The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-08
CITES BENTON CASE
INPLEA FOR AUSTRIA
yice-Consul in Speech Likens
Murder Quiz to Inquiry De-
manded From Scrvia.
EMPIRES ROLE DEFENSIVE

Dr Fritz Fischerauer, the Austrian
Vice-Consul spoke before the Twilight
Club at 107 West Forty-fourth street last
night giving Austria's position regarding
the underlying reasons for the present
war. Dr. Fischeraucr said that the war
was forced upon Austria by series OF
events wnrch gave the nation no other
choice
THE role Of the dual monarchy was
purely defensive pr. Fiscnerauer said
1T was defensive when the Government
of Vienna demanded that Scrva put a
stop to the criminal conspiracy which had
resulted In the assassination OF the Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand defensive when
behind the shif,y attitude Of Belgrade
there arose the menaciug shatow OF
Russia, defensive when, 800 the ultimate
moment of decision the Government of
the dual monarchy elected 20 make
solemn appeal to the arbirament Of war
rather than submit tn -" agitation con-
Quoted within its boundaries by foreign
Power for the avowel object OF promoting
sed.tion and destroying public order.
In all its dealings with the various
for equal rights. for lbcr,y of national
development for full educational facilities
FOR every racial unit IN its own language
and TN accordance with its own beat tradi-
tlons and aspirations. Austria is not seeking
10 Germnni2e any slavic nation under rs
flag. Hungary marched INTO BOSNIA
Herzegovina under tho mandate " the
Powers in 1878 she found ther" state Of
complete anarchy The Mnhdmmedan
land owning nobility long accustomed 10
exclusive privilege under the old Turkish
INSTRUMENTATION. undertook 70 per-
pstuate the old abuses
Quick Action Imperative.
Austria had 10 employ energetic
military means to put quick stop 10 the
state OF anarchy which had compelled
Europe to call In Austria US an agent II
order and civilization. The task was &C
complished by an army under the COM
mand OF Gen. philippovitch. a Serb.
BY 1903 the two provinces had reached
a level Of culture and development which
could not be duplicated on the Serviaa
side of the frontier Then came uneN-
pected events in the wake OF the ottoman
decla OF constitutional order
which, as every one knows nov. was but
another name for a military dictatorship
Relying upon its nominal sovereignty
rights In Bosnia Herzegovina. the Young
bIEhul1dAl'u SlAIlfu u lUpN fltlt'ilN
to recover the garden which Austria had
made out OF the former Turkish wilder
ness
"For its own interests and those Of
civilization Austria had to meet this move
mert with energetic action This action
took the form of annexation. But even
in this apparently aggressive act the dual
monarchy acted strictly on the defensive.
"The tragic climax to the Servian cam
pHign or violence was reached on June rs
last. when the hand Of young Serb who
had been led TO believe he was performing
patriotic duty laid low the Archduke
Francis Ferdinand and his Consort in
SarajeVo The event convinced the Aus
trian Government that II must act with
energy. and act at once. to check sub
versive movement carried on from without
It's borders which had degenerated into a
campaign Of assassination. II demanded
that Servia put an immediate stop 10 the
agitation OF the Narodna Odbrana. that IL
place the stamp OF It's formal d!sapproval
. upon the crime of Sarajevo and that IL
punish the authors OF that revolving
offence against civilization and comfy.
Austria did not impose any terms In
it's ultmatum which could be- regarded
as blow at Srvian sovereignty. There
10 even parallel in history in which tn.
roles were reversed when in 1861
Milos Obrenovic then the reigning Prince
" Servia, was assassinated In the Park
Of Topschlder near Belgrade by the ad.
herents OF the present reignlng family OF
karageorgevlch. the trail Of the plot
was traced to Hungary. The Hungarian
Government at the time invited NE Ser.
Wan authorities for cooperation OF In,
Servian police in the investigation. and
this cooperation actually took place IL
the police investigation on Hungarian
territory.
Another parallel is furnished by tn,
case of william $. Benton. the English,
man who WAS murdered in Mexico las
wear The British and the United state.
Governments demanded TO be permitted
10 cooperate In the investigation in Mexico
OF that murder.
'Servia assonted to all the other term,
OF the ultimatum, but in every nstanc,
evaded the basic admission of the charg,
that a crime had been committed agains
neighborng State and that it had beef
committed by a Servian nationalist or
ganization having its central body /,
Belgrade. Austrian participation in tn,
inquiry Serv!a denied by evasion. Now
this clause IN the ultimatum was a vita
part of IL. The Austrian authorities re-
called that one OF the men chiefly impll
Gated in the assas-ina ION OF Archduk,
Francis Ferdinand and his Consort haC
been quietly warned out OF Servia by III,
Servisn police after the Austrians hRC
requested his arrest"
Dane Blames Prussia.
Other speakers We're DR.. Maxim.liar
Lund. L. s. A.. retired. Hans Heinz Evers
German poet r.. II. Simpson and Char,
lotte Perkins Gilman, the suffragist
DIR. Lund, a Dane by BIRTH who served
In the ranks In the Prussian army, said
that this war marks the end of prus
sian miltarism, which he blamed fol
starting II.
THE Prussian soldier IL an object oi
contempt to the civilians he said. The!
are so conceited and strut about 50 scri
ously, Nevertheless they are great fight
ers. Prussia alone keeps m!itarsm alive
and only because the country Is fol
lowing the lead OF the Kaiser"
Among the $50 persons who attended
the dinner were Ernest Thompson Seton
Justice Philbln, Commander Richardson
u. S. ~, retired. and Prof c. G. Curt
OF Columbia.
: Won MOLTKE NOT REMOVED.