El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-10
HOWtOBTeak Up
AMStriaAndPnt
Her ont of War
Induce the Slaves of That
Country to Fight For
The Allies.
By RONALD NJ. BURROWS, d. LIT.
CThe distinguished Principal Of
Kings College. LOndOn.)

London, Eng, Oct. love all OF US
Us have our great 'ifs''-castles in the
air. which, in the wakeful hours be-
tween Il and /, carry US in triumph to
Berlin.
In 1914 it was the ''if' Of the Rus
/ sian steam roller, in 1915 the if OF
/ the Dardanelles.
Recently there has been no more
| captivating III" than that Of an
I Austrian collapse. The huga Slav
{ populations Of Austria-Hungary are in
sympathy with the entente. The food
/ crisis is acute throughout the whole
country. Even the army class chafes
at German ascendancy, and the
! emperor Charles shares its feeling.
We may grant that Austria-Hun-
gary is in bad way and that powers
that be in Germany have for q long
/ time been feeling uneasy about her.
The only question is-What are the
steps which the entente ought to
/ take to make this IF an actual fact2
To this question we find two widely
differing answers.
Friendly Peace With Austrian
One set Of people believe that we
could make a friendly peace with
Austria-Hungary as she is, and per-
suade her TO throw over Germany.
They point out that we have never
throughout our history been at war
with Austria, that the Austrians are
pleasant IN private life and well dis
posed 10 England and other allies.
( They hold that emperor Charles's
letter TO his brotheriniaw would have
led TO a separate peace II it had been
answered by US in a friendly spirit.
They count it golden opportunity
lost for the moment. but likely soon
to recur.
There are objections to such n
policy. In the first place ii would
involve treaehery TO two OF our
allies-Italy and Seryia. There is
no mention OF any concession to
Italy in the famous letter, and
SerVia is conceived in it as
small vassal state, allowed once
more to exist SO long rs she Is
completely dependent on Austria
Hungary. There is no hint OF a
free Poland. or Of self govern
ment for the Slavs of Bohemia
and Croatia.
BY accepting such terms we should
have earned the hatred and con-
tempt Of Italy and the whole Slav
world.
Can Austria QuIts
There is a further doubt. whether
the emperor Charles could. however.
sincerely he wished it, have taken his
army out Of the war. The Austro-
Hungarian army is practically part Of
the German machine and it would be
extraordinarily difficult for it to de-
tach itself The powerful Magyars Of
Hungary would have been against any
such agreement and the first result of
it would probably have been the de-
thronement OF the emperor, the seiz-
ure OF Vienna and a direct alliance
between Germany and Hungary.
Between the Slavs who long for in
dependence in alliance with the en-
tente and the Magyars who wish TO
preserve their domination in alliance
with Prussia, there is no middle party
powerful enough to support the en-
peror Charles in a policy Of neu-
trality.
Freedom. Not aDestrueffon.s
If we cannot come to terms with
Austria-Hungary as she is, can we
make her something other than she
is2 Here comes in the alternative
method OF answering our question.
Hardly any OF US learned modern
history at school. and in spite Of four
years OF war we still most of Us call
austria Hungary Austria" and
think Of 'Austrians" as men Of a
particular race, like Frenchmen or
Italians.
But before you can talk Of an
austrian" you must find out what
sort Of Austria Do you mean one Of
the 100000 Germans Of Vienna or
TyroL whose accent differs from that
OF Berlin less than that OF a Lon
doner differs from that Of a York
shiremau2 Or a member Of the other
ruling race, the 10000, 900 Magyars Of
Hungary. who are so proud Of their
Tartar speech that they scarcely al
low even the German language TO be
spoken in Budapest2 Or do you mean
a Czecho-SIOvak Of Prague. a Pole Of
CracOw, a Serb of Agram, who speak
as good Slav as they do in Moscow or
Warsaw or Belgrade2 Or member OF
the other subject races, a Rumanian
Of Pennsylvania, Or an Italian Of the
Trentno?
The slaves OF Austria.
There are 100000 Of these anti
Austrian Austrians. who by blood and
speech and sympathy are akin to the
peoples Of the entente. II our own
country consisted Of 100000 Eng
ishmen, 10. 100000 Scotsmen and %
100000 Germans, Hungarians. Turks
and Bulgars we should not have much
cause to complain If the Central
powers said that one Of their war
aims was to free their kinsmen and
break up Great Britain.
In this sense il is true that we de-
sire TO destroy Austria" We wish to
break up this unnatural domination
of the few over the many.
The objection is sometimes made
that an attempt 10 free these people
would indefinitely prolong the war
Now, If the ob1ector would accept a
peace which would leave Germany
complete master OF Russia and the
Balkan states. he is right in argu-
ing that we should get that quicker
by not interfering in Austria-Hun-
gary
It is our policy to encourage these
Austrian slavs and make them feel
confidence in our firm purpose to
bring them freedom. When enough
American troops have been drafted
to the western front to make our po-
sitlon there impregnable, we may
hope that a month or twos transports
may make their way to Italy, to Al
bania and to Salonika.
It is then that we shall make our
eff reality and bring about the
collapse Of Austria
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