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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
Austro-Hungarian Socialists and Serbia
THE following article has been communicated LHumdn

Austro- Hungarian Socialists. Serbia will
be restored, but the Balkan peoples will
decide themselves upon the question Of
Macedonia (no doubt in favor of Bull
garia).
Why have the Austro- Hungarian Social
lists changed their minds on the question
Of Bosnia Herzegovina? Why did not the
old Socialist representative of Bosnia
Herzegovina, Yakchitch, rather than a
Magyar or a German, represent the Ser
bian people at the Stockholm conference?
Where is Yakchitch? Did he die from
hunger, in prison, or on the battlefield?
do not think that these Serbian repre-
sentatives at Stockholm are Bosnian So
cialists, because on the question of Bosnia
Herzegovina they have adopted the new
ideas of Ellenbogen and Buchingen. How
can the Austrian Socialists, who, on prin-
ciple, are opposed to the shedding Of
blood. value so little the blood spilled for
the national liberty of the peoples OPP
pressed under the national, political and
economic yoke of Austria-Hungary? How
can they disregard their own words pro-
nounced at the Congress of Belgrade in
1914 and, perhaps, at other Socialist con-
crosses? They attribute this changed
pont of view to the influence of the Stock
holm Conference. Future action will be
the best test of their sincerity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
The Climate of Salonica

The climatic conditions of Macedonia
and of Salonica, in particular, are Of great
strategic Importance.
The French and British troops have
suffered, and are still suffering, under the
intensely cold winters and unbearably hot
summers Of the country.
The brusque change in the temperature
increase Of 5o4) from April to May, and
from October to November decrease Of
6o2) is hard to bear for troops not CONF
pletely acclimatized. A north and north
cast wind blows, more or less, throughout
the year, but with particular force from
November to March, while southwestern
wind prevails from April to October.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
airs in the Troubled Balkans, Where the War Began
A Word to the
Dual Monarchy

day are not the decisive victors In the field,
then the Teutons have really worsted them.
and the war will be followed by a Pax Ger.
manica, not by another armed conflict
Then, indeed, the news sheets OF Berlin.
Frankfort and Cologne may with truth dub
the Kaiser the Peace Lord Of Europe.
"Of this complex and dangerous situation
the very essence is the union between the
Hapsburg and the Hohenzollern empires. And
this union bids fair to become closer than
ever as a direct consequence of this war.
Two powerful states, firmly welded together,
will be the resultant And these states are,
for all international purposes-military,
political and economc-one indivisible or
sanisn,, which in virtue of its mass, its dis
cipined forces, its trade routes, markets and
financial and economic resources will ire
sistibly draw all the Southeastern states
within the orbit Of its influence. These
minor communities are foredoomed to be-
come it's satellites, to undergo its influence.
and TO make sacrifices to uphold IT, By
sheer military force and political momen-
tum the new federation is bound to carry
all before II.
upon Austria-Hungary, therefore, ths
future Of political Europe hinges II ono
could conceive that monarchy breaking loose
from the thraldom of the German Empire
, and beginning a new life of its own. tho
danger with which we are now threatened
would many political writer's assure US, be
exercised. And this contamination Is all
the easier, we are told, that the peoples Il
the Hapsburg Empire are, by religion, politi.
cal sympathies, and economic interests, far
removed from the Germans, and are, conse-
quently, open to argument. suaslon and in-
limitation the part of the Allies.
Moreover to-day they have young and
impossible monarch at their head, who frets
and chates against the Teuton yoke, and
would fain realize Aehrenthal's dream, FREQ
Austria-TI Hungary from German tutelage, and
give her a completely independent exists
ence of her own. It is matter Of common
knowledge that Karl Franz Josef's relations
to Kaiser Wilhelm are far from cordial. He
has the will TO be independent, and he yearns
for the power.
"A word uttered by the Allies in season,
discreet promise might supply him with the
necessary moral force to burst the chains
that bind him to the chariot of his con.
queror. Why not utter it?'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05

