The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-03-07

used In fact the head of the House of
~IinrSburg rcigns in many of the crown
lands Of the empire by Inheritance, aS
duke, count or whatnOt. In 1926 the
duke OF Austria was elected king of
Bohemia. and In the same year he was
elected king of Hungary. These titles
and the regal authority which they
gave, although in each ease the crown
was by right elective. the IlupSburgs
have kept AS hereditary and dcSpotlc,
quite As much as In thci- hereditary
upper and lower Austria. Thus. In the
first place, we have as an essential
and aristocratic mOnnrch-and u mon
nrchy in II German family.
! The second striking fact Is the d.
versity of races and languages. Ger
! many Is nearly homogeneous. 1t has
on Its borders some non-Germanic sub
jects, inhabitlng lands which represent
some of the plumber of Prussian wars
Poles in Poscn, Danes In Schleswig,
French in Alsace-Lorraine. But the
great mass of the people Of the empire
are German in blood and speech.
Germans In Dual Monarchy.
In Austria-Hungary, however, the
Germans are n minority in Il total
population of about 100000 o there
are only 100000 Germans. The 9TH
er races are, In round numbers, Slavs,
24,000,00O; Magyars (Hungarians),
100000, and Latlns, 100000.
In other words, the population Is "a
per cent German, AZ per zen Slav, 90
! per cent Magyar, and 8 per cent Latin.
But note that the German Haps-
burgs, ms long ms they could, ruled au-
tocratically in the interest Of German
izlng the entire empire. German was
the official language. German were the
laws, German the officers. The coll
lapse OF the Austrian armies in 1850,
In the war with France and Sardinia,
and again In 1865, in the war with
Prussia, compelled the Hapsburgs to
modify their methods. A simulacrum
Of elective parliaments was introduced,
and in 1867 the empire was divided.
The Mngyars were taken into partner
ship and the dual monarchy was
formed. In Vienna the head OF the
house Of Hnpsburg reigns as emperor
Of Austria; in Budapest he relgns
as king of Hungary. Each monarchy
has It's wi parliament and cabinet,
and there are joint ministries Of for
elgn affairs, war and finance, with n
sort OF joint parliamentary committee
for ornmon purposes.
But while In this arrangement Of
1867 the Magyars were given their
freedom, pains were taken by both the
Germans Of Austria and the Magyars
Of Hungary hat the Slavs should be
pushed 10 the wall. Said the Austrian
representative, Count BeuSt, at that
time To his Magyar colleague: 1--WE
will take care Of our barbarlans; you
must take care Of yours
Whom did he mean?
Germans Control Austria.
Austria has n population OF some
2S,oO0,0OO. OF these there are 49,
OO0,Od0 Germans, the remaining 49,
10000 being mainly Slavs-POlcs and
Bohemlans, Serbs, Croats, and Slo-
venes, with many Italians in the prov
inces bordering Italy. II Is these non
Germans, especially the Slavs, whom
Beust called "barbarians." The Aus
trian parliament is cunningly juggled
in the membership Of It's elective lower
house. At the sitting last Sprlng-the
first meeting since the war broke out
n rahid pan-German was elected To the
presidency Of the lower house by u vote
of 2l5 to 1875 Germans to 1876 nom
Germans In n nation in which the Ger
mans are In n minority with a ratio OF
10 TO 1s. The electoral law puts about
an average Of 1850 Germans In n
parliamentary district, while II takes
about 65,479 Slavs 10 elect one deputy.
Polish Gallcia Is Il fragment OF Po-
land, the ancient kingdom destroyed by
Prussia, Austria and Russia near the
end Of the eighteenth century Galicia
was Austria's share Of the loot.
The Bohemlans, with their ncighbors,
the SlOyaks Of Moravia, nre descended
from the sturdy race OF John Huss and
OF Comenlus. Their forefathers I'm.
wisely elected the head OF the house
Of Hapsburg as their king In 1920, and
llt ull'l'liA ''llNllNull'h VI OF u'ltN
soon was ~disregarded, and the liberty.
loving Czechs became little more than
hclots OF their Austrian overlords,
The house Of Hapsburg Is not noted
for fidelity TO engagements.
Serbs Virtually serfs.
The Croats, Serbs and Slovenes are
n remnant Of the great Serbian mon
archy Of the fourteenth century. which
was overrun and crushed by the Turks
Austria protected them, gladly used
them In her armies, and In turn made
them virtual serfs. They are essen
TALLY the same people and speak the
same language rs the Serbs OF Scrh'l
and Montenegro.
The Italians in Austria ARE re-
minders Of the time when n large shar,
, Of Italy was under the Austrian yoke
The wars Of 1850, 1860 and 1866 drove
the Hapsburgs out OF the Italian PENN
sula, but It will take another wal fol
the rest Of the really Italian lands
Italia Irredenta, to be secured from
the ancient tyrant.
Hungary, too, has by no means q