The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-07
AUSTR|ANS FEEL
DEEPLY SL|GHTED
Sentiment Among Subjects of
Francis Josef Is Far From
Harmonious.
DIPLOMATS ARE SCORED
Bitterness Is Particularly
Manifest Against Attitude
of Germany and Russia.
DIPLOMATS ARE SCORED
BY FREDERICK WERNER
Gable to The Tribune.

special cable TO Inc Tribune,
BERLIN, Seut. 6.-Strong dissonan-
ces are marring this summers perform
ances Of the European concerts in spite
Of the leaders efforts to dissemble
them. The worst Of them come from
the unruly double monarchy governed
by the old and sorely tried Nestor
among European monarchs, Emperor
Francis Joseph, whose subjects are ex.
ceedingly bitter against their friend
and and any, Gefmany' a;n and especially J;
the press of Bohemia, which has adopt
ed a tone that has made an exceeding.
ly unpleasant impression here,
Tho principal organ of the Czech
Agrarians, "Nonkow,' has published
series Of violent attacks on the fed
eral policy of the German empire.
Calls Error Fatal.
"The faith Of our rulers in the Me.
belungen has received q fatal stab, -
the paper writes "Today Vienna real
ICES the ingratitude we ARE now reap,
ing in return for the fact that Aus
trian authorities have closed their eyes
to the fact that all the elements that
worked to split up Bohemia for years
went to Berlin to seek advice as to
monarchy of the Hapsburgs. Today
Vienna realizes what O fatal mistake
our diplomatlsts made, when at 1schl
they refused to. accept the late King
Edward IS offer to liberate US from the
disgraceful yoke of the Hohenzollerns.
Today there is not a single Austrian
who does not confess TO himself ut
least, what a dreadful price we have
paid for the alliance with Germany, an
alliance which is today the principal
bar to Austrian interests.
"It is fortunate, however, that we
at last have had our eyes opened, for
face with her fist our statesmen must
find means to strike off the German
shackles. -
"It is difficult and sad for the Aus
trian empire to stand utterly alone
| without an ally and without friends
| but it is necessary to seek these where
we find sincerity in place Of greed, anc
| honesty instead of treachery, and that
means that Germany is not the place.
Has Much of Truth.
The article quoted here is. of course
ono of extraordinary severity and be
Czecbs against Germany and everything
German, but no German is ignorant OF
the fact that to a certain extent, it
expresses what millions Of Emperor
Francis Joseph's subjects feel, There
is strong conviction among all class.
es of people in all parts Of Austria.
Hungary that Austria has been shame.
fully treated by Germany in the set.
tlement Of the Balkan affair, even if
the anger is rather directed against the
kaiser personally, who is thought to
have directed Germany's policy, fore.
ing his Minister of Foreign Affairs to
carry out his ideas.
Feelings against Russia are almost as
bitter in Vienna. because it is realized
that If Russia had remained firm in
her demand for revision of the Buk-
harest treaty, Germany's triumph would
have been spoiled.
1t is realized, however, that to q
certain extent Austria's own diplomats
are to blame, because they insisted to
the last that Istip, Kochana and Rad
owisobta must become Bulgarian, al
though they ought to have been clear
sighted enough to see that this would
be against the spirit Of the Cars pan
slavistic policy,
It is maintained that when the Rus
sian ambassador in the middle of Au-
gust, interrupted his vacation and
came to Vienna to see Count Berch-
told, the Austrian Foreign Minister
ought to have offered n compromise
which would have been acceptable to
Russia, and which would have frustrat'
ed the kaiser S plans. Count Berch-
told, however. remained obdurate in
regard to the Serbo-Bulgarian frontier
and thus the last hope of a conference
between tho powers and revision of
tho Bucharest treaty was destroyed.
Germany Will Be Felt.
The decision of the German govern.
ment not 10 have Germany officially
renresented AT the San Francisco exhi-
bition continues TO provoke strong crit
icism in the Independent German press.
The editor of the 'Berlin Tageblatt -
with whom ] had talk or the subject
the other day, told me thnt he felt
convinced that the official action would
fail to influence German manufactur-
ers and that the number of German In
dividual exhibitors would be very large
81 consider the official neglect to
make use of this extraordinary oppor-
tunity 10 acquire new markets for Ger.
man products an unpardonable mis-.
, take - he said. "and | refuse TO be.
| lieve that the statement that the ma.
| iority of German manufacturers are
| tired of exhibitions Is anything but an
empty excuse, There are so many OF
our exporters who are anxious to find
| sales for their products in the i'm.
mense countries on both sides OF the
Pacific that Germany would have been
able TO show very representative ex-
hibit If the government had taken hold
| of the matter in the proper manner.
! "'There is no doubt that our govern.
mcnt g decision was influenced by Eng
lands refusal to participate. though
this ought TO have been looked upon
|
should have accepted the Invitation as
one more chance for our industry