The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-07-27

''rumors are again current that the
Kaiser is openly working for his IA
vorite plan of making his second son,
Prince Frederick. king of Hungary.
The intention is to have him succeed
old Emperor Francis Joseph. who is
reported to be in very bad health. If
Prussia is trying to provoke war.
she is going the right way to work.
Hungary would as soon think of beg
ging French or Spanish Bourbon to
sit upon its throne, to wear the crown
of st. Stephen, as it would of asking
Hohenzollern to do so. This. not
withstanding a tendency toward Bis
marck's empire, on the part Of the
Germans settled in the Hungarian
| country.
The sending of an imperial messen-
ger to Buda- a-Pesth has set the gossips
of Berlin to building up The airy fabric
of imperial designs. Baron Miebach
member of the imperial household, has
been to the beautiful city. the queen
of the beautiful blue Danube. He is
said to have strong hold on leading
Magyars. He is said also to have held
out hopes to these should Hungary
shout for separation and select his i'm
perial masters second son for king.
1t is a pretty tale. So was that
other one, in the. Sos when Spain,
casting about for someone to sit on
her high seat in Escural. asked a
Catholic Hohenzollern 10 accept the
place Readers will remember the
tempest caused by that unhappy COM
bination or concatcnation of Castilian,
Catalonian and Prnssian royal propa-
ganda. The war between France and
Prussia. the war that led to Metz.
Sedan. Paris and the Hollenzollern en-
pire grew out of it.
Again, say, a war with Hungary
rather than with Austria. would be
tn eend Of any effort to foist sec
Hohenzollern on the proud race that
has behind it such a history as be-
longs to the Magyars. By the banks
of the Sare, Drare, Theiss and Maros,
as we'll as by the ,baslsss of the Danube,
the memory of kossuth is living
flame; its forceful HE. like that of the
great leader of 1sAS, never is exhausted.
Reused by the eloquence of his de-
scendants the Magyar masses ARE
wealths, nodded as he would have
nodded Hungary. on the models OF this
or the Swiss republic.
Nobody doubts the Magyar's desire
to do nothing To disturb the empire
during the last days of the man whose
life has been that of peace-m maker
and peace -prescrver. His eyelids
closed in death-look out! The
heterogeneous empire of today is like
Just what the effect is to be upon the
rest Of Europe remains to be seen.
What effect it is all to have upon
the balance of power that infamous
bugaboo that has caused so many
wars. can only be conjectured. Not
only Hungary but Austria proper and
Bohemia, are involved The whole
world is interested.
The wide worli has long been Won
dering what is 10 happen upon the
death of the de!.Shtful old man who
has held the empire together SO long.
If guessing is of my value l will guess
that Hungary is not to go over to
Prussia; nor to 2 scion Of the Hohen-
;zollern house. Entter a Hapsburg,
however hard task they have
seemed to have had in handling Hun
gary in the pas than scion of a
house that has rever been able to
sympathize with the national char
acter or aspirations Of Hungary. What
ever the Hapsburss have been they
were never unwilling to adapt them
selves to the dcs res Of the Hungar-
ian people, as far as that was possible
without breaking up the empire A
separate parliament. separate courts
indeed a practically separate govern
ment, sits in Buda-Pesth, making
Magyar, not Austrian laws. Kossuth
could not have done much more than
was done for his people by the gentle
emperor, King Francis Joseph.
Kossuth's dream, Of course, was OF
a republic: 1t was common dream
in his day; 184s. But republics are Sc
remote from wha' their authors hoped
and intended tfev should be, that they
appear, even the best Of them, little
better than dreams. One, that Of
France, is a nightmare, despotism.
Denounces Marriage Farce.