Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-10-17
AUSTRIAN RULE
SURE TO CRACK
Revolution Is Likely Il Italian
Drive Is Successful.
MANY MILITARY EXECUTIONS
An Open Road TO Vienna Would Ger.
tsinly Hasten the Downfall Of Teu'
-oovsrnmsot Has Been Accused
Of Sowing Hatred Since the Outbreak
Of HostiIitiss.


Of Sowing Hatred Since the Outbreak
Of HostiIitiss.
Tho proposal of the allies 10 c0DceD'
trnle In drive on Austria m the mosi
likely quarter IN which an early milt
tnry decision may bc mnde finds sup
pori IN rcccnt accounts of the failing
cohesion ~ The Anslro Hungarian eni'
pire. A great Austrian reyefrse open
lng The road 10 Vienna might hasten
the end materially IN view OF the de-
termination ~ the component nces OF
the empire to achieve their liberation"
by revolution n nced he.
Recent persecution of the small ma
tionnlities within the confines ~ the
ynsi monarchy u II believed. have
eliminated the possibility of securing
them political freedom within the
Austrian empire. An authority writ
Ing 10 the Manchester Guardian says.
whether or not before the war such
q compromise ~ Ibis was possible the
tyrnnnlcal repression " the subject
races Ia Austria. a.HuDgnry since the war
has put an cnd 10 any hone OF such
solution. The ruthless conduct Of the
German and Magyar rulers. who have
had The whole ARMED forces VI the EN-
pire at their disposal against their ra-
clnl ana political opponents. ran only
he explained by n supreme confidence
In such u triumphant issue ns would
save them from nm, risk of being called
10 account. The resentment evoked by
these exccsscs will bear lstlng fruit.
Il has been well pointed out 10y nn ltnl'
ian observer that the Anstro.I hungarian
government has literally "sown hatred
during this war
Never have the gallows been worked
so hard IN the iInlsbnrg doinnlons ns
since the summer NJ I'Iii. The Ger
mans and Mngyars have used the war
not only Tor the purpose of destroying
the youth OF otlkr races. hui also Ia
order 10 get rid Of all the leaders able
to oppose Gcrmnn.Magynr supremacy
In home affairs. either 10y using courts
mnrtinl Ia nssasinntc them or by cont
lWllng them Ia ilrr for safety In exile.
The number of military executions
has nso bccn appalling. The Czech
regiments who. driven agaiusi their
viii and without the sanction of lmr-
Lament 10 tight against thCir friends.
showed "a mutinous spirit wsrc Ia many
eases literally lccimntcd. The civil cx-
ccutions IN Bohemia and Moravia alone
In the first year ~ the war were over
1000, aud those IN the other Austrian
provinces proportionnllv high. The 10
hrmian leaders who were not able to
Zee the country have hccu imprisoned.
All civil liberties have been suppressed
In Bosnia and Dalmatia. aud the Servo.
Croat leaders. deputies, mayors. priests
arrested or executed. In many towns
of Bosnia and Herzegovina even the
schoolboys. some not more than fifteen
years Of age. have been condemned TO
years Of Imprisonment. one being actr,'
ally hanged. At Rnnjnluka alone nine
ty-elght persons were condemned for
high treason. sixteen being sentenced to
death and others to n total term OF S5S
years OF Imprisonment. besides enor-
nous fines.
Reapins Harvest Of Hate.
"Thc Magyar rulers Of Aus
trln.llungnry have 'sown hatred and
must reap their harvest. The coming
In of the United States on the side OF
the nllies aud the RUSSIAN revolution
have no doubt encouraged n democratic
peace party even Ia the ranks ot the
Germans and the Magyurs themselves
The recent victories of the allies. and
notably the Italian advance on the
ronds to l.aibach AMI Trieste. have
done much TO shake public confidence
The whole fabric OF that 'rnmshnckle
empire il cracking TO its foundations
aud no one can doubt that the young
emperor would do anything In his pow.
or to conjurc the catastrophe. The full
of Tisza. following that Of the forger
and arch instrument of aggressive pol
ley, Count Forgach, and his sinister as
i't 'ouNWh'i'ii w WV ''Nh'
rath. The project for democratic suf
frage In Hungary, the amnesty accord
cd for certain political oilcnscs. are 70
many sopS to Ccrherus. but there a.c
two things the emperor cannot do He
cannot throw on the military control
Of Germany. He cannot ovcrrulc the
dominant Magyar caste in Hungary
Even now we hear that Tis2u Is sue
cccdcd by Il mere alter ego. II seems
indeed. that n scheme is nfoot for the
Reorganization 0f the empire on Il lselt
do federal basis. After three years ot
brutal repression the subject mtionnll
ties, who have been driven TO seek The
guarantee Of their permanent immunity
from such treatment IN II close union
| with their kinsmcn outside the hor.
dcrs of the monarchy, are now told
that after all if they viii nhlurc thel,
ties Of blood and language they may
even vet he ,lccrnily accommodated
within the Ilapsburg fold.
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