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New-York tribune., 1909-01-31

ever and Geneyieve Miss FanshaWc's maid The
third witness an old woman who had been cook. had
left the house refusing TO remain IN haunted
building.
Miss Fanshawe greeted them Hospitality and had
them shown to their rooms by GeneVIeve. Before
dressing for dinner Astro and Naeska had the story
from her She took them herself to the garden and
1,ointed out the scene of the visitation
\ high brick wall screened the place from the
street and inclosed it three sides The garden
laid out formally with brick walks along the TWO
axes Of the rectangular space, and circular pool
with a fountain in the middle TIE fourth side was
shut of by the brick wall of the house itself, which
there rose two stories in height. Along the south
wall was planted thicket Of high bushes. inter
srerscd with trees This wall into the side Of the
house lust below Miss Fanshawes 5 own chamber,
whose window showed nine feet above
Genevieve's room was next. The northern wall WAS
flush with the front Of the house which deco
rated with "A TortiCO two stories IN height Above
that was the sloping roof
I've seen i walking up and down many q time,
from nv window over there, SAID GenevIeve. It
ALWAYS disappears in the bushes over there. and
she pointed to the southern wall Once | saw Il
ON the very top of the roof. waving Its Yes,
II almost always carries a baby, and It always N
white. shroudlike. II always SCares me st1tt. but |
won leave Miss Fanshawe for It thing like II.
It's queer thing that YOU and John are the only
ones here who have ever seen It, said Ealeska,
looking at her fNedlv.
oh, cook seen 1t manys the time, said Gene
we've.
But cook left
Yes. and good reason why. too, 1t came at her
with run once, and like to scratch her eyes out.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31

It's queer, too. that Miss Fanshawe has never
seen 1t
All and l hope she never VIII. the poor dear
It'll be for no good If she does Il comes 20 warn
her I'm thinking
Tohn the stablemans tale was almost the same
He too had seen the ghost the root ID the house
and running swiftly along the garden walk, and
often with the baby In the year he had been
pIoved at Fanshawe Farm he had seen H. he thought
at least q dozen times He appeared 70 share Gene
We've superStItOus terrOrs and had never dared %
pursue the specter.
All this. of course. Miss Fanshawe had heard BE-
fore and with AstrO and Ealeska she discussed The
probability of her servants possibly having con
spired give the house bad name Bur M motive
for that was apparent. and Genev-eve~ teVoto1
seemed sincere The talk had already begun 70
wear on her She showed MANY signs If nervous
ness becoming at times almost hyS-e--c1L Seeing
this AstrO changed the subject. and o. -lr1s more
was said Of his purpose there
THAT night he took his place with [a-ss-a at ne
end of the garden. away from the house. q
watch. He had come prepared % spend several
davs for the chances were against --e-- seeing any
thing the first time. though the appearances mad:
according TO TOhn become much more gue1t q
late So bundled IN wraps. the Two took -he-r seats
on a bench the end of the path From here m $
Of the house windows were screened from them. lI,
a clear vista up the center Of the garden vas tic-
minated by moon II Its first quarter. Mss an
Shave. pleading ICdIsFosItlJu. had retired 10 -vr
room earlv-
Behind the seat there small u1- y the Val.
opening on a path leading 10 the stable. L--ecrlE Il
Crr-easr rc E-Ts Is
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31
Removed from Their Homes

WTHEN Carl Schurz was made Secretary Of The
w Interior III Hayes Cabinet, he ISSUED an order
removing the Poncs from their reservation and send
ing them 10 Indian Territory Here eyremaIned, IN
"a strange country. without Government ratons and
without any means Of support, until many Of them
died Among the dead was young son OF the
When his SON died Standing Bear reb,lled.
Gathering thirty OF his followers he placed the
BODY Of his son in a wagon and started for the an
ccstral burviug ground Of the Poncas the Nobrara
River seven hundred and fifty miles 20 the north.
But the department ordered General Crook, then
stationed at Fort Omaha, to arrest and imPrison
these Indians and this was done when the c.'Nc4de
reached The Omaha reservation in Nebraska To-
gcther with the body Of the boy. the Indians were
brought t5 Fort Omaha and held awaiting further
orders from NChurZ
There was a wave If Indignation through the
town Of Omaha when II became known that Stand
ING Bear who had for years prevented the Sioux
from raidlng the white settlements, had been ar
rested and an fort was made 10 help hlm. Thomas
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31
By T. R. Porter

