The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02
HUNCARIANS SING
OF OLD EMPEROR
Soldiers Are Impressed With
Necessity Of Making Sac
rffices for Him.
TO DIE IF NECESSARY
NJ m. WOLF WOW scHIERBRANp

NJ IN. WOLF WOW SCHTERBV AND
VIENNA, March 31.--For the studen,
OF human nature II 10 Of interest 20 note
how the plain every day soldier looks
upon the war. It stands to reason that
the naive point Of view II moro common
amonS the unsophistioated and unlst-
tered. Thus II Is that the Hungarian
half Of the double monarchy whers ths
f1literass still number moro than 20
per cont. comes moro Into pfay IN this
connection Than does the Austz4an hah
Il u among the Honveds tshe Hun
garian landwehr) too that ths was b.
stirred che natural folk poasy. n may
% e1preD myself. In one hospital
whore visited wore womoAd HouwedA
A. soon as they begin 10 manh chsy
hum or sing in chorus their nsw born
war eonsa One Of the songS runs IN
this wise:
Francis Joseph stands ~ his AoW.
lie looks out upon the street,
There come three Jolly young SYugA
Adorned with flowers and gay rd6bons 81
their caps.
I Ins f r.vd,s go to ,y,-
For he thinks then Of his own yU1A.
When he, too. used 10 80 to waf wstk -
soldiers.
Dance for tAe NaDeroP.
Another song speAks Of . os1nesv
dance a. which young feilows md O1rls
are enjoying themselves hugely. The
cyTnbal is booming. the fiddle IL being
played Suddenly Francis Joseph ap-
pears among tho dancers. He weeps
and groans They ask him tho cause
OF his grief. He points to his shaiy old
legs. which no longer can keep step.
Then tho young men begin to console
him. Dear Ferencs Joszka," they say
to him: do not weep. Cease to grieve.
For We have young. active legs and
sound bones. We shall do your snare
OF the dancing"
In a third song 4 young peasant
maid writes to the "old King, Ferencs
Joszka," a long letter:
she write. about her sweetheart
she asks the King to grant him leave Of
For he IS IN IN. neid and has done wonders
tn. Old King promptly replies to the fair
Ne says he is sorry he cannot grant her
Under no condition can he spare her lover.
Just b.caus. n. Is so gallant and
Also sccaus. ths number OF his foes 10
50 great.
Always the main conception In these
war songs Is the great age Of tho mon
arch and that tho young men must
take hi. place and do tho fighting for
him. as strength has failed him and he
can no longer WELD his own sword.
SACRIFICES for the Sovereign.
In all Il. nakedness this motif was
stated 20 m. by a Slovak (of northern
Hungary. man OF AZ or more. who
himself had gone 20 the front after send
Ing his four sons there. The man said
20 me; "Onc cannot leave the King
alon. In this ACht"
Near Vienna, on the way to tho Kah-
!enh-rg, stands a small house. in The
midst OF a huge vineyard that has been
IN the hands OF the same family FOR
centuries. over the entrance OF tho cot
taEs there Is now n placard inscribed
with a verse which translated reads:
u gave the Emperor four sons OF
mine They all fen in battle, Lord
God protect the land"
The Hungar!ans have altered the Kos
suth song, which used 10 BE OF revolu-
'louary tenor, since this war started.
Now !. runs:
Francis Joseph let. you know that
inc ranks OF his soldiers are thinning
When ne calls you again you must all
20 and help him"
on numerous Russian pr!sonew OF
war has been found a card printed In
g'ar!rK colors and showing Austrians.
Furgarians or Germans roasting their
prisoners bound 20 rr!dlrons and smoul-
dering over n slow fire, IUdian fashion.
A tale which has found wide credeuc,
among TIE common run OF Russians
above all the Cosslcks. Is TO this erfec;
Tho war VIII not stop until we have
caught and killed the emperor OF the
Jews. lie has thrown tho mother OF
hat.nshks, the Car, into an Inaccessible
hunger tower. where he ia starving her.
II We 40 not make haste ne may XII
her. All Orthodox Russians must rescue
her"
These are a few contributions toward
the psychology OF this war. During The
early months OF Il many Russ ans were
'aught that both Germans and Aus,ro-
Hungarians tortured their prisoners 20