The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-12-17
A RAMSHACKLE EMPIRE.
Sword Alone Holds in Check Austria
Hungary's Conglomerate Races.

When Mr.. Lloyd George called the
AustroHungarian empire "a ram
shackle empire" he spoke true. No
one would call the German empire a
ramshackle empire nor would even
Bernbordi call the British empire a
ramshackle empire after the events
of the last two months, writes George
NJ. Trevelyan in the London Chronl-
Gle. But the Austro-Hungarian en-
pire is held together not by the VoN-
ton of the immense majority of the
inhabitants, but by the sword. 1t is
a creature of the sword. 1t has now
drawn the sword, and, if it is defeat
ed, it will perish by the sword.
Peace and a lasting settlement for
Europe can be obtained by the dis
memberment of Austria-Hungary-
provided the members torn away
from it are assigned to the right
people and treated in the right way
Ga large provisoD Whereas peace
and a lasting settlement would be
prevented by any attempt to dismem-
ber the homogeneous German en-
pire with the exception of the non
German districts of Alsace-Lorraine,
Slesvig and Prussian Poland.)
The Austro-Hungarian bear is GER
tainly not yet killed, but is already
badly wounded. Russian troops are
already in possession of three-quar-
tiers of Galicia, all Bukovina, and the
Ruthene district of Northeast Hun
gary. The sooner We all know some
thing about Austro-Hungarian prob
lens, the better. 1t is pity that
someone has not yet published an
ethnological or race map of Austria
Hungary, obtainable at a popular
price. The race problem of Austria
Hungary is, perhaps, the principal
cause of the present war. and ought
to be one of the chief considerations
in settling the terms of peace.
Austria
Eastern provinces (Austria, Tyrol,
Salzburg, Syria, part of Carinthia--
German.
Galicia-Poles to west, Ruthenes
to east.
Bohemia and Moravia-Czechs and
Slovaks.
observation-disclosures and Rouman-
ian.
Dalmatia, Carniola, parts of Istria
and Carinthia-South Slav (Slovene,
Croat and Serb
.Trentino and Trieste-1talian.
Hungary.
Central provinces Magyar.
Transylvania-Rou with
some Magyars and Germans.
Northern provinces-Slovak and
some Ruthenes.
Croatia and Slavonia-Croat and
Serb (South Slav.)
Beside Hungary and Austria there
is Bosnia and Herzegovina admins
tered under the joint rule of Ger
man Austrians and Magyar Hunga-
rians. 1t is an entirely Serb commu-
nifty.
The net outcome statistically gives
us 100000 Germans and 10000
900 Magyars-21, 100000 of the two
ruling races-governing 2S,000,000
Czechs, Slovaks. Poles, Ruthenes,
Roumanians, Italians, Serbs, Croats
and Slovenes. Of these nine sub
ject races the Italians and Rouman-
ians are Latin or partially Latin and
the other seven are various branches
of the great Slav family.
Of these nine subject races only
one is really loyal to Austro-Hunga-
rian supremacy, the Poles of West
erin Galicia, who have been allowed
a degree of self-government by the
Austrians which contrasts favorably
with the treatment OF the other races
in the dual monarchy and with the
treatment accorded to the Poles in
Prussia and Russia. The order of
preference of the Poles for their
three masters is undoubtedly: %
Austria, (2) Russia, CD Prussia.
If the Gear reunites the three Po-
lands as a result Of victorious war
the peace of Europe in the future
will largely depend on whether or
not he grants to reunited Poland a
degree of liberty not inferior to that
hitherto enjoyed by the Austrian
Poles between Cracow and Lemberg.
There has also for some time been a
struggle between Austrian and Rus
sian political missionaries for the
souls of the Ruthenes Of Eastern
Galicia, whose "Uniate" religion is a
cross between the Orthodox and the
Roman Catholic faiths. At this mo-
ment the Russians have acquired the