chiefs who have preceded ME knew nothing c- me
circumstances that surround me. / only near III.
little girl say. Save me.
In despair look toward The cliffs behind me-
seem 10 see a dim trail that may lead O. way O
life but no Indian ever passed over that -r--,-
looks 10 be impossible. | make the ---,"E..
take my child by the hand. and my "--y follows
me Our hands and CUR feet are torn ~ -le s--,-,E
rocks and our trail Is marked 10y u-r blood Il,
last see a rift in the rocks 4 I.-t.e way 1gL9--
there are green prairie> The >wl-t N--r-tr- "a-1-
pouTS down between the green islands. --ciI a-S
the graves of my fathers There --.-r We VII
pitch our teTce and build Irc~ see me ----'
Of the world lust ahead
The chief became silent again then. turning -3"~.,-
the Judge, said. But IN the center u- t.-- Pan
there stands man. Behind h,u / see soldiers ia1
the leaves of the trees II that man -t.e- ftI---s
sion. may pass TO life and liberty HE refuses.
must go back and sink forever beneath the t.7--e
flood ~
Another pause and then IN lower tone. WIN WIN
his hand still held out appeahugly. ua are ,-l-
mani
down. Some tears ran down the Iui-e Ease ug5
eral Crook leaned forward and covered his --,e "-
his hands Some Of the women soH.ct
All at once the audience rose a> yrs t..-.. j 90
Surged over TO shake the hands ot the u- s..S- 80
there was q scene IN that court rovr1 never o..-'o
before nor since. ~.
Several DAYS later Judge Durdy handed -.AA - :
decision. setting Standing Bear trce -r- r.-7'-5 -
the Indian a man He afterwdri sand --l- N,.'--9
Bears address had secured the decision.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31
His Speech Made the Decision

TIE court scene was unique army officers IN full
dress uniform. civilians IN business suits gaiIv
dressed women, and the thirty Indian prisoners
dressed in feathers and gaudy blankets. After the
arguments We're completed Judge Dundy eIectri-
hcd the audience by announcing that Standing Bear
would make = plea for himself and his people None
in the room with the exception of the army officers
and General Crook had ever heard an Indian chief
speak Standing Bear could speak Il word Of
English, but good interpreter was secured
The chief rose Half facing the audience he held
out his right hand and stood motioncss So long
that the stiffness Of death which had settled down
the audience became almost unbtarable At last
holding his arm up toward the Judge. he said.
That hand Is not the color of yours but If |
prick 1t the blood viii flow and | shall feel pain
The blood Is the color of yours
God made me. and | am a man.
never committed crime Ii | had, | should
not stand here To make defense | should suffer
the punishment and make no complaint
Still standing, half facing the audience he looked
past the Judge ont of window If gazing far into
the distance. Then ne continued
/ seem to be standing the bank of a great
river with my wife and little girl 10y my side.
cannot cross the river and impossible cliffs rise he
hind ME | hear the noise of great waters. / look
and see flood coming The water rises TO our feet
and then to our knees. Ny little girl stretches her
hands To me and cries. Save me-
stand where no member of my race ever stood
before. There IS no tradition guide me. The
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31

