New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-29
HUNGARIAN UNREST
WORRIES AUSTRIA
Disclosures in Foreign
Press Upset Civil and
Military Heads.
COUNT TIA GIVEN
THE TASK OF DENIAL
ondon Correspondent of Hun
qarian Paper Hears of TrOu-
bles of Dual Empire.

ro,don. Dec. y. The following IS a
,...er from Budapest received by the
To,don correspondent Of q Hungarian
-o,rsnsper yia Italy, under date OF De
cember q.
@Not the least interesting feature OF
.s;s week events is the desperate state
- mind into which the Austrian civil
nd military authorities were thrown
by the disclosure M the foreign press
~ discomfort in Hungary. The Wen
,ese press explains this uneasiness by
,ointinc out that Italy is only waiting
for Inc moment when Austria's difficult
.,os seem overwhelming 20 find pre-
.svt for Intervention. Hungarian dis
sEection would be the greatest and
most iusuperabIc dlinculty austria
could have 90 face.
Count TIA was intrusted with the
duty Of denying. for the benefit Of
T,siv and Rumania. the real state Of
tbinrs ir Hungary. lie says the Hun
carians received the news OF the re-
treat from Seryia with courage and
confidence. ard that 10 is not true that
the feeling of the Hungarian people Is
hostile 90 Germany. and that the state
,nent that there is an independence
movement in Budapest and other parts
OF Hungary s. q pure invention. Count
Tia. Of an men. is the least justified
20 deny the existence of an indepen-
dent movement and dissatisfaction in
Hungary; for. as he represented the
Austrian-Germ n military junkerism In
Hungary, an the hatred and contempt
Of this sufocating spirit was concen-
trated against his person. He has been
stoned and pelted with eggs whenever
he has appeared on the streets anywhere
In Hungary. He has surrounded himself
with detectives even when asleep, and
an because he opposed the Hungarian
national aspirations and was a servant
Of the Hapsburgs and Hohenzollerns.
General Gets Golden Sword.
AS regards the loyalty Of the ma
ticnalities he boasts of / may mention
one instance .ha, seems Characteristic.
The Servian PAPERS give long accounts
Of o golden sword presented 10 General
Putnik. commander in chief Of the Ser
Wan army. bv the Serbs Of Hungary.
a Ice instance f. loyalty. They most
probably were prompted by the I'M
fead Of atrocities which the Austro-
hungarian army was charged with dur
HN.A JUS lfNNNNH s'f .eAs MY w u
Rumanians. Tyrolcse. Serbs and ltal-
fans among them. One throws the
blame on the other. bat my own opln-
ion Is that not the soldiers but the
officers were % blame and 90 per cent
of these were Austriaus. Under such
conditions IL would be difficult 10 pre-
serve the loyalty of the Serb popula-
ton Of Austria-Hungary, the more 30
that the Serv.ans take great pains 20
circulate among them accounts Of these
msssacres and Of pillaging.
II had an Interview this morning
with an officer who returned wounded
yesterday from Galicia and who gave
me an interesting account Of the IN
vested fortress Of Przemys. and en-
fragments m t1e Carpath.ans. He
says that no hopes are entertained as
20 the fate OF the fortress unless the
relieving movement now being attempt
81 succeeds for the garrison Is dimin-
Fh.ng daily on account Of continuous
sorties and the men are already wholly
exhausted. Every night for fort
mCh- two regiments have been called
upon % deliver attacks en- the besieg-
ers az different points and usually only
half Of the party returns The garri-
son has lost llyinc these SOrtIes more
than 10000 men in killed wounded and
prisoners. Every available place IN the
c,tJ and fortress IS packed with wound
ed. and nevertheless, these suicidal at
tempts do not cease. as the garrison
Of the fortress itself has hopes that
cve- II the relieving attempt should
fsil 70 would Dee able 20 hold out a few
weeks more; but iu no circumstances
can 70 resist longer. for the food supply
Is coming Co an end.
Terrible Conditions in Carpathians.
Regarding the campaign iu the Car
pathlans. the officer said that the most
desperate fighting is going on there
under terribly hard conditions for both
sides. The Russians have reinforced
heir troops all along the front and
they deliver fierce attacks for the pos
session Of the better positions in the
Latoteza valley. The battle has been