The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-08-14
Austria Hungary Monarchy.


Austria started the general war in
Europe by declaring war On Servia
The Hungarian monarchy
thus becomes of great interest to
everybody. AS the empire is differ
ent from any other government on
earth, Austria and Hungary being I'M
tied under one emperor by accident of
birth; information on thetwo coun-
tries showing the composition Of the
empire; the status of Austria and of
Hungary; and the different races of
people who go to make up the empire
may not be undressing Additional
interest is lent by the fact that it is
reported that Hungarians of this
country stood ready to raise fund
of $l0,OOO,OO0 to be used in accomp-
fishing the independence of Hungary.
The National Geographic Society is
authority for the following informa-
ton which comes to The Tribune via
the Deseret News of Salt Lake City.
The Austrian empire is a constitu-
tional monarchy, formed by three
kingdoms Bohemia, Galicia and Dali
matia), two archduchies. Upper and
lower Austria. and a collection of
duchies, countships, and margraves of
princely rank; all of them united in
the person of the Emporer Francis
Joseph.
The adjacent and entirely indepen-
dent kingdom of Hungary proper, in
cludes Croatia, Slavonia and Trans
ylvania, countries formerly indepen-
dent, but now, through intermarriage,
conquest and inheritance, all posses
sions of the apostolic king OF Hun
gary, who happens by a purely his
toric chance to be also sovereign of
the empire of Austria. The posses
ion of a unifying link in the person
of their common ruler has led to the
the two countries, for mutual con-
venience, have agreed to join forces
in maintaining joint diplomatic and
naval and military services. Beyond
this the two countries are entirely in
dependent, each having its own con-
stitution, Legislature and administra-
ton.
No country in Europe, except Hun
gary, contains within its borders so
many diverse nations and tongues as
the Austrian empire. Each of the
three great ethnic stocks of Europe
is Representative Latin, the Ger
man and the Slav, with the latter pre-
dominating, as to it belong 100000
out of the 26,000,000 inhabiting the
empire. The Hungarian, or more
properly, the Magyar, is perhaps the
keenest patriot in Europe, and he
manifests his enthusiasm by seeking
to impose his language and customs
upon his Slavonic fellow-citizens with
a persistence that neither opposition
nor passive resistance can diminish.
In these lands, so mixed in nation
alities and languages, there is no less
a variety of religion; Roman Catholic
predominating, but Greek Orthodox
Uniat Greeks, Lutherans, Calvinists,
Jews and even Armenian Gregorians
are found within their borders. The
customs-union between Austria and
Hungary has rendered these coun-
tries commercial unit; but roughly
speaking Hungary is the agricultural
and pastoral country, while Austria is
industrial. Hungary is also the rich
est country in Europe in mineral de-
posts, the range of which is singul
arly wide.
Austria is, after Switzerland, the
most mountainous region in Europe,
more than four-hfths of her vast ter
ritory being 5000 #. above sea level
Mountain climbing is the great ma
tional game, like baseball in the u. S.
Old and young, and middle-aged, all
take a keen interest in it. Even En-
peror Francis Joseph is an enthusiast
tic mountaineer at more than 80 years
of age. In his time he has scaled
most of the great peaks of the coun-
try.
Vienna, the imperial city, the capital
of Austria. owns her own electric and
gaslight, street railways and omni-
buses, ice manufacturing plant, ware
houses, stockyards, breweries, wine
cellars, all the pawnshops and even
the undertaking establishments.
Budapest, the capital of Hungary,
formerly two cities, Buda and Pest, is
Paris, Vienna and London all in one,
combination of the gayeties of the
capitals of the world, with little dis
tinctive Hungarian paprica spice
thrown in.
Even in the remotest corners of
Austria Hungary the strong arm of
the law is ever present. The river
stretches and the back country being
policed by heavily-armed constabu-
larry.