New-York tribune., 1914-08-08
Austria Hungary Hardly Recos
nizes Her Own Quarrel.

,re,ria. Hungary has tardily issued oeo'S''''''
of war against Russia Vienna orouS"' y"
-, ,r,r Inv making demands on SerVia "
which the latter country could not "'''"'
;r,,oirip,, its sovereignty. ON an num""o" ',''''
nh ,,,ot sbo would not stand by and see "'''
,.,a ovoc,,cd" Germany took up Austria-hungarE
Quarrel and in pursuance Of 1t dec'areu "''
Rrssio. began military operations against r'''''
-, ,io,otod tho neutrality of Belgium. Belgium
RESISTING Germany declared war against net
= al that tumult Austria Hungary maze no
sound she seemed to be looking on hSH S'un"'O
ot tho great conhagration for which she n"u
,,o match Public opinion in Vienna however
,,,,o- T. ,ros against Servia did not seriously con-
templote general European war as the oo''o"''
~ tho Servian utimatum on July 1.-two u"''
,..,..o tho ultir,otum was sent-the Vienna "Neue
t,roio presse" said in It's leading article; n gre"t
,ror,d war would he such an e1aGGeraton' Su'n
= monstrous imitation from relatively trivial causes
ar5 s,,cb m oyaction on peoples who know noth-
i,c. of servia and would he asked TO shed their
h,ood for that unknown land that any reasonable
calculation Of probabilities would yield only
slicbt nercentage in favor of such happening
On JuIv 2s-three days after hostilites with
Servia had beCun-the same newspaper in its lead
~. article INDUCED in this remarkable piece OF
selfdeception:
The old Nicholas who made the Holy Alliance with
A,etr;s and Prussia would never have engaged IN
such war in support OF Servlal. lie was cOhseI
vative which means that politics must 9e ~
sccordnq to conventional rules and with respect 10
1,soce and not for merely utilitarian ends Car
who would his army march to Servas aid wOIsp
moi nGr De not NAV with such thoughts He cannot under
,oka a campaign for Servia the occasion Tor Whlch
raS furnished by crime without at the same time
,citnc in MANY heads ideas which not alone the
bsIfgrown youths of Belgrade cherish HIS poney
cannot involve him in such G9nrsderIns ss bis Inn
monarch is untrue TO himself and unless ms I'M I'M,
rnviJent hand scatters poisonous seed IN SOIL only
too ready TO receive IT,
With such ideas ruling in Vienna, it is no won
dor that Austria-Hungary was amazed at the e1'
nloslon which has racked all Europe. AS Ger
manv's ally she has been brought into hostiliueS
with Russia. France Belgium and Great Britain
Put she has fingered nearly week before decar
IN, war against Russia and is still maintaining
diplomatic relations with Great Britain ana France
Her feet is in peril and her position on the Adri
attic and in the Balkans has been endangered
with her relatively weak and poorly organized
army. she can hardly defend her own frontiers, ie
alone give substantial support 10 Germany.
II Italy and Rumania join forces with the Triple
Entente actuated by the same motives Of sef-inter
81 est Austria Hungary will he invaded from foul
ouarters-the southwest the south, the southeast
and the cast-and her dSmembement will be only
a question Of time. It was a fateful hour for The
Dual Monarchy when il sent its reckless ultmatun
10 Belgrade. IT is not surprising that Austria
Hungary stands appalled, and irresoute before the
crash which her foolhardly diplomatic venture pre-
cpitated.