Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-29
AUSTR|A-HUNGARY
WITHOUT DISORDER
No Commotion Caused by the
Installation of Late En-
peror's Successor.
ACTIVITY OF PARLIAMENT
Correspondence Of the Associated Press.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
| VIENNA, January Politically the
death of Emperor Francis Joseph and
the assassination of Premier Stuergkh
during 1916 left the empire monarchy
altogether unaffected. Emperor Charles
has stepped to the head of the govern
turbing the state. The various races
constituting Austria Hungary have
been welded into a whole by the war in
matters affecting nationality. without,
however, forgetting their special in
terests, as was shown when the Ruthe-
mans objected to the absolute self
government given by Emperor Francis
Joseph to Galicia- The Ruthenians fear
that the new order of things in Galicia
would give the Polish element the up
per hand to such an extent that oppres-
sion would follow. Like most Slavic
people, Pole and Ukranian are dis
trustful of each other, and it Is as
serted that the Polish nobility in Ga
llcia is not ScrupulouS enough political
ly to cause the Ruthenians to view their
future with much assurance. 1t is pos
sible that the Austrian crown will take
some measures to safeguard the inter-
ests of the Ruthenians.
Czech Problem Solved.
The Czech problem has been solved
during the year by eliminating itself. 1t
was at no time large affair, consisting
largely of some seditious efforts of GER
tain Pan Slav-Czech leaders. four of
whom were recently condemned to
death on charges growing out of the
mutiny of Czech regiment on the field
of battle. There is no reason to be-
lieve that the Czech race stood behind
these efforts, not If the conduct OF Bo-
hemian regiments against the Italians
and Rumanians is to serve as an indi-
cation. Public bodies thu oughout Bo-
hernia have repeatedly disavowed the
self-apponted Czech leaders in foreign
countries. on the occasion of the late
emperor's death, the condolences from
Bohemia We're probably the warmest
received.
Austria Hungary's share in the es-
Enlistment of the kingdom of Poland
was in the main negative, and the re-
suit of compromise between Austria
and Hungary reached for the sake of
maintaining within the empire king
dom the balance OF power thought nee
eSsary to safeguard the individual and
collective interests of the racial groups
governed from Vienna and Budapest.
Fearing that the joining of Galicia to
CongreSs-Poland,a and the close attach
ment of this greater kingdom OF POI
land to Austria, would diminish Mag
var influence within the dual state,
Hungarian statesmen were willing to
have Poland incline more toward Ger
many, as has been the case in these
first days of the new state. To satisfy
! the Poles in Galicia, Emperor Francis
Joseph granted them the greatest meas
ure of self-government compatible with
| the sovereignty Of the crown. The
Polish element in Galicia appears
greatly pleased with the new state of
i affairs.
Matters Before Parliament.
The Hungarian diet has also been in
session throughout the parliamentary
period. listening for much of its time
to attacks upon Premier Tisza and
Baron Burian, Austro- Hungarian min
lister of foreign affairs. The opposition
! charged that the men in Vienna had
closed their eyes to the course of events
! in Bucharest, and had permitted them
selves to be lulled into false sense
of security, the Rumanian army in
vading Pennsylvania as the result OF
this. Debates of this question were
cut short as much by military events
in TRANSATLANTIC as by the defense
| which Count TisZa put up. The food
situation also occupied the Hungarian
| diet for many days, result of which
was that the Hungarian government
prohibited nearly all food exports tc
Austria and Germany. This policy has
been called selfish. In eXtenuation i,
must be said that crop returns in Hun
gary in 1916 were far from good.
For the last three months the aues-
! ton of converting the Austrian reichsrat
has been before the public. When this
parliament will go into session is not
| known even today. The impression
prevails that it will meet this month
| More probable it is that March will be
| the month. The Austrian parliament
| has not been assembled since the out
| break of the war, the government con-
Quoting it's affairs by virtue of laws
| passed before that time and regula
lions empowered by sundry war acts
| some of them of ancient date.