Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-18
Crisis May Bring
Fall of Austria
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Austrian situation. First and fore.
most comes that Of the oppressed ma
tionalities. The powerful Polish party.
again which no Government can stand
and live. las delivered death sen.
tence on the Seydler Government and
the Premier carnot. in consequence,
face Parliament again. He is faced |
Parliament I'll parties agree that
the latter alternative cannot be long
adhered to
Not only are Poles demanding that
the long era of suppression shall end,
but other races are coming more def. /.
nitely forward with the same claimant
call. The southern Slav question"
says a Vienna message to Die Post.
has become acute. The situation IN
this respect is getting worse from day
to day and is leading to a catas-
trophe."
Summing up the situation. the Ar.
better Zeitung declares that with n
couple of more months of such conf,-
sion as now prevails those who are
now specializing on Austria's collapse
will be able to jubilate.
The Poles great demand Is an Aus
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the transfer of Russian Poland to
Austria and its union with Galicia az
a third party in the Hapsburg realm.
Here comes in a second factor i'm the
situation-Germany. I have reported in
more than one message recently that
Baron Buran, the Austro- Hungarian
Foreign Minister. went to Berlin very
largely to influence the German Govern
ment in support of his solution OF the
| Polish question. ! have also report ed
that he had failed. Now the Frankfurter
Ieitung admits that. The same journal
says that Buran insists on his solution
as the only one which can rescue Aus
tria from her present perlous situation.
He insists that without it there can be
TO extension of the alliance, no Central
Europe
Tne article goes on to give the Ger
man point cf view. The fatherland does
not wish to see Austria obtain so much
in Poland, for under such conditions
Germany fears very greatly the
strengthening OF Slavdom and the in
calculable consequences of union of
the Slav races against Germany. There
are those who talk of the Austrian so-
luton of the Polish question, meaning a
war between the Central Empires. so
that Germany may prevent Seyder from
solving his main difficulty
The difference between the Central Al
lies extends to Hungary, as the Frank =
furter Ieitung points out by referring
to the recent speech by Count TisZa
The Count regards the Central Europe
scheme a some to be supported only as
long as Hungarian interests are guarded
securely. He claims the right to veto
the entry of any third party into the
alliance, If such is likely TO increase the
supplies OF raw material to such an ex-
tent that there will be an excess. He
judges the scheme from "a purely bust
ness standpoint and insists that such
excess must be prevented. so that Hun
gary can obtain good prices for her sup
plies
Food Scarcity Affects All
The Frankfurter Zeitung sadly asks
that II that be the attitude of the leader
of the Magyars. who have always been
a pillar OF the alliance. what are we to
expect from the Czechs. Poles, south
ern Slavs and Rumanians"
A third factor affects all the races
aike-the terrible food scarcity and al
most hopeless economic condition of the
Dual Monarchy, to which / have fire.
quently referred.
Strong appeals have been made, of
late to the workers by the Social Demo
cratic press. advising them to remain
quiet and not to take action until thei
leaders judge it to be the proper time.
In this connection it should be remem-
bered that not single condition OF
those on which the recent great Austrian
strike was settled was carried out by
the Government.
The Austrian people indeed, are thor.
Cughly war weary. The great masses
, feel tina. the war has passed out of theil
orbit and Is now being pursued by Ger,
many for aims not theirs nor of in
terest to them. So each race Is now
seeking its own ends. The new offensive
may possibly be an endeavor to turr
the attention of the people to the battle
field again. but to all outward seeming
, that effort would appear to be too late
: When German observers on the spot say
: that old Austria has ceased to exist
: we may take 1t that the situation /:
: serious as never before.