The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-06-23
AUSTRIA NEARING
GENERAL COLLAPSE
Failure to Form Cabinet Only
One Of Many Signs of En-
pire's Disintegration.
Special Gable Despatch to THr srx.

LONDON, June %. - Austria's ram
shackle Government is fast nearing a
collapse, according to reports from many
sources. The failure of Count Clam
MARITIME the Premier, to form a Cabinet
only emphasizes the fact that the Gov
ernment is beset on all sides by dema nd $
so widely at variance that IL is impos-
sble to satisfy even the minority. Aus
tria's ruling class looks with alarm into
the future.
Count Clam MARITIME faced a veritable
babel of tongues In his desperate at
tempts to form a provisional Government
to pass the budget and seems to have
found the task impossible. He was un-
able to depend upon frm support from
any of the heterogeneous elements of
the Dual Monarchy. To neutral observ-
ers, whose reports are coming daily into
England. it looks as II Austria has
finally reached the end Of the process
whereby she ruled dozen different peo-
pies in the interest OF the German and
Magyar minorities.
Count Tisza tried to govern by bully
ing and failed Clam-Martinic sought
power by dividing parties and throwing
his opponents into confusion. His fail
ure equals T!sza's. leaving the young
Emperor Charles facing another crisis,
The Poles. Czechs and Slavs are crying
FOR independence or autonomy The
subject peoples are bringing forth the
| skeletons of old wrongs and expressing
their sentiments regarding the right OF
division by races, not hesitating to en-
barrass the Government by far reaching
demands
The Czechs demand the establishment
OF an independent Bohemian State which
shall be founded .on principles utterly
incompatible with the Hapsburg policy.
while the southern Slavs want n great
Slavic State which would undoubtedIv
absorb most Of the Balkan elements
The Poles have been profoundly affected
by the Russian revolution. perceivinp
that the resurrection OF Poland Is MOI
merely day dream. They want a frea
Polish State composed OF all the Polish
people, which would mean that GERMANY
| and Austria as well as Russia should
| give up their Polish provinces.
The Poles OF Austria refuse to dis.
continue their opposition to the Coy.
ernment until they obtain civilian
! Government for Galicia and also CabIne,
portfolios for Polish members OF The
/ Reichsrath. 1t Is understood that Clam
! Martinic offered them the portfolios n,
! Agriculture and Justice. but the Poles
( insisted on Polish Minister OF Com
! merce.
Along with the other troubles facinp
Austria comes the menace of GERMANY
I where the press continually alludes 10
the fact that Austria has not captured
any territory by her own unaided efforts
and therefore should give Germany com.
pensation at the end OF the war. The
German newspapers declare that II Aus.
tria wants territorial expansion on the
southeast in the Balkans, she must give
up something to Germany on the north.
east.
d Some statements even declare that the
Kaiser is already discussing a rectihca.
ton OF the Austro-German frontier, and
Is thinking seriously OF annexing the
, Austrian Tyrol and Voralberg to Ba.
! varia, which in return must cede to
Prussia q strip of northern Bavaria