Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-07
EUROPE AWAITS THE CONFERENCE

bassador, but he understood finally that
people had discovered an effective arm to
struggle against abuse by force.
In Hungary the Hungarians are jealous
Of their territory. In Bohemia the
czech element Is in sympathy with the
Slavs in the south. in Bosnia. in Servia
and elsewhere. as manifested by the out
break in Prague. There have been serious
troubles which have created grave dis
sensions between the two German en-
pires.
All populous Italy has shown revolt
against the hereditary enemy In the mat
ter of university rows at
italian Vienna. where Italian
r.,, students fought their
German colleagues IN de-
manding an Italian university. The ex-
element has extended to the Italian
provinces Of the Adriatic, and Croatia.
long tired of the Austrian yoke.
Montenegro possesses universal SYM
pathy. Servia. on the contrary. has the
misfortune to be governed by princes
who are little esteemed. the King Milan.
and his son Alexander, who was assassi-
mated This fact however. does not justl
fy the treatment by Austria. which mas
SO encircled Servia that she has, now no
outlet to the sea. and is completely al
Austria's mercy. There is but little DOUBT
that Austria contemplated. If the anneXa-
ton of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES had been ac,
cepted without protest. that she would
absorb Servia. But Servia will perish
rather than surrender. Austria maintains
on her frontier 10000 men and occupies
the Danube by her war fiotilla- She pro-
poses to make one mouthful of her little
neighbour. VIII she do SO? Perhaps! But
she may recall what Russia proposed to
| do with Japan. Servia is not alone; she
will have with her Montenegro. also the
populations Of Bosnia, Herzegovina, III
great part in entire sympathy with
Servia.
| Russia has given. 1t is said. assurances
J OF neutrality. Can she observe 1t? The
Nuscovfte press is disquieted over the
| fate of southern Slavs and may be able
| to arouse all Russia. This Is not all, for
| if Austria should declare war she may
| have Turkey on her back.
Austria besides has troubles at nome.
| The Archduke Francis Ferdinand. who
now works with the Emperor Francis
| Joseph. has other aspirations than the
| emperor and aims to create grand
Austria.
| The author, NJ Tallichet. blames the
policy of Francis Ferdinand because the
latter would govern with the Jesuits. He
| would cause Austria to break away from
the church and do as France has done
who has found success for her repnbli-
can institutions. All things are possible,
perhaps, but we do not think that Austria
could possibly follow the policy indicated,
even If she would.
The recent speech of Prince Won Buelow
| in the relchstag is interesting. He said:
1.-The public ignore the
Won Buelow'sA B. of German policy.
| ca For Germany to go into
the interior affairs of the
foreign countries would be to play the
role of schoolmaster.
| 1--WE have never taken the smallest
parcel Of Ottoman soil. We have never
done so. not for any moral satisfaction.
but because our geographical situation
| did not offer US the occasion. Q1ilarity}
But SO much more sincere Is also our
desire that Turkey may be strong and
robust in the interior.
| There was never for a moment the
least doubt OF our fidelity to Austria
| Hungary, our allies. We have been in
| formed Of the intention of Australia
gary to annex Bosnia-Herzegovina at the
same time as Russia and Italy.
I'VE should not blame Vienna. to be
/ frank. l am grateful to her for it,"
| Great hilarity.)
Prince Won Buelow would see Austria get
out of her embarrassment. Austria wishes
| that the signatories of the treaty of .Ber-
| lin absolve her from violating this treaty.
and risk inflicting Europe with the most
redoubted and the most redoubtable war.
| England first. and then her allies. have
decided. however, that the only straight
and just road is the maintenance of the
| treaty.
| The author traces the history Of Aus
| tria since the last century-during the
reign Of sixty years of Francis Joseph.
and he remarks that one will be surprised
to see that the progress achieved by the
empire has been due to her cruel reverses.
From 1S4S, period Of the armed inter-
| vention of Russia in Hungary, which
| caused Schwartzenberg to say that. he
+! would astonish the world by the
| grandeur Of his ingratitude" misfortunes
have not ceased to fall upon Austria.
| In 1859 Austria lost battles and the
greater part of her Italian provinces.
| In 1866 she was driven from the German
| empire at Sadowa. after having been as
| in order to rob Denmark and then was
| forced to become the friend of her enemy.
| In 1870 she could not break loose from
the embrace of Prussia and unite herself
with France. whose ruin has been for
| Austria the equivalent of a new defeat.
Austria's act now has been committed
| in the hope of being able to cause a flu
, sion Of hostile elements with the ambition
| of creating powerful Austria, which
could, with the support Of Germany and
, her position in the Balkans. constitute
| her the arbiter Of Europe.
The opinion In Europe and that of the
| Slav provinces condemns Austria's am
| btion. N. d'Aehrenthal sought con.
| solidation; he finds himself menaced by
dissolution.
The author. NJ. Tallichet. declares that
the grand plan of extension of an Austro-
German empire has fallen
Tall1chetS forever because of the il
Prophecy. n; sa u. anneaa.loh OF bos-
| provinces have no real value for Austria
| and their possession will not fail to pre-
| vent Austria from adopting a liberal
policy.
why not" asks the author. 'renounce
their possession of her own accord? Such
concession would rally to her standards
the greater part of her adversaries, who
| are now seeking diligently her ruin. All
| the Slav and Italian provinces assured
in the future that they will not be sacri-
| feed, the German element would gladly
follow her new destiny"
| The past policy OF Austria is no longer
| possible. NJ. Tallichet suggests that Aus
| tria become a power frankly independent,
which would gain for her the sympathies
of the civilized world.