IL Tibbles, then a young man,
suggested bringing habeas corpus
proceedings under the fourteenth
amendment to the Constitution.
which declares that all persons born
in the United States are citizens
thereof and shall not he deprived
Of liberty without due process Of
law Up to that time Indians had
never been considered citizens. they
were simply wards Of the Govern
ment, to be done with Just as the
department having charge of them
chose to do with them John Lee
Webster, then d young lawyer. to-
day one Of the leading members Of
the bar III the West. and y. l.
Poppleton, at that time general
attorney for rhe Union patI+fr
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31

railroad undertook the legal end Of the work though
they received fee
The case was brought before the late Judge Dundy
III federal court. and of the most important
ever brought before any court in the land. The writ
was served on General Crook, he IN direct
command of the fort where the Indians I'M
prisoucd
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31
The Chief on Il Lecture Tour

COON aftervard. Standing Pear -cC.-tt .i.1'
~ TibbIes and the Indian esrI Bright Ewes, ~
latter interpreter went East. and Tor --'se 49,. r
the tall straight Indian spoke almo~, every ,.1.-
the wrongs of the Indians Aud SEQ Vel o'.- .l ~ |
pict these wrongs that public opinion .(-,'., -
aroused 70 such a pitch that Congress t-~7g.- -
forever putting an end To Iut~n '... 80
Never. since the decision of the United states Er
that Indian Is a man. with the rights 'L III III
men. has there been an outbreak except ..c >..s'
short w,,r of 1900 worked uP Boy the willy o- H,.
Bull and beginning and ending with ,He g,.-.' e,e
Wounded Knee. "a war that lasted less ---'-
week
The only rights enjoyed by white man ,-'.. lr
withheld from Indian. that the Vh',' nm
take whisky into his own home, VhI.y an go
cannot. and an Indian cannot sell ,"' ave
given him hy the Government. untu wen, isr
wears after the deed Is handed 20 HIM p, IT, -
has every other right possessed hy "al-J fore
and al because Standing Bear made a sIecoA w.
Judge Dundy IN Omaha III 1870
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31

gave them citizenship and legal rights, and placed
them in such position that they could own land and
property. That was the reason he was the most
,.lked about Indian: that was the reason Henry
" Longfellow. Wendell Phillips. John G.. Whittier,
Miss Alcott. Holmes, and other well known men and
women of letters made Of this western Indian Il
friend and equal
The Poncas lived in Northern Nebraska, and for
wears We're the bulwark that stood between the
white settlements along the Platte River and the
fierce Sioux Indians from the north. The Poncas
fought the white mans battles for years. until
there were enough whites in the territory to under
take their defense In this war the Poncas
lost seven hundred braves and rewarded by
Congress with the fee simple ,ite TO entire Indian
rcscrNatlUu.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1909-02-09
Copyright, 1891, by NJ. p. Rice.

rzedowy organ ,,Norddeutsehe
Allg. Ztg" wyraza nadzieje, re
przez te odwiedziny wzmocnia sic
bardziej wzajeme stosunki naro-
du angielskiego i niemieekiego.
Wieksza liczba gazet hiemieckich
przybycie krola angielskiego do.
Berlina uznaje "a zwykie wyda-
rzenie, lecz wszystkie gazety Wi
taja oboje krolewstwo jak najser-
deczniej.
,,Koelnische Zeitung" mowi jak
najlepiej. o majacej dis nastspie
wizycie chociaz ,,FrankfurterZei-
tung" ME oczekue stsd zadnego
naglego skutku. Najwyzej esun+
cyacye MEOW stanu obecnych
zwykle przy spotkaniu panuja-
cych moga nam wskaza6 polityke
obu narodow. Wzajemne porous
mienie byioby wielkim krokiem
do trwalego zblizenia. 3t
.Vossische Ztg." wypowiada
zdanie, re Niemcy ss gotowe naj4
uprzejmiej przyjac krola angiel-
skiego chetnie ulatwilyby mu
wszelka akcye celemjwzajemneg
zblizenia sic. lime pisma twier-
dza,, re chociaz wizyta krolew-
stwa angielskich ME bedzie pier
wszorzendym wypadkiem, to je-
dnak ma ma celu wazne polityczne
dysertacye.
Petersburg, 8 lutego. - Rosya
W zasadzie zgodzila sic ma propo.
zycye Turcyi, azeby ia naraz "a
p}acila reszte dlugu nalezacego
sic Rosyi. Turcya blaci cd rosu
1878 corocznie $1,6000O0 Rosyi.
jake odszkodowanie wojenne,
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Petersburg, 9 lutego. Nowo

