The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-13
BIC NAVY M|CRObE
ATTACKS AUSTRIA
Strong Movement Started in
Favor of Building Formid-
able War Fleet.
BY EMIL ANDRASSY.
Ial Cable TO The Tribune.

Special Cable TO The Tribune.
VIENNA, Nov. 12.-Austra- Hungary
has been inoculated with the big navy
microbe, and there is a strong movement
In favor OF putting afoat so formidable
a war fleet that tho dual kingdom will
have 10 be reckoncd with In future naval
movements. ZcIt, a puper whose rela-
tlons with leading military and naval
circles arc known TO be very good. pub
fishes some information which will be
read with great interest. 10 states that
Count Montecuccoli commandcr-in- chief
OF the navy intends, at the next meet
Ing of the delega tions. which takes place
in February. to demand Il sufficient grant
to enable the building of nine or Ten
Dreadnoughts. In his speech 10 The ma
val committee Il few days ago. Count
Montccuccoi gave notice OF his nten-
tion, without, however. going into fig
ures. He said that he intended raising
the number of Austrian battieships to
the point at which il stood fifty years
ago In the days of Admiral Tegcthoff,
which would mean the construction of
AS tho Austrian navy at present com
priscs only six such vessels, nine more
would have to be built. AS is Anown
two are already on the stocks so that
seven remain to be accounted for.
In this connection Zeit remarks; "it
now remains to be determined, Within
what period the financial capacity OF the
monarchy to cover the cost of these new
ships must extend before means can be
placed at the disposal OF the naval au-
thoritles Once this is decided. Count
Montecuccoli Is the man to realize this
iar-reaching scheme
Made Heated Address.
There has been considerable debate in
the Austro Hungarian delegations on for
eign affairs as the outcome OF Count
Aehrenthars recent speech. DR. Kra
marzh. the young Czech leader, made
an grafton OF extraordinary vigor at
tacking Count Aehrenthal particularly.
over the methods of the Bosnia Herze-
govina annexation and the disturbance
of relations with Russia. Austria Hun
gary. lie declared, with a population
OF so per cent Slav. had been so practi-
cally bound 10 Germany as to lose all
freedom al;,In OF INC movement and power OF
the Slavs regard The pro-German policy
OF the foreign minister with icy cold
ness, and that while in the past they
had always Loyalty spen, their blood ami
their treasure in defense Of the mon
archy. they feel no enthusiasm for keep
ing IL watch on the Rhine.
AS TO Persia
The Heue Erie Press has applied to the
weil-known German AngIophobc. Profess
sor Sch!cmann, for cplighteument. and
receives from him the following express
sion of opinion. Should tho partition o.
Persia actually tax. place. the moral
prestige of both countries would be hope
lessly damaged. and 1t can be foreseen
that. sooner or later. the Anglo Russian
agreement would end In bitter disagree
meut English and Russian territory
would become contiguous at the first
point and for the first time, Only four
gears ago this idea was rejected with
Indignation. The Importance of the ex-
element that would arise in the whole
Mussu]mnn world over the new act Of
violence is not 10 be underratcd, above
ali. the excitement in Afgbanistan, when
Is most Immediately threatened.