q ONE time ago the Austrian Social
lists presented to the international
committee at the Stockholm Con-
ference their war aims. Among the dele
gates was Ellenbogen and the Hungarian
Socialist leader, Buchingen, the best known
representatives Of the Austro-Hungarian
Social Democracy.
1t must be mentioned here that these
two men were the representatives Of the
Austro- Hungarian Social Democracy at
the last national congress of the Serbian
Socialist party, which was held on Feb
ruary II, Is and 16, 1914, in Belgrade.
Ellenbogen made a long discourse on the
necessity of a federation of the Balkan
peoples, which would be a barrier against
the Imperialism of the central empires.
He explained that before the Balkan wars
Austria Hungary believed that the mu-
scans alone of her armies would be suf-
ficient to conquer Serbia.
Before the Balkan wars Austria did not
take into consideration the Serbian army,
but was concerned only with Serbian pigs,
which were being sold on Austrian mark
cts at higher prices than Austrian pigs.
But during these wars Austria perceived
that the Balkan peoples were not only a
barrier against her imperialism and an
economic danger, but also a national dan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05

TIME basis of the safety Of small ma
tons is international morality and
- the inviolability of treaties. And,
because Germany disregarded the rights
Of small nations, Siam, an absolute mon
archy, has leagued itself with the Entente
Allies-the sixteenth nation to join since
the beginning of the war. Siam has aban-
doned her neutrality that she may oppose
Prussian invasion Of the rights Of small
peoples and free peoples.
Her declaration of war was the act OF
the King alone, his ministers being solely
advisers and the country being without
any legislative body, but it found hearty
Concurrence among the people. They had
felt keenly for invaded Belgium, and the
thinking men Of Siam perceived in the fate
Of Belgium q supreme invitation to decide
once and for all the question whether small
nations shall be safe.
The announcement that Siam has de-
eared a state of war with Germany car
RES far greater significance than might at
first be supposed, according TO statement
made by John Barrett, director Of the Pan
American Union and formerly United
States Minister to Siam. Mr.. Barrett
pointed out that:
While Siam as a country is comparatively
little known in the United States, IL ranks as
important and strategic a land in Asia as the
Netherlands and Belgium in Europe. II is,
neTi % Japan, the most progressive country
on the continent, has king and Statermen Of
unusual ability. a prosperous population OF
o'sr 100000, an area equal 70 that Of
Frame. and an agricultural wealth unsur-
passed In the world.
"l,I chief importance, however, in the pres
e., war crisis Is tina. II Is practically the rice
canary or source Of food supply for China
ard is action may have a direct effect upon
Chna's attitude toward Germany. IL also
giYss the Allies now for the first time an un-
broken favorable coast line all the way from
China 70 the Mediterranean, for Siam was the
only neutral territory In that entire distance
Of many thousand miles. II possesses an ex-
esilsb, little navy, adequate 10 patrol the
Gulf Of clam coast line Of nearly 1000 miles"
Prince songkla, who has just CON-
pleisd his frat year In special course at
Harvard University, believes that:
Siam will gain from the war her place a.
an INDEPENDENT nation free 20 work out he'
sNh destiny without fear Of more powerful
asighbon. Again, she will get rid Of the
ef'rs-isrritori4i rights which now brand her
~ nation Of inferior civilization. She will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05

TF, IN 1915, the court of eX-Czar Mich
olas III had not been honeycombed
n with traitors and the Tchin had not
been rotten to the core the Russian armies
would have had walkover from Przemysl
to Cracow, and from there down to Vienna,
and up to Breslau. Well, at this stage of
the game, it is useless to cry over spilled
blood. The main thing now is this: that
the Allies do what lies in their power to
allow Brusloff to hew through the line
this time.
1t will be relatively easy for the Russian
general to again take Lemberg, the capital
of Galicia and political centre of the Aus
trian Ukrainians, who are closely related
to the Muscovites linguistically, racially
and religiously. They are eagerly await
ing the opportunity to join their brethren
in free, democratic Russia.
BrusilofHs difficulties will start once he
reaches the Polish strongholds in the west
of the country. But a majority even
among the loyal Polish legionares who,
up to March last, faithfully served the
Hapsburgs against Nicholas ii and his
anti-Polish dynasty and bureaucracy, will
not hesitate to obey the triple call of blood,
duty and self-interest now that, for the
first time since 1925, there is real
chance for the Polish nation to resurrect
its old glory.
No partial fake kingdom by the COM
bined divine graces of William ii and
Charles /, but the dispersed members of
the race, united under Polish ruler,
either as King or President, is the ideal
which fills the souls of the 24,000,000, Poles
of Europe and the Polish Diaspora.
Under these circumstances brief po-
litico-economic survey Of Galicia, the
largest province Of Austria (30,269 square
miles,, will be Of special interest to the
reader who follows with eagerness the VIC
torious Russian armies, from village to viii
lage, from town to town, over hill and
river, unmindful even of the awful spelling
of their exotic names.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05