Petersburg, 9 lutego. = Nowo
je Wremja" publikuje depesze z
Teheranu kt6ra mowi, re reakcy-
oniSci perscy sondowali opine re-
prezentantow dyplomatycznych
Stanow Zjedn., Austro Wegier,
Niemiec Wioch, czy ME trzeba-
by sic bylo obawiac jakiejs inter
wencyi, gdyby plany reformisty-
czne Anglii Rosyi ME zosta}y
przeprowadzone. Alnerykahscy
dyplomaci mieli oSwiadczyc. jak
correspondent donosi, re ich Rad
bylby "a projektami angielsko-
rosyjskimi.
Rzym, 9 lutego. = Ojciec sw.
przyjai ostatnio ma prywatnej au-
'dyencyi czternaStu podoficeroW
pewna liczbe marynarzy z ame-
rykaiskiego okretu zapasowego
Celtic. Papiez wyrazii swoje
zadowolenie tego powodu. re
moze przyjmowac amerykahskich
zeglarzy okazat i'm wdziecznosc
"a to, CO Ameryka zdzialaia ma
korzysc Wioch po ostatniej kata-
strofie we Wloszech poludnio-
wych.
Rzym, 9 lutego. : Move wybo-
ry do parlamentu wloskiego rozpi-
sano ma Z marca. Umyslnie wy
brano tax wczesny termin, ponie-
waz obawiaja sic, re pozniejsze
zawiklania europejskie moglyby
sic ujemnie odbic ma wyborach.
Paryz, 9 lutego. = Pc kilkomie-
siecznych konferencyach miedzy
przedstawicielami kompanii trans
atlantyckich, francuskiej, nienlie-
ckiej, wioskiej, angielskiej i hisz-
panskiej przyszlo nareszcie do po-
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ziono rano. Mendes dzieii pred
tym wypadkiem pisai jeszcze pc
wna sztuke, ktora miaia bye
wkrotce wystawina ma scenic.
Urzedownie stwierdzono, ze
smierc nastapila przypadkowo i
niema mowy Q jakiejs zbrodni.
Mendes'a wszyscy opiakrlja, gdyz
lsrancya tract W MINI zdolnego.h-
terata. Catulle Mendes urodzif sic
1841 roku. Pisal poematy, nowele
i-dramaty oraz pracowal przy
,,Journale" jake krytyk dramaty-
czny.
Londyn, 9 lutego. S}ychac,
ze ninistrowie porozumieli sic O.
statecznie co do kwestyi budowy
okretow re ma bye wybudowa-
nych szesc nowych okretow ty-
pu Dreadnoughts.
= Krol Edward krolowa Ale
ksandra wyjechali wczoraj pred
po}udniem do Berlina.
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rozumienia W sprawie warunkow
jazdy dla 'pasazcrow miedzypo-
kladu i drugiej kajuty. Szczegoiy
uk}adu ME So znane lecz bez wat
pienia ceny biletow beda droz-
sze. ~ u
Adds, Abeba, 9 lutego. = Tu-
tejsi reprezentanci telegraficznego
biura Reutera otrzymali wiado-
nose prosba rozgloszenie, re
doniesienia o rzekomej ciezkiej
chrobie krola Menelika byly fall
szywe. Krol odbywa obecnie po-
droz sportowa automobilem w
stolicy jest. nieobecny.
North Sydney, N. S., 9 lutego.
: Jak donosza re St. Pierre, Mi
quelon 60 szkieletow ludzkich
znaleziono pod chata pewnego ry-
baka W Anseallemets ma wyspie
There. ! Przypuszczaja re te
szkielety sa po ofiarach katastro-
fly, kiedy sic okret i, ,Clarisse" roz-
bill ma wybrzezu W 1916 roku.
Paryz, 8 lutego. = M. Catulle
Abraharna Mendes, znanego fran
cuskiego poete, znaleziono w tu-
nelu kolejowym przy St. German
bez zycia. Przyczyna i blizsze O.
kolicznosci jego smierci So ME
znane. O 'pohocy wsiadl ma po>
ciag w Paryzu, azeby powrocic
do St :Germain. Wieczorem byi
ma obiedzie u swego przyjaciela
Oppenheima. Wladze So tego zda-
MIA, ze zf1iariy popadi W sen we
wagonie i w stanie nieprzytom-
nym otworzyi drzwi swego pre-
dziaiu ltiedy pociag byl W tune
III wpadi pod koia. Zwloki znale-
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Telegramy zagraniczne

