Evening star., 1918-05-17
BY FRANK H. s1MoNDs.

BY FRANK H. SIMONDs.
Copyright. 1918, the Tribune Association. New
York Tribune.)
Twice In European history the Span
ish monarchy fell to q position with
respect to France like that which
Austria Hungary is now assuming to-
ward Germany. Louis XIV placed a
French prince upon the Madrid throne.
Napoleon sent his brother to the Span
ish capital. and for the time being
Spain became French possession.
But there 10 a sharp difference be-
tween Spain and Austria Hungary. for
there Is Spanish people possessing
a pride in race and independence as
keen as that Of any nation. while
Austria is q geographical
expression and Q racial complex. For
several centuries the disappearance Of
Austria has been q familiar expecta-
ton. Austria has endured. as one
statesman put It, because II there
were no Austria It would be neces-
sary to create one.
Today we are facing the old aues-
tion in . slightly changed form. Be-
yond all question, Austria Hungary
has temporarily lost its Independence
and become a. completely subservient
to Germany As Spain was to Napoleon.
The Emperor Charles 10 no more mas
was Napoieon's brother master Of
Spain. Austria's policies will be made
in Berlin and not in Vienna, as they
largely have been since July. 1914.
Old Question Is Raised Anew.
This raises the old question Of the
future in a form discussed earlier in
the war and then temporarily drop
ped when Russia collapsed and Italy
was defeated. Presumably German
influence and German power will SO
penetrate the Austro-German portion
Of the Hapsburg monarchy that its
escape In the future will be foubtful.
In the same fashion the Hungarian
fraction Of the dual monarchy must
look to Germany for support to main
tain its minority rule in the south,
selfish purposes ana ambitions would
seem to drive the Germans and the
Hungarians in the Hapgburs .J1's monar-
On the other hand, the Poles. the
Rumanians, the Jugo-slavs and the
other smaller races. mainly Slavonic.
who constitute q majority OF the en-
pire, are and will remain hostile alike
Bohemia and Moravia constitute the
basis Of an independent state. Aus
trian Poles are already seeking union
with their Russian brethren. The
Jugo-1levs more and more are tend
ing to . final alignment with the
Kingdom stretching from. Fiums to
Cattaro. And the more completely tho
Germans Of Austria and the Magyars
Of Hungary surrender themselves to
the Germans the more violent will be
the reaction Of the slavs and the
erty.
Pass to Germany, or Break Up.
Austria It would seem. in
consequence. must. in part or totally.
pass to the control Of Germany or be
broken up into a number OF inde-
pendent states stretching from the
Elba to the Save. and II is toward
races represented in this country are
urRine that the allies should aid them
on the one side Austria seems in
danger Of losing her political inde-
psndsncs St the .. hands si wt
dissolution into racial fragments; II
Europa will become fact. a domi-
nant and terrible tAct. S0ve4ty-nve
million Germans and ten millions OF
Hungarians will rule Slavonic races
% Occupying ali the lands from the
Gulf Of Rig4 to the Crimean sea.
Ukrainia, Lthuania, Poland, Rumania
and Bulgaria, reluctantly or willingly.
will be swept within the iron frontiers
Of the greatest empire Europe has
seen on its own soil since Rome fell.
VIII Changes Enduref
It 10 unwiss to forecast that the
changes which are now being made
upon tho map Of Europe 30 rapidly
the frontiers being carved by the
good German sword"-will endure:
A glancs at the map Of Europe of
1910 or 1911 when Napoleon was at
the zenith Of his power and France
surrounded ~ subject kingdoms. has
its own meaning whom considered to-
gether with the fact that in 1913 after
one defeat the empire receded to the
Rhine ana . few months later France
retired to the ffontiers Of 17Ss.
Nevertheless, II 10 essential to REQ
ogniss that. for the moment ct least,
the German has painted upon the
map NEST Of that Mttsl-Hurops col-