Carrizozo news., 1918-03-08

used In fact the head OF the House Of
lIapsburg relgns In many OF the crown
lands OF the empire by inheritance, as
duke, count or whntnot. In 1929 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 case the crown
was by right elective, the IInpsburgs
have kept ns hereditary and despotlc,
quite us much as In their hereditary
upper and lower Austria. Thus. IN the
first place, we have as an essential
factor In the dual monarchy medieval
and nrlstocratic monarch-and a mon
nrchy In German family.
The second striking fact Is the d.
verslty Of rnces and languages. Ger
many Il nearly homogeneous. II has
on its borders some non-Gcrmnnlc sub
jects, lnhnbltlng innds which represent
some Of the plumber Of Prusslnn wars
Poles In Posen, Danes In Schleswlg,
French In Alsace.Lorralne. But the
grent mnss Of the people OF the empire
are German In blood and speech.
Germans In Dual Monarchy.
In Austrln-Hungary however, the
Germnns are n minority; in n total
population Of about 60,000,00O there
nre only 100000 Germans. The 9th.
or races are, In round numbers, Slavs,
24,0000O0; Mngyars (IIungarlans),
10,000000, and Latlns, 100000.
In other words, the population is "a
per cent German, 4s per cent Slav, 20
per cent Magyar. and per cent Latin.
But note thnr the German Haps-
burgs, ms long as they could. ruled nu-
tocratlcnlly In the interest OF German
lzlng the entire empire German was
the official language. German were the
laws, German the officers. The col.
lapse Of the Austrian armies In 1859,
In the war with France and Sardinia.
and agnIn in 1868, In the wnr with
Prussln, compelled the Hapsburgs to
modify their methods. A slmulacrum
OF elective parllnmcnts 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 IIapsburg relgns as emperor
of Austrla; In Budapest he reIgns
as king OF Hungary. Each monarchy
has Its own parliament and cabinet,
and there are Joint ministries OF for
eIgn nffnlrs, war and finance, with n
sort Of Joint parliamentary committee
for common purposes.
But while In this arrangement of
1867 the Mngyars were given their
freedom pains were taken by both the
Germans OF Austria ana the Mngyars
OF Hungary that the Slavs should be
pushed to the wall. Snld the Austrian
representative Count Beust, nt that
time to his Magyar colleague: 1--WE
will take care Of our barbarlans; you
must take care OF yours"
Whom did he mean7
Germans Control Austria.
Austria has n population OF some
2S,0O0,OO0. OF these there nre 10.-
000,000 Germans, the remaining 49,
100000 being mainly Slnvs-Poles and
Bohemiaus, Serbs, Croats, and Slo-
venes, with mnny Itniinns In the prov
inces bordering Italy. It is these non
Germans, especially the Slavs. whom
Beust called "bnrbarinns." The Aus
trlan parliament Ia cunnlngly juggled
In the membership OF It's elective lower
house. At the sitting last sprlng--the
first meeting since the war broke out
rnhld pnn.Germnn was elected to the
presidency Of the lower house by n vote
Of 2l5 TO 1926 Germans 10 19h non
Germans In nation In which the Ger
mans nre In n minority with n ratio OF
10 TO 1S. The electoral law puts about
an average OF 42SS0 Germnns IN
parliamentary district, while It takes
about 05,4T0 Slnvs 20 elect one deputy.
Polish Gnllcla n n fragment OF PO-
land, the ancient kingdom destroyed by
PRUSSIA, Austria ana Russln near the
end Of the eighteenth century; Galicla
wns Austrla's share n the loot.
The Bohemlans, with their nelghbora,
the slovnks OF Morayla, are descended
from the sturdy race OF John Iiuss and
OF Comenius. Their forefathers un.
wisely elected the head OF the house
of Hapshurg ns their king IN 1920. and
tho ancient constitution of ST. vaclav
soon was disregarded, and the liberty
loving Czechs became little more than
helots OF their Austrian overlords.
The house OF Ilnpsburg IL not noted
for fidelity 20 engagements
Serbs Virtually serfs.
The Croats Serbs and Slovcnes are
a remnant Of the great Serbian mon
nrchy Of the fourteenth century which
was overrun and crushed by the Turks.
Austria protected them gladly used
them IN her armies ana In turn mnde
them virtual serfs. They are essen
TALLY the same people and speak the
same lnngunge as the Serbs OF Serbia
and Montenegro.
The Itnllnns IN Austria nre re-
mlndcrs of the time when large share
Of Italy was under the Austrian yoke.
Tho wars Of 1859, 1860 and 1860 drove
the llapshurgs out Of the Italian penn.
suln, but Il will take another war for