Berlin, 9 lutego. = Wizyte kro-
Ia Edwarda w Berlinie, ktora ma
juz dzisiaj nastapic, uwazaja tn
"a najwazniejsze wydarzenie po-
lityczne i spodziewaja sic, re sic
ona przyczyni do tego, IL starcia
i uprzedzenia miedzy oboma ma
rodowosciami W kohcu ustapia.
Jest to jednak tyiko nadzieja,gdyz
tego Mkt oficyalnej strony ME
wypowiedzial.
Angielska pare krolewska spot
ka dzisiai wspaniale przyjecie.
gdyz odwiedzily te So niejako re-
wizyta "a ostatnia podroz cesa-
RIA Wilhelma do Londynu. P6lu-
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Stany zednoezone sa "a reforma W Persyi.
wdzieczny Ameryce "a pomOc dana WfOchom.
UkIad kompanii hansatlantyckich.
w.. Zgon francuskiego poety. z Anglii.

nalezy sic Czechom i niemiecka
opozycya przeciwko tel normalneJ
zmianie nieprawidiowych stosun-
kow, dowodzi jedynie, re duch
nietolerancyi i bezrozrinny $50
winizm, porobiiby grozne spusto-
szenia W nienieckiem spoleczen-
stwie.
Ale ten >akt sprawiedliwosci
musi bye dokonany W drodze pra
wnej, = bo wtedy tylko bedzie
trwalym zbawiennym.Smiaia mi
cyatywa W tym kierunku nalezy
do rzadu ktory tez rzeczywiscie
uczynii pierwszy krok zwolujac
ankiete czesko niemiecka dla roz
patrzenia wszystkich spornych
ounktow. Ale ankieta dostarczy
iedynie bogatego materyalu, ,ktory
.posluzy "a podstawe do dalszych
zarzadzen. Jakikolwiek wiec be-
die jej rezultat, II. czy stepi ona
ostrze narodowych nieporozumieh
= lub tez pozostanie bez zadnego
wplywu W tel mierze, = Rad ma
juz wytknieta droge do dalszego
postepowania Rad HE mozs !
ME powinien uledz terroryzmowi
wszechniemieckich awanturni-
kow, O kt6rych ptzeciez wiadomo.
re do ugody czesko nienieckieJ
nigdy ME dopuszcza, : bo wow
czas straciliby wszelka racye by
tn. A re w dodatku jest to klika
antypanstwowa, ktora wcale ME
dwuznacznie zwraca swoje ma
dzieje sympatye w STRONG RE
sly niemieckiej, = rz2d austryac-
XII ME ma zadnego obowiazku Ii
czyc sic jej opinia. lub unikac z
MIA konfliktu. Gzy sic to Wolffo-
Wi podoba, czy ME, Czesi powin-
nj dostac wawnetrznv ieZvk urZe-
dowy, bo jednost pahstwa mic ma
tenn ME straci. zyska natofniast
ogromnie spokoj narodowy. Kul-
tura czeska stoi juz ma TEN sto-
pinu. re pod groza zatraty ME
wolno Czechom zadawalniac sic
okruchami praw obywatelskich.
Chodzi juz tylko o okreslenie' w
jakich rozmiarach w jakim te-
rytoryalnym zakresie jezyk cze-
ski moze bye wprowadzony do
sluzby wewnetrznej. Tu rowniez
rnusi Rad decydowac to ponad
giovanni radykasow j szowini-
stow obu narodow. Rad INA do
kladnie faktyczne stosunki eks-
panzyi narodowej W Czechach.
Mech wiec dziaia szybko, odwa-
znie i madrze, a skoro mu sic po-
wiedzie przynajnniej zmniejszyc
powierzchnie tarcia pomiedzy obu
narodami, -fbedzie to juz olbrzy-
MIN postepem ME zapomniana
zasiuga....
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Telegramy krajowe.

