The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-01-10
Public Forum
AUSTRIA AND THE AUsTRIANs
written for the Times)
BY an Austrian

By an Austrian
(In these articles the writer de- !
sires to convey to the average Amefi- |
can a better understanding OF III,
Austrian people, which will help to
explain President wilson's proclaim
ton regarding Austrian aliens-Eu
When on March 4, 1S4S, Franz KJ
suth, the great Hungarian revOluiO-
list. in speech before the Diet, said
From the Charnel-house of the Va.
ma cabinet a pestilential air breathe
upon US, which dulls our nerves e.
paralyzes the flight of our spirits
he no doubt included the cicZc
that domineered the Vienna cabir
at that time. The two apparently OPP
posing elements but united for one
common cause, as illustrated in M
last article on this subject.
Many times high-minded men :.
Russia and the eastern provinces
/ Austria have had these very same
words in mind, only that the sourN
pestilence would now be traced
Berlin, the cleanest' city on
as the last of the Hohenzollern loves
to call it.
Oftimes the question has bee
ed me: what holds Austria t.
gether?" and why DO Hungarians an
Bohemians fight their liberatoi
To answer the first question fu
would entangle the reader in a
of history that would be confu
but 1 shall endeavor to explain
q few words.
The Austrian system" that beau
tiful combination of a glorious house
of regents, backed by a medieval
church, has deadened the spirits Of
the "Chechs" in Bohemia, to any in
dependent action, requiring courage,
brain, and the wild desire for free
dom of a washington the frey
Hungarian has lost his impulse IN
der that overpowering influence. The
Ruthene in Slavonia and Croatia was
told that his brother Serb was after
his scalp, because the good father at
the monastery said so. The scattered
population of Slavs, while he feared
the Knute of the little father" the
Gar, he had perfect horror of the
Austrian Saber The Slovene in Dali
malta hated the Italian, furthermore
he was a Russian Orthadox by relig-
ion.
And so. the Hapsburg smiled at mis-
ignorant subjects who, like a dissect-
ed snake, still shows life, but not uni
fled action.
We all know the fate of Poland, the
great history making race, who. un-
der the brilliant leadership of SOhie-
sky, once saved the empire. But what
was his IeWdIQ- w Idl has bcCOulO Vi
the nation that produced a Leschetit-
zky. a Sienkiewitch? Answer: 1t has
tasted the cup held out by the Hahen-
zollern, the cup of Kulture.
1t is an Invaluable remedy, it has
its effect not only on the ignorant, re-
ligious-stricken slavs, but it also
. works well in America
In short, Austria and her sponsors
are fattening themselves on the fruits
e of their labors of a century
Let a spark of democracy light III
,. those countries, let one man awaken
from this lethargy and the flame oil
o liberty will enlighten their minds &c
q a greater and nobler existence.
y The second question answers it
j. self from the foregoing:
1t was no hard task to incite those
J. people to war. Fighting is the sec
d ond nature and especially the eastern
races. Why should it be, life to then
& was just a monotOnous chain OF
twelve hour labor days. Soldier life
e to them was like a continuous holi-
r day. They glory in it. No doubt they
b. were promised better conditions, fur
l. thermore, modern warfare is not q
l. matter of individuals. but just so
u much physical man-power, and mater
y ial.
n Let us hope then that the spirit Of
y Independence will be able to over
. come brute force and ignorance
e spurred on to slaughter by a clique
. of self centered arrogance.