Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-11-22

OF BONem1anS. Moray1anS, SlovakS, Poles,
and Roumanians) numbered 157A.53, the
the Magyars about 5000 In Hungary the
or and the Germans IL, ISL
they owed their undoing. The con-
sciousness of national strength seemed
to certain patriots incompatible with
the restrictions of the compromise,
and So in 1898 an independence party
arose. which endeavOred to attain It'll
ends by system Of obstruction in the
diet. For some years this party did
little else than bring the diet to q state
Of chaos resembling that of the rich
srath in Vienna; but in 1902 it found
a platform on which it was enabled to
make an effective appeal to the people.
This was the demand for a national
army, in which the words of command
should be given in Magyar instead Of.
as at present, in German. The liberals
opposed the scheme on the ground that
the unity of the army was one of the
chief links between the two states, and
in this attitude they were strongly sup
ported by the crown. A long course OF
obstruction on the part Of the indepen-
dents followed, and the ministry was
compelled to introduce reform of
parliamentary procedure in order to
pass the budget and other indispensa-
BILE laws. The consequences were I'M
happy. Tho belief that freedom OF
speech was being interfe7ed with at
the instance of the crown brought
about schism in the liberal party it
self, and when early in the present
year the ministry appealed to the coun-
try, 1t experienced crushing defea.
The majority in the diet passed to the
Independents and liberal secessionists,
who have now formed q coalition with
q nationalist program based on tho
creation of an essentially Magyar
army. E@ s........s. :
1t is on this scheme that the two par.
ties have now joined issue. In Austria
the scheme is opposed for two reasons
one unionist, the other exclusively
German. The unionists declare that
the army Is the one institution in tho
empire which has been kept free Of the
struggle Of nationalities, and that this
is chiefly owing to the linguistic liml-
tation. They urge, too, that this unity
OF the army is Indispensable for the eff
fective protection Of the empire and
for the maintenance of its dignity
among the great powers. The German
argument cannot be SO frankly stated.
because It is German rather than patrl-
otto. The Magyarisation Of the Hun
garian army would prove the last blow
to the Illusion OF German predomin-
snce In the dual monarchy, and hence
II il anathema in Vienna. It viii con-
seQuently be seen that on this dispute
the hong growing alienation OF MaEyars
and Germans has reached brsaklng
point. Whether the military power oe
Austria Hungary would really suffer II
tho Magyar army were reorgani1ed on
the plans of tho Hungarian independ-s
cnts IL doubtful. seeing that even the ]:
extreme Kossuthists do not dream Of
abolishing the dual system OF govern.
ment; but that this reorganization
would, prove fatal not only to the Ger
man hegemony Of the empire, but even
to the equality Of the two monarchies, .
Is beyond question. A concession on
this point would mean that Hungary
would become = military power as we'll
as ii political influence the absoluts
dictator of the empire s..s5zs5SI5