poet or painter
In practical Importance, moreover. 1t rivals It's
historic significance and its appeal TO the iil-
agination That interview gave the key 10 the
solution of the gravest problem in thlrd Oh
century of Austro Hungarian history ZOE the
first time since Francis Deak estaDnsheu tiie
dual system the Magyar independent party
in control Of the government at Budapest inat
party led by Francis Kossuth, has peen sup
posed TO be anti-dynastic. Some OIL ls iepi0
sentative members have openly declared lneih
selves in favor of the deposition Of the Haps-
burgs Naturally, the son of Louis hossuth'
that most irreconeilable of patriots, might DE
REGARDED as the most radical and the most IN
sstent uDon that demand. Yet here he was
calling upon the King in perfectly loyal spirit
and assuring him that neither he nor any one
else OF Importance in Hungary desired his maj
esty's deposition, but that the Independent
party. the Kossuthites were most loyal TO the
Habshurg crown and would be its strongest sup
porters. There could be no assurance more
welcome than that in the present crisis, and
none more significant of the trend OF ahaifs
+la orfIar of
That Mr. Kossuth's avewaIs of loyalty to the
dynasty were sincere cannot be doubted. He
emphasized their sincerity by going TO see the
King not at Budapest but at Vienna. AT Buda-
pest Francis Joseph is King of hungary. AT
Vienna he is Emperor of Austria. Had the In
dependent leader been reealcirant he might ioS-
ically have refused TO go TO Vienna, even at the
urging of Count Andrassy and Count Ilsza ana
at the invitation Of the sovereign. lie might
have said that Hungarians could recognize tnelr
King only at the Hungarian capital; but IN MS
sincerity and his patriotic desire TO serve his
country he waived all such technical points,
and went 10 pay his duty not only TO the hlng
of Hungary. but also to the Emperor of Austria
We cannot doubt that the circumstance was ap-
precated by the sovereign, and that the mon
arch will show himself at least as conc1llatory
as the subject There should be a strong at
fection between the Magyars and the Habs-
burgs on both sides. 1t was the Magyar mobiles,
with their ''doriamur pro Rege nOstro, Maria
Theresa who saved for the Habshurgs both
the Hungarian and the Austrian thrones, and
1t is fitting that their descendants should be the
bulwaFk of those thrones for the descendant Of
Maria Theresa.