WdSiiiiiSloii, -. ~, lutCSo'
Rad pragnie koniecznie uspokoic
zmysly ludnosci, zamieszkalej ma
wybrzezach Pacyfiku, podnieco-
nej ostatniemi anti-japohskiemi
wystapieniami legislatury kalifor-
nijskiej. Prezydent Roosevelt wy
slai wczoraj obszerny telegram
do przewodniczacego kalifornij-
skiej Izby poslow, W ktorym "a
znacza dobitnie te tendencye rza-
du. Prezydent oswiadcza, re u
chwaia juz przyjeta, wykluczaja-
ca dzieci JaponczykoW osiadiych
W Ameryce ze szkof publicznych,
oraz wnioski innych ustaw Podo-
bnie nieslusznych niekonstytu-
cyjnych, siusznie moga Japonie
oburzyc do zywego, poniewaz te
wnioski uchwaly sprzeciwiaja
sic oczywiscie punktom' poszcze-
! g6lnym traktatu Stanow Zjedn.
| Japonia, pahstwem dotad "a
przyjaznionem sprzymierzo-
nem z Ameryka. Dalej w tele-
gramie swym zaznacza prezy-
dent, re postepowanie Japonii
wzgledem Ameryki bylo zawsze
w}asciwe i poprawne, ostatnio zas
nawet postanowila Japonia sama
ograniczyc swe do Stanow Zjedno
czonych wychodztwo. Wreszcie
prezydent liczbami wykazuje, re
liczba Japohczyk6w w Ameryce
raczej sic zmniejsza niz powiek-
sza, ostatnio II. p. wyjechalo ich o
5000 wiecej, Mill przyjechaio. Me
sprawiedliwem tedy pod kazdym
wzgledem jest postepowanie ka-
lifornii wobec Japonii w razie
potrzeby rad Stanow Zjedn. sa-
dowa droga zmusi awanturniczy
Stan do cofniecia swych niewcze-
snych uchwai, szkodzacych wy
soce polityce pahstwa narazaja,
cych spok6j Ojczyzny ca}ej ola
urojeh pojedyhczego Stanu. ra-
czej nawet pewnej tylko grupy
politykierskiej w tym Stanie.
Sacramento, CAL, 8 lutego. =
Senat legislatury kalifornijskiej
odiozy} 25 gfosami przeciwko 5
przyjecie sprawozdania specyal-
nego komitetu W sprawie wnio-
skow anti-japonskich.
Widocznie senat chce czekac,
by widziec co zrobi z tyan fantem
kongres legdslatury.
Washington, D. c., 9 lutego. =
Prezydent Roosevelt nadesfai Sc
natowi pismo, W ktorem zaleca
wyekwipowanic wszystkich ame-
rykanskich okret6w, pozostaja,
cych w siuzbie oceanicznej przy-
rzadami do telegraph bez drutu.
= Wczoraj senat zajmowal sic
przediozeniami dotyczacemi Dys-
tryktu Kolumbia zalatwii pare
spraw mniej waznej natury.
Springfield, Ohio, 9 lutego. -
Niejaika pani Coggeshall opowia-
da tu ciekawa pogioske pierw-
Sym zamachu ma prezydenta
Lincolna, ktory mial bye spenio-
ny w Baltimore W czasie podrozy
Lincolna Columbus, Ohio, do
Waszyngtonu, w ktorej to podro-
zy Coggesllall (osobisty przyja-
ciel Lincolna) towarzys,yi prey
dentowi.
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Chicago, 9 lutego.