II j. DILLON, as conclusion to an
II, elaborate article on "The Allies
Task" appearing in "The Fort
nightly Review" sets forth the reason, ia
him supreme, why Germany must not ba
allowed to win this war-a reason involv-
ing the peace Of Europe:
"ln my judgment, the peace Of Europe
after this war can be guaranteed in only
one Of two ways: by the Germans renounc-
ing the will or losing the power to go on
with their scheme for the over-lordship Of
the human race. I do not claim that the
Allies are still in a position to choose and
realize either Of these alternatives, but only
that there is no third issue out Of the tangls,
Some assure US that the more hopeful meth.
cd of the two is by influencing the will Of
the German people, and that this can best
he done by democratizing their institutions.
Faith in the democratic spirit Is good pro-
vided that its concrete embodiment Is also
promising.
"But the Teutons who have fashioned
Christianity, culture, and so much else after
their own national image are certain to sub.
ject democracy to the same process. We are
too prone TO look upon Germany's inordis
nate ambitions as emanations from a few
bellcose fanatics which will cease with the
disappearance Of the military class. To my
thinking they have not one but many
sources, some Of which lie much deeper than
is commonly assumed. And even athwart
the democratized atmosphere Of German
Central Europe the competent observer
espies menscing shadows"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05

times (1141-1255) the seat of the princes
Of one of the many principalities into
which Western Russia was then divided,
and the present Galicia is only the
Anglicized form of Halicz?
Nature itself seems to have indicated
that Galicia by right of the laws of geol-
ogy should one day become an integral
part of the United States of Russia, for
does not the country, north and east, from
the rivers Vistula and Dniester, form a
direct continuation Of the great plains Of
Muscovia?
Both the Dniester and the Pruth rivers,
which, since 1914, have become memorable
in the military history of the world, form
the boundary between Galicia and Hun
gary. but the first receives the Zbrocz
the boundary river toward Russia, the
second, the Czeremosz, the boundary
river toward Bukowina, as if the mighty
floods were longing, so to say, to come
into contact with the New Russia on the
one. and the rejuvenated kingdom Of Ru-
mania on the other hand.
Pastures and Gardens
And Forests
We understand quite well that Austria
is loath to give up rich and beautiful
country 48.45 per cent of which is occupied
by arabic land, while 9.19 per cent Is taken
up by pastures, 1.39 per cent by gardens
and $40 per cent by forests, land which,
at the end of 1910, numbered 100000
horses and 100000 cattle, which brings
forth bountiful crops of barley, oats, rye
wheat, maize, potatoes and legumes Of all
kinds, province which contains a consid-
cradle quota of the worlds output in salt,
coal and petroleum.
But the divine grace" of kings will
have, at last, to yield to divine justice as
far as the peoples of this earth Of ours are
concerned. Maria Theresa and Joseph II
took their part of the Polish booty, partly
against their will, but they took it. In the
new international law, now in its birth
throes, the old statutes of limitation have
lost their validity; one hundred years in
the eyes of the new peoples code is "as a
night-watch."
Strange, the New Russia of prohibition
will have to close the thousands of Galician
distilleries which produce 40 per cent Of
the total spirit output of Austria!
Probably few are aware that Galicia's
population of 8,l6O,7s3 Q9l2) is divided
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05

