Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-05-15

ffL ~ wee 80 0'a
ambassador al the court OF Vienna.
Nomlnallv Of course there has been au
ambassador. hnr H. has always tnund
some prctext FOR Icing abs La irniu hIs
post, leaving the official duties tu n
councillor oi embassy who has carefully
abstained from DONG anything SIM
larly. AuStria-liung.Gys diplomatic
representation Al -. Petersburg has
heen almost equally nrrFrn tory. Count
Szaparv was appointed ah hlssadOr iO
Russia last October. but NJ ~ the pres
vnt has spent only three weeks 1T his
post his abSence being vaguely as
cribc1 ia family reasons.
for some tImr past There has been
runsid rlLir tension in the relations
between thr two empires The precise
r,a,nts for which art difficult 10 eX-
plain. The whole situation j. full OF
complications There are rel gious and
racial questions involved affecting PR
marlv the two countries alone. Then
here J. the Ola rivalry for prrdomin-
aHrc III the balkans and finally the
n.any differences between the Triple
Alliance and the Triple Entente which
exert a most important influence on the
4fANA ffAln fANMAlIE hfFl Ahf lnAAAF -
ual countries ia carh group.
jp to the time VI the Austrian an
urNati0n III Bosnia and Herzegovina m
1905. tlr relations between the two
countries has been apparently quite
friendly They had made a working
arrangement ia The Balkans regarding
conditions iu Macedonia. and although
tn hat MOI accomplished much. every
= La,A. r..a. ...raYv Al.rur Srrn..llr~ PINT
the p%rrcipitatc move of the late Aus
'rian foreign minister. Count Aehren-
thai. In the annexation of Bosnia. upset
everything. The Russian minister Is
wolsky fcll that az had been dnpcd ~
ms Austrian colleague and never for
gave him Since then lSwolSky has
been Austro-llungary'S bittcreSt enemy.
and since he is one of the most influ-
oniial prTSuuagrS in the Russian M
tinnal Committee he has been able 10
make tlnrs very disagrecahlc in many
respects iu~ thr dual monarchy. In
deed ihorc IS very good authority Tor
believing that an AuStro-RuSSian war
very near inst before the Balkan
war broke ont IN the fall of 1872. IL
vas only through the strong personal
-ffntts 1T the venerable Austrian En-
ucror Francis Joseph that such a catas-
trophe was prevented. II : Thought
that the Emperor Nicholas was Just as
much opposed 10 Il war. hrt hr j. no
pO'- Inn and hv no means strong
enough 90 hold back the tirchraEdS M
~ Russian National Committc-
Tn personal relations between the
two imncria, families are Of the most
cordial character. II II sometimes even
ai' Cat the llapsbnrgS are really pro-
tr- l. The late Arrhdnkc Charles
Louis. brother ~ The fmueror and th"
'uttrr n Archdufr Francis Ferdinand
hr h.'r 10 the throne. was always n
.foat friend nf Russia and his svnpa-
'ii.~ in that direction arr believed An
flN nrn Nv some rNi.ni Inherited hN
ls SOFA.
Archdukr Charles lnUis who WAS the
of the principal Austrian lu-
1|l>trial dissertations and q very far
sighted man. perceived Che important
rllu that commerce and industry would
unr iav play In International relations
li l.a~f twenty years before European
,ttfpsrc IN had begun Ia nay amy alton
'..n "a these factors. Vie knew very
we'll that RUSSIA would never b. likrlN
M ininrc Austria foreign commerce
vrrv much. while GERMANY would ~omr
lav ruin II. Russia. besides having nn
home Wa -kct ~ supply has
practically no great Industries while
* Constantly cn the lookout
for new markets 20 ,onrlcr.
Events have proved 'h' correctness
NV the Nrrhdnkr's views. Twenty-Five
Years 900 AuStria-llunElry almost mon
onnlited the trade az ne Balkans and
Turky and Egypt. Today tn bulk
~ ilr trade in thScc countries has zone
.t. th, hands ni the G,rmNns- Indeed
aggressive methods ni urrman mrr
hart~ n trN tE tu raUturr Austria :
r.tu .r-c iu the near East are bitterly
r~eutDi Ia their Austrian rivals.
Tar >ympathicS and feelings of the
two government, and the two peoples
tr y.rt different from those prevail
between the rulers. The Sn-called
National Committee IN Russia D. most
"-al.ntlv anti Austrian and il rtrairino
-, r.r,c 20 cain absolute control
tle t'alkanS The fight Is largely q
lirinu~ unc. Russia wanting tn bring
.lIl the Balkans under the sway ~ The
.DrthndnX Church and ~ force the Rom
wv Catholic part If the populations. rs
we'll ~ the Musselmans 80 acknowledge
Tho supremacy of the Russian church.
.lt : this which explains Russia hos
tilr attitude Il King Ferdinand Of Bull
raria. who has remained 4 Roman Cath
Ole although ~ permitted his elder
son. pril ~ Boris. Ia Join the Orthodox
church. Russia would never consent T.
rratifvi 2 Catholic Ferdinand : amhi-
tinn ~ hrcouiq ruler ~ the Balkans.
- far from tending a. clear M rhc
combinations IN the Balkans tho recent
wars have left the situation more com
.nlieated than ever. Count Witte. The
p,s.ian statesman recently declared