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(Sp6r czesko niemiecki i rola
rzadu austryackiego).
Dola Austryi jest ciagle niewe-
sofa. Zaledwie zawiklania zewne-
trzne wywoiane przez aneksye Bo
sni zaczely zwolna sic rozplaty-
wac, wewnerzna sytuacya po-
gorszyla sic znacznie. W Izbie
obstrtbcya, W Czechach chaos
graniczacy anarchia = wresz-
Gle ma Wegrzech ogolne przesile-
ME ma calej hnii = gabinetowe,
panstwowe wojskowe it'd.
Wszystkie te wewnetrzne kon-
flikty dowodza tylko jeszcze raz,
do jakiego stopnia trudna jest
sztuka rzadzenia W Austryi, w
jak wyjatkowem polozeniu znaj-
duje sic stale to panstwo, wyjat-
kowe tez pod wzgledem ukiadu
etnograficznego, konstytucyjnego
i geograficznegos ,.Gdyby Au-.
stryi ME byio, nalezaloby ia stwo-
rye" = powiedziai kt6rys giosny
maz stanu, i rzeczywi$cie trzeba
uwierzyt w koniecznosc istnienia
habsburskiej monarchii, kiedy sic
widzi jej trwalo5c pomimo nieu-
stannego wrzenia fermentow,gro-
zacych co chwila rozsadzeniem
calo5ci.
Spor czesIo-niemiecki jest ta-
kim wiasnie czynnikiem rozsadza-
jacym ma kt6ry ME wynaleziono
dotad zadnego zaradczego Srodka.
Obecnie naprezenie wzajemne obu
narodow dochodzi jakby do kulmi
nacyjnego punktu, od ktorego po-
zostaje juz tylko droga do kata-
strofy albo do ugody. Zdawaloby
sic zatem, re ,tertium non datur''
= ze niema juz moznoSci przediu-
zenia stanu rozjatrzenia i zapal-
czywoSci do jakiego doszli Mem
cy Czesi. A jednak trzeba sic
przygotowac ma to, ze ia arcydra-
zliwa sytuacya potrwa jeszcze
dose diugo aby pahstwu wyrza-
die nowe szkody rzadowi spra-
vic nieopisane klopoty. Nasze
sympatye W tym sporze stoja ME
zawodnie po stronie Czechow,
ktorzy zdobyc pragna Gala pe}nie
praw obywatelskich i zupe4ne
r6wnouprawnienie dla swego je-
zyl1a. Mimo to jednak. to Co sic
dzieje teraz w czeskich urzedach
pocztowych. musi budzic powa-
5ne watpliwosci.
Objawia sic tam tax dziwna ME
karnoSc urzednik6w. j tallie ogolne
rozprezenie, ze MONA zywic siu-
SINE obawy, czy GAIA ia wanna ga
lez administracyi panstwowej,nie
popadnie W caikowity zast6j, Ma
turalnie nietylko Czesi sa tn win
nj. Pierwszym. ktory dai hasio
buntu przeciwko zwierzchnoSci,
byl Niemiec wiceprezydent prag-
skiej dyrekcyi. Rowniez biern
niejako op6r rzadu przeciwko We
wnetrznemu urzedowaniu w je-
zyku czeskim doprowadzii cze-
skich urzednikow do nierozwa-
znych i ryzykownych krokow;
zawsze jednak takt samowoh po-
zostanie niebezpiecznym prece-
densem na przyszlosc i zarazi-
wynn przykiadem dla reszty blu
Fokracyi.
Wewustrzny jezyk urzsdowy