NE If the results of the Allied con-
ference in Paris last week, it is
" announced, was a complete un-
,..,,onding between Italy and Greece
ellis recent occupation Of certain por-
.;ons Of Greek territory was the chief
n,s for the conference, the success OF
-S;,b Is indicated by Italy's decision to
'r.cpate the occupied sections. This de-
.;.;on was in its turn due to the fact that
49, low Greece had joined the Allies. An
- -ssult was the withdrawal of British
troops.
T;ttle By little the circumstances sur
Ending the fall of Constantine and the
leo 81 the Greek democracy are becoming
,~,wr In 1.-THE London Daily MALI an
,.hsrs correspondent reports an interview
- has had with Senator Jonnart, the
Allies High Commissioner in Greece, who
...rtbrew Constantine. NJ. Jonnart said
aRsfore | left for Greece | went TO Eng
"A and there | perceived that public cpin-
=, was so ready and anxious for firm action
I've and so absolutely at one with French
Mi. opinion that | was given great conf
s.,ee in my task In official circles there
-. ,erbaps more dsquietude than we shared
:, France regarding the practicability of
h-;,vinr about the Kings abdication without
b,oodshed. but in the sequel those doubts
we're. of course, dispelled, and enjoyed the
fpll support Of your government
aJustiee should be rendered NJ. Zaimis for
ri, aid in advising the ex-King to accept
,ss abdication demand. But at the same
Tim. he sent that unfortunately worded tele-
cram to Germany announcing the abdication'
and was somewhat expansive on the ex-
Kings behalf. | said to him in friendly
napner-and there is no reason why | should
not report it TO you-'M. Zaimis, you talk
we'll, but you talk too much; your words and
your actions do not agree"
Answering the correspondents question
as to the impression produced by the new
King. the commissioner said:
"A good impression. He seems TO have a
clear idea Of the role of constitutional SOW
sreign. He reasons we'll. He most willingly
listened TO a little constitutional lesson.
When NJ. Zaimis refused to consider The
question of calling the May 81 Chamber
vent 20 the King and said to him that the
obvious and only solution Of the situation
was the formation of a ministry under NJ
venizelos 4 quite see that he replied; i
quite understand. | suppose it had better
Be formed as soon as possible
"On the Tuesday following NJ. Nenizelos
gave me his list Of ministers. l took it TO
the King, who looked at the list, read 1t
through, and said; Well, that's settled To-
morrow at II will do Accordingly at II
o'clock on Wednesday the ministry was
sworn in"
As to the future of Greece, Senator
Jonnart expressed himself as follows:
That, as we said, may be left in the
hands of NJ. Venizelos. In all my long career
As a parliamentarian / have met no states
man Of more vivid foresight or with surer
grip Of the essentials TO a country's prog
rsss. None. be sure, will take higher place
tEan he in the general councils Of the Allies
81 am returning to France, where ! shall
take part in a forthcoming conference to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05

|
| w this head DR.. E. j. Dillon, Eu-
W ropes veteran publicist, has
written a series of articles for THE Daily
Telegraph" London. In the first OF these
articles the writer surveys the Teutonic
policy, and makes the striking statement
that word of promise uttered by the
Allies to Austria might sever the DUAL
Monarchy from its natural ally, Germany
The article, in part, follows:
THE most cursory survey OF the political
and military outlook must take cognizance OF
the extraordinary frmness Of the Teutons
| faith in the attainment Of their essential
| aims. For Il Is become one of the principal
| factors in the world struggle. Indeed, with
out the resolve IL inspires, the population
of the Central Empires would have collapsed
long ago. And its source is within them
= selves.
while the Allied peoples would be puz-
! zled to say how they expect to enforce the
| terms which would secure for them the fair
and lasting peace for which they are making
unheard-of sacrifices, their adversaries have
always pointed, with frantic shouts, to quite
( q number of sources from which victory
might spring-their Zeppelins, their sub
marines.
"If thew are out In their reckoning they
are still undaunted, for the most curious
trait of their mental attitude Is their certi-
tude that, even If all these methods fail'
leaving military victory an inaccessible goal
| they can and will still push their schemes
/ through by dnt Of clever diplomacy And
that faith is deemed the sheet-anchor OF
their policy.
"For the Ieutons from the first have had
two possible ways of achieving their un.
holy purpose, two potential victories The
greater. which consists in crushing thelr
adversaries and fusing their allies into one
poitico- military organism. and the lesser
which should execute only the latter pian'
whichever alternative came to pass the
cause stood to prosper. Thus 1t Is case Oh
by hook or by crook. This fact was rot
crashed by the Allies when they drew up
their war aims. which are consequently bent
only 70 the liberation Of the conquered terri
tories. 1ney naEuly fsdllHe No-uos N""N
many's most valuable and enduring corr
quests in this war are those which she mas
made of her own allies, and that for that
reason she can afford TO disgorge the others
"Indssolubly linked with Austria Hungary
and disposng of the resources Of Turkey
Bulgaria, Rumania and Serbia, the Central
Empires and their confederates will forth
with become league of 170.o0oooo, and the
army they can put into the field numbers
IS 900 900. Against snch a formidable mass
Of Organized soldiers and workers, what re-
mains Of non German Europe willing to fight
the Teutons after this war can offer no effec-
tive resistance?
Whatever stand these nations intend -
make must, therefore, be made to-day. The
notion that an inconclusive peace would be
tantarnount to an informal truce, which would
he broken by another war in ten, twenty or
forty years, when the Allies might perhaps
retrieve their disaster, will not bear the dry
Iipht Of facts. II the Entente nations Of to-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
The Ante.Mortem Con-
fession of a Russian Traitor
MYAsOYEDov, occupy.

