Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-29
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VIENNA, Jan. 29.-Politically the
death of Emperor Francis Joseph and
the assassination of Premier Stuart
gkh during 1916 left the empire-mon-
archy altogether unaffected. Emperor
Charles has stepped at the head of the
governmental machinery without a
tremor disturbing the state. The var
ious races constituting Austria-Hun-
gary have been welded into whole by
the war in matters affecting national
ity, without, however, forgetting their
special interests, as was shown when
the uthenians objected to the abso-
lutte self-goVernment given by En-
peror Francis Joseph to Galicia. The
Ruthenians fear that the new order of
things in Galicia would give the Pol
ish element the upper hand to such an
extent that oppression would follow.
Like most Slavic people. Pole and Uk-
ranian, are distrustful of one another,
and it is assurted that the Polish no.
bility in Galicia is not scrupulous
enough politically to cause the Ruth
enians to view their future with much
assurance. 1t is possible that the
Austrian crown will take some meas
ures to safeguard the interests of the
Ruthenians
Czech Problem is Eliminated.
The Czech problem has been solved
during the year by eliminating itself.
1t was at no time a large affair, con-
sisling largely of some seditious eff
forts of certain Pan-Slav Czech lead
ers, four of whom were recently con-
dcmned to death, on charges growing
cut of the mutiny of a Czech regiment
on the field of battle. There is no rea-
son to believe that the Czech race
stood behind these efforts, not if the
conduct of Bohemian regiments
against the Italians and Rumanians is
to serve as an indication. Public bod
les throughout Bohemia have repeat
edly disavowed the self-appointed
Czech leaders in foreign countries. On
the occasion of the late emperor's
death, the condolences from Bohemia
were probably the warmest received.
Polish Kingdom a Compromise.
Austria -Hungary's share in the es-
tablishment of the kingdom of Poland
was in the main negative, and the re-
suit of a compromise between Austria
and Hungary, reached for the sake of
maintaining within the empire-king-
dom the balance of power thought
necessary to safeguard the individual
and collective interests of the racial
groups bOverned from Vienna and
Budapest. Fearing that the joining of
Galicia to ongress-Poland, and the
close attachment of this greater king
dom of Poland to Austria, would di-
minish Magyar influence within the
dual state. Hungarian statesmen were
willing to have Poland incline more
towards Germany as has been the
case in these first days of the new
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Emperor Francis Joseph granted them
the greatest measure of self-govern-
ment compatible with the sovereignty
of the crown. The Polish element in
Galicia appears greatly pleased with
the new state of affairs.
Food Exports to Germany Stopped
The Hungarian diet has also been
in session throughout the parliament
ary period. listening for much of its
time to attacks upon Premier Tisza
and Baron Burian, Austro-Hungarial
minister of foreign affairs. The op-
position charged that the men in
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course of events in Bucharest, and
had permitted themselves to be lulled
into a false sense of security, the
Rumanian army invading Transyl-
vania as the result of this. Debates
OF this question were cut short as
much by military events in Transyl-
1ania as by the defense which Count
Tisza put up The food situation also
occupied the Hungarian diet for many
davs. a result of which was that the
Hungarian government prohibited
nearly all food exports to Austria and
Germany. This policy has been call
ed selfish. In extenuation it must be
said that crop returns in Hungary in
1916 were far from good.
For the last three months the ques-
ZION of convening the Austrian Reich
srat has been before the public. When
his uarliament will go into session is
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