Arizona republican., 1917-01-30
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 VIENNA, Jan. 29. = 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 at the head of the gov ernmental machinery without tremor disturbing the state. The various races constituting Austria Hungary have been welded into a whole by the war i'll matters affecting nationality, without, however, forgetting their special inter ests, as was shown when the Ruthen- ians objected to the absolute self gov ernment given by Emperor Francis Joseph to Galicia. The Ruthenians fear that the new order of things in Galicia would give the Polish element the upper hand to such an extent that oppression would follow Like most Slavic people, Pole and Ukranian, arr distrustful of one another, and It IS asserted that the Polish nobility in Galicia is not scrupulous enough polit- | ically to cause the Ruthenians to view | their future with much assurance. IL | Is possible that the Austrian crown will take some measures to safeguard the | interests of the Ruthenians.
 The Czech problem has been solved during the year by eliminating itself. | It was at no time large affair. con | forts of certain Pan-Slav Czech lead CTS, four of whom were recently con- demned to death, on charges growing out of the mutiny of a Czech regiment on the field of battle. There is no req son to believe that the Czech race stood behind these efforts, not if the conduct of Bohemian regiments against the Italian and Rumanans is to serve as an indicat tion Public bodies through n1t Pnha ia hoy ta1l iGDK FfttHF ed the self appointed Czech leaders in foreign countries. On the occasion of the late emperor's death, the coincidence ] rom Bohemia were probably the warm est received.
 Austria Hungary's share in the es- tablishment of the kingdom of Poland was in the main negative. and the re- suit of compromise between Austria and Hungary. reached for the sake 0. maintaining within the empire king dom the balance of power thought necessary 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, and the close attachment of this greater king dom of Poland to Austria. would dim finish Magyar influence within the dual state, Hungarian statesmen were will ! wards Germany as has been the case in these first days of the new state. To satisfy the Poles in Galicia, Emperor i Francis Joseph granted them the greatest measure of fgovernmeni compatible with the sovereignty of the crown. The Polish element in Galicia appears greatly pleased with 4the new state of affairs.
 The Hungarian diet has also been in t4Nt NtTav period. listening for much of it's time to attacks upon Premier Tizsa and Baron Eurian, AustrO- Hungarian min ister 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 themselves to be lulled into false sense of security, the Rumanian army invading Pennsylvania as the result oi this. Debates of this question were cut short as much by military events 1T Pennsylvania as by the defense which Count Tisza put up. The food situa ton also occupied the Hungarian die for many days, result of which was tha the Hungarian government prohibited nearly all food exports to Austria an( Germany. This policy has been called selfish. In extentuation it must be saiC that crop returns in Hungary in 1911 were far from good.
 For the last three months the ques ton of converting the Austrian Richsra has been before the public When thi parliament will go into session is no known even today. The impression prevails that it will meet this month but more probably it is that March vii be the month The Austrian parlamen has not been assembled since the out break of the war. the government con
 ducting it's affairs by virtue of law
 passed before that time. and regula
 tions empowered by sundry war acts some of them of ancient date