Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-08-02
All for a Dynasty.

Referring to the decree that Bohemia shall
be cut into districts. measure designed to make
easier that countrys economic absorption into the
German empire the Austrian Premier declared
at the recent opening of the Reichsrath; IL Is
far from my intention to deny that this is Ger
man course, because if there is political force
in Austria it can only be such as guarantees the
protection of the just interests OF the German
race The backbone of this multiform state Is
the German race, and it always will be SO. Inc
Government will not be detected from the course
upon which it has entered. To those that STAND
aIoof. the door of understanding is always open.
Over this door however. is written, welcome 70
all who are loyal TO the dynasty and the State
There we have ! pat admission, indeed bold
declaration. from a mouthpiece of the Hohenzol-
lern-Hapsburs Clique, of the dominant purpose OF
the existing Government in Austria-Hungary Ihat
purpose is not to rule justly and for the good OF
the great rank and file. but TO prop up dynasty
and promote German aggTessions. The fact that
there are others in the empire besides Germans
and Magyars and that these others constitute the
majority makes no difference in the Teuton scheme.
The Slavic ard Latin elements though they out
number the Germans in Austria by millions and
contribute : vast deal more than the Germans to
the trae worth and prosperity of the State, are
treated as so many serfs whose chief business is to
Toll for the supermaE and whose chief privilege is
10 be loyal to the dynasty"
For years the Government at Vienna has been
4 mere vice-gerency OF Berlin. 1t was. at Ger
manv's bidding that Austria declared its indie
feariSlc war upon little Serbia, thereby starting
the world coaaagration which the Potsdam GRIM
fnaIs had planned As the conflict progressed
Germany's dominance over her neighbor and ally
grew more and more pronounced until it became
berenptory In military, economic and political
Inv with all rs l.
lions of non-German peoples, was ruled as a
province of Kaiser WiIhelm's. Its armies were
commanded in the main by officers from Germany,
and were SO mary pieces of machinery for the
German General StaH. Its food supplies and ma
teriaI resources generally were managed as a
mart of the German commissariat Its Govern
mental policies were dictated by the Hohenzol-
Iern intriguers At last, to make the subservience
absolute Germany thrust upon the timorously
protesting Emperor Charles a so-called treaty
which in truth was the death warrant of Austro-
Hungarian sovereignty. Through the terms of
that pact the Dual Monarchy passed completely
under the German yoke not simply for the period
of the war but fot as long as Prussanism should
endure The empire which old Francis Joseph
had held together as an entity through all the
years of his stormy and tragic reign ceased to
exist save in name. II was absorbed into Ger
manys vast scheme for world dominion. Its
peoples handed over many chattels, be-
came virtual subjects of the Kaiser. Such was
the German course" of which the Austrian
Premier so aptly speaks.
The sinister significance of that course is not
limited TO Middle Europe; it is limited only by
the confines of the earth. The German aim in
this war is to make the world safe for Kaiser
ism and profitable for the Boche The same glut-
tonous ambition that has absorbed Austria-Hun-
gary will absorb Belgium, if it can, and northern
France and Russia and the Balkans. and then
will reach iasatiabIy across the to American
shores The Hun. like ancient Pistol. regards the
world as his oyster which he with sword will
open" He is bent upon ruling. not only the
SIavs and the Latias in Austria-Hulgary and
the BeIgians and French and Russians and ItaI-
ians but all peoples everywhere. Such an ambi-
ton seems insane, and indeed it is; but the
Hun will never let the world be peaceful and free
until he is stripped Of the power and the mania
to continue his mad adventure
Germany better be grateful that the twenty-five
countries at war with her don't demand indem-