The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-12
MAGYAR AND MOsLEM.
Rehabilitation OF the Austro.H unr s,,.,
Empire IN Its Broader bearing

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir, I'll.
reconciliation, or perhaps 1t would he ma,
correct to call II the arrangement, that n,
Just been arrived at between the domino,
Magyar faction in Hungary and the Empero,
King, Francis Joseph. was about the on,.
solution Of the crisis that could restore An,
tria-hungary to Its place among the Fnro
pean Powers. What brought the Maya,
to their senses has not been made public h.,
1t Is hardly open to doubt that it wss N,
necessity Of the two countries standing IA
.gether II they were not TO be oyerwhelnsA
by the Pan-Germanic food and TO loss Al,
the advantage that unity holds out to than
In the coming chan ges in the Balkan peninsnl,
and perhaps at Constanttnople.
The process by which the internal chanv.
demanded by the political and %econonl,
conditions in Austrla-Hungary are to 4.
brought about seems fair and conse yAtlv,
of the rights OF all the races and nationaln..
comprised in the. populations of the W.
halves Of the empire and 1t needs only to 5.
give Austria her, proper weight In the Euro.
pean balance OF power, For many YEAR
past she has been a negligible quantity. SnS
ing to all deliberations Of an internatjonI
character. has only served 70 add 10 the lnhs.
enoe of whatever particular Power it VI"
her to support for the time being :"
A permanent reconciliation that viii be n,
the benefit of all the elements in the empirs
is dictated as much by the external oOhdI.
doubtedly at hand in the affairs Of SOUTH M.
eastern Europe that would turn to the dissd.
vantage of Austria Hungary IL her internal
AFFAIRS had continued az they have been q;
late. The efforts recently made by the Sul.
himself and Bulgaria and the disorders IN
hand that at Constant inople events are he.
iieved to be impending that Menace th4
Sultan's power, and on the other that Inc
European domain AFFORD the Austrian Govern,
ment the preteXt,. II 1t desires to avail Itself
OF IL, to. occupy what is known as the Sanli
OF Novlbazar, the strip Of Turkish territory
about twenty miles wide and eighty lobr
that separates Montenegro from Servla.
Since 1878 this territory has been in the
Joint military occupation OF Austria and
Turkey, the three principal strategic point.
from Bosnia into Albania and Macedon,
having garrisons. of equal numbers Of Aus
trIan and Tgrkish troops Ihsy are Ia.ch;
control the crossroads between Servia and
Montenegro.
The Intention to extend the AUSTRIAN occa.
Of T%ovibazar, including, the town Of tEs
the head OF the railway from salonica, wal
spoken Of IN dispatches a few days ago
Should this be the meaning OF the militar
preparations in Dalmatia, Bosnia and south.
ern Hungary about which the Austrian pres
has been ordered 10. keep silence, as d.
scribed In THE.SUN the other day. the Anal
crisis OF Ottoman rule in hat part Of Europe
ID. close at hand; It was Drobahly the kgo,t
trouble he has on his hands with the Anso.
Egyptian Government that stirred the Suts,
TO seek a reconciliation with Bulgaria, with
the probability that he is, as usual, 100 Ia,
when he essays a right stroke of policy
NEW YORK, April 3, PERI,