"OLONEL MYASOYEDOV, occupy
I ing q high position on the staff Of
~ the Russien army, was accused Of
treason, convicted and hanged. He pleaded
guilty and asked for no mercy. In his adj
dress to the court-martial he said:
"Yes, l was in the service Of the Ger
man government; | organized net Of
spies; delivered TO the German military
authorities documents Of the highest I'M
portance. did Il in full consciousness Of
what l was doing. knew that a revolu.
tionary movement was threatening the
monarchy and our beloved Gar. Victori-
Gus Russia would inevitably become re-
public. The only way Of preventing it
was to help Germany win the war. A
powerful German Emperor is a guarantee
for the monarchy in Russia; he would
send an army to suppress revolutions"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
Galicia a Logical Part of the
| United States of Russia

How many in reading of the recent capt
IRE of the little town of Halicz 1900:
1900 inhabitants), situated seventy miles
by rail south southeast of Lemberg,
thought that this centre Of the country's
salt mines, whercfrom the very name Of
the city has been derived. was. in olden
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
Galicia, Key to the Wars Solution

among the Poles (5S per cent? and the
Ukrainians or Ruthenians Gao per cent?.
These few figures are shedding, if well un-
derstood, wonderful light on the past and
also on the future of the present war.
The Catholic Polish Schlachta (noollity)
looked down with certain contempt upon
the Greek Catholic Ruthenians. All these
mean quarrels will, let us hope, dissolve
themselves in the great brotherly union OF
the Slavic race.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
The Ancient Struggles
Have Ceased to Interest

The history of the country? To tell the
truth, all those dynastc struggles and
roval robberies Of the past which fill the
old annals and the encyclopedias have al
ready now ii. e., even before the final con-
secration of the new Weltordnung) lost
nine-tenths of their former interest.
Who cares now very much to know bio
grarhical details about King Bella III OF
Hungary, who, as the historians tell us,
assumed in 1870 the title of King of Galacia,
eppointing his son Andreas lieutenant OF
the kingdom? Who, except the profess
sional chroncers, would take the trouble
to devote a close study to the expulsion OF
the Hungarian King Coleman by Prince
Mstislav of Novgorod or even to the life
of King Casimir III, at whose death, in
1870, Louis the Great of Hungary became
King of Poland, Galicia and Lodomeria?
Ones real interest starts with 1772, the
year when the three imperial and royal
"robber barons" fell upon their unhappy
prey. Galicia was handed over to the low
ing care of the Hapsburgs. very Few
among us know or remember that in 1910
part of Eastern Galicia, including Tarno-
pol, now safely in the hands Of the Rus
sian armies, was made over to Car Alex
ander TO return, it lis true, to Austria
four years later.
In lS46 the republic of Cracow was an
nexed by Austria, which, it must be adj
mitted, granted, after the introduction OF
the constitution Of February, 1861, a
larger degree of autonomy to Galicia than
to any other of its provinces.
The Hapsburgs have thus unwilllngiy
trained the peoples of Galicia politically,
preparing them to take the lead in the re-
Union of their country with the Russian
and pro-Russian parts Of their former
common fatherland.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
Menacing Shadows

II j. DILLON, as conclusion to an
r. elaborate article on "The Allies
Task" appearing in 1.-THE Fort.
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