The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-13
RUSSIA AND THE DUAL
MONARCHY CUT RELATIONS
Continued From First PAGE.

SohtlI'ucu TWIN 81 aye
complications. There are religious an
radical questions involved affecting pri-
marily the Two countries alone. Then
there Is the old rivalry for predomin-
ance in the Balkans ana finally the
many differences between the Triple
Alliance and the Triple Entente which
exert most important influence on
the relations existing between the in
dividual countries i'm each group.
Bosnia Annexation the Cause.
Up To the time of the Austrian an
ncNation Of Bosnia ANA Herzegovina in
1908. the relations between the two
countries had been apparently quite
friendly. They had made working
arrangement in the balkans regarding
conditions i'm Macedonia, and although
it had not accomplished much. every
thing was moving along smoothly. But
the prccipitate move of the late Aus
trian foreicn minister, Count Achrcu-
thai, In the annexation Of Bosnia, up
set everything The Russian minister
lswolsky felt that he had been dupcd
by the Austrian colleague and never
forgavc him. Since then lswolsliy has
been Austro- Hunaary'S htterest en-
envy. and since ne is one of the most
influential personagcs in the Russi IN
National committee he has been able
to make things very disagreeable in
many respects for the dual monarchy.
Indeed there is very good authority
for believing that an Austro- Russian
war was very near just before the Bal
kan war broke out i'm the fail of 1912.
1t was only through the strong per-
sonal efforts of the venerable Austrian
Emperor, Francis Joseph, that such Il
catastrophe was prevented. II Is
thought that the Emperor Nicholas
was just as much opposed To a war
but he is no politician and by no means
strong enough To hold back the fire
brands in the Russian National COM
mittcc.
Royal Families Are Friendly.
The personal relations between the
two imperial families are of the most
cordial character 1t is sometimes
even said that the Ilapsburgs are real
~ pro- Russian. The late ArchduEc
Charles Louis, brother of the Emperor
and the father of Archduke Francis
Ferdinand. the heir To t..e throne was
always a great friend of Russia and
his sympathes in that direction are
believed to have been To some extent
inherited by his son.
Archdukc Charles Louis who was
the parton of the principal Austrian
Industrial associations and very fa"-
sighted man, perceived the important
role that commerce and industry would
one day play in International rela
tons at least twenty years before
European statesmen had begun To pay
any attention To these factors lie
knew very well that Russia would new
or he likely to- injurc Austrias foreign
commerce very much, while German
would some day ruin it, Russia. be-
sides having no enormous home mar
kct To supply has practically no grea
industries while Germany is constantly
on tl:c lookout Tor new markets 20
conquer.
Events have proved the correctness
of the Archdukc's views. Twenty five
years ago Austria Hungary almost
monopolizcd the trade Of the Balkan,
and Turkey ANA Egypt To-day the
bulk of the trade I'm these countries
has gone into the hands uf the Ger
mans. Indeed the aggressive methods
OF German merchants in trying To- cap
ture Austria's commerce in the near
East are bitterly resented by their
Austrian rivals.
Religious Differences Big Factor.
The sympathics ana feelings of the
TWO governments and the two peoples
are very different from those prevailing
between the rulers. The so-callcd M
tional committee i'm Russia Is most vio-
lentlN anti-Austrian and Is strainng
every nerve to gain absolute control
81 the Balkans. The nght is largely q
rcltiious one, Russia wanting To hrn.
all the Balkans under the sway Of the
orthodox church and To- force the Rp-
man Catholic part uf tile populations,
as Wcll ~ the Mrsselmans tn acknowl-
edge the supremacy of the Russian
church 1t is this which explains RUS