Evening star., 1915-05-30
INDEPENDENT TRANSYLVANIA

ing the union. which was the result OF
the return of the laws Of 1913, H.
made II understood that Il calledtfor /,
revision OF a nature which would sat
isfy the Rumanians." But these good in
tentions were not realized. AnAressy
represented to the emperor thac in /
time OF excitement a change in ro-
Icy as to the principles of natioI,alitie.
might produce peril for the goveI lment,
particularly by any special reccsnitio,l
Pennsylvania
The Rumanian and Saxon d.putie-
protested against the adoption. s,ithou'
discussion, Of tiss Kos
Protest Of suthian laws ss hal
Deputies. requested % 'A"au that: th.r. as
should be adopted as a substitute iu
the address tho words ''Hunga Wan ma
ton" and adding In explanatioa. Their
are in Hungary several nations. Fina
~ the deputies. convinced tat the,
could do nothing more to stay ahe tid.
voted the project of community of at
fairs and accepted to take past In thu
coronation of June, 1867.
The law with reference to sc csooIs I'm
posed upon the people Of TraAsylvania
that instruction should be .eSciusivcl'
In the Hungarian language. Free in
struction was almost prohitlt tied. or
$50 establishments in Transylsania AMI
Banat there were six only in 3,htch the
Rumanian language was permitted.
school In Blacke incurred tie male,
olence of the Hungarian administers
ton. and was threatened Sith sup
preston II certain conditionsswere no
executed. chiefly. the pa sment or
$4,000
In order to guard against She threai
the sum was raised by national sui
scription despite the fact .that Ru
| manfans beyond the Carpatl.ians we-.
prevented from contributing. because
their participation would imyiy a daca-
| rumanfan understanding.
The superior instruction ih Transyi
vania Is limited to two protessorships
Of Rumanian history and literature. and
through the medium of the Magyar
| language According to tee laws of
1879 and 1883 the professors are re
cruited from the Magyar race These
| instructors, as well as the, population
IN general. are subjected to an annoy
ing inspection in order to insure the
observance OF the laws
| These instructors are hell to change
| the baptismal and even family names
OF their pupils, substituting therefor
| Magyar names. The names of places
| also are subject to like fantastic trans
FORMATION The Magyar is the language
t ., al pubic administrations: The mill
tary is sought to be germanized by the
words OF command. which must be Ger
man: These constitute about eighty
words. which the Transylvanian is com
| peled TO memorize. despite his reluc-
| tance. The instructor is forced to usa
| the Rumanian language In his expla-
| nations to the recruit. otherwise hi.
instruction would be inconprehensible
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| Prp mi
absorb him by resort to means which
have proved their
| independent efficacy. He opposes
Rume,;e,. his adiersarys at
tacks ftst by his SUI
perior numbers and second by his un-
shaken fidelity to his language and his
tenacity. According to the official sta
tistics Of 1910 Transylvania, exclusive
| of Banat, Crishana AMI Maramureth.
| consists of 1,540,0SS Rrmanians: that
is to say. BIS per cent CT the total pop
| ulation.
| Notwithstanding the emigrations to
Rumania which are verf great, the Ru-
manians of Transylvan.i are constant
ly increasing in numb1A-s. The Ruma
nian is refractory to the penetration OF
| neighboring races whose language he
| refuses to acquire, but If they come in
| contact with him by residence in his
| country the invader is certain to be alb
| sorbed. 1t Is acknowledged that he ex-
| ercises this capac city of absorption by
| his natural vivacity or spirit and per-
| sonal charm. Although he submits TO
the liturgy and LANGUAGE of the in
vader and the infiltra ions of the Slav
| his clinical originality secures him sue
cessfully against bot. the German and
the Magyar.
| The conscience tina. they possess ell
der brothers in Rum mia, in the Danu-
| bian provinces and Geyond the Carpa-
| thians lends the Franslyvanian the
7 hope of deliverancA. Unconsciously,
| perhaps. the Rumapian is writing in
Transylvania important pages in his
peculiar history.
| What. may it not. be asked at this
| hour, are the territories in Austria
Hungary to which R;uma mia ms may hone
! to realize. Indisput. .tbly, the whole OF
Pennsylvania. the Southern part Of
Maramuresh as far as the River Theise
or Tissa. the eastern part of Criskana.
| limited by a line running north OF
Thesis and passing west of Oradia-
Mare and Arad: the eastern portion or
Banat, the portion west comprised be-
ing a majority Ser3 the course of the
Temes affiuent OIL the Danube marks
exactly the two rritories, the south
and west of BuSN wilma: the north OF
that province, Ruiz lnian a century ago.
has been systematically Ruthenianized
the object of eliminating the RumHn-
ian element. Bukovina, it should be re-
called, was until the eighteenth CEN
tury the heart of Moldavia, and
Suceava was foi a long time the capi-
tai