The sun., 1918-07-28
AUSTRIA'S NEW
PREMIER FAILS
TO END BREACH
Berlin Shows Irritation at
Emperor Carl's Choice of
a Nationalist.
REGARDED AS STOP GAP
Dual MOnarch's Dickering
With King Ferdinand Calls
Out German Wrath.
REGARDED AS STOP GAP
Special Gable Despatch to THE SUI.

Copyright, 1918; all rf0hts reserred
LONDON, July 27.-The appointment
OF Baron Won Hussarek as the new Aus
tro-Hungarian Premier is not regarded
in diplomatic circles in London as tend
ing TO improve relations between Berlin
and Vienna. The new Premier hitherto
has been identified with the Nationalist
policy in the dual monarchy, Is favora-
BILE to the Poles and southern Slav ma
tionalities and has steadily opposed in
creased domination OF Vienna by Berlin
1t is also significant that he Is sup
ported by the Clerical party. which, es-
pecially in southern Austria. has con-
sistently resisted the German policy
pursued by Won Seydler and has always
rallied behind the reanng dynasty.
The opinion Is expressed that Hus-
sarek will prove to be merely a stopgap
Premier, whose chief purpose will be to
temporize with all parties until the
Emperor feels he has achieved a posi-
ton sufficiently strong. despite German
hostility to Count Czernin. to recall the
latter to the Premiership. This event
might take place sooner II Czernin's
present visit to Budapest was made with
the purpose of reaching such an under
standing.
Must Have Magyar support.
Vienna can dare nothing against pam
Germanism or Berlin without Magyar
support. which hitherto has been given
to the Austrian-German ambitions.
Count Tisza and his Magyar followers
always opposed any concession by Aus
tria to her Slav and Latin subjects in
the direction of autonomy. because they
have feared any such concession would
undermine Magyar ascendency over the
Slavs and Latins Of Hungary. These
conditions make Czernn's task a most
difficult one and raise immense obsta-
cles to the development OF Emperor
Carrs new orientation toward internal
reform.
Amsterdam dispatches reflect the in
creasing irritation between Berlin and
Vienna growing out of a letter which
Emperor Carl wrote to King Ferdinand
of Rumania inducing him to enter into
peace negotiations with the Emperors
OF the Central Powers The letter con-
tained remarkable invitation to en-
ter an international league of kings to
combat the menace Of an international
revolution.
Revelation of the contents of the
letter provoked an indignant outcry
from the German newspapers, which
intimate Count Czernin had a hand in
its preparation. The Vossische Zeitun0
says:
We know the German Kaiser cfearly
stated he refused TO have anything 10
do with the corrupt Hohenzollern on
the Rumanian throne. German polit-
ical leaders told the Rumanian poll
ticians that Germany had not the
slightest interest in maintaining the
Rumanian dynasty But what we do
not know is the reason that our allies
should have invited our Rumanian
enemy to enter into an anti-revolution-
ary kings league"
Duped, Says Reventlow.
Count Reventlow in the Deutsche
Td0eseitun0 declares Germany has
been duped. He considers Emperor
Carls talk about a royal league to
combat revolution a mere sham. He
says:
What Carl wanted was TO weaken
and II possible eradicate the German in
fiuence in Rumania. Germany has again
been duped. for It appears that as re-
CARDS Rumania Austria's interest Is
Identical with that OF the Entente"
1t is not improbable these revelations
may have some bearing on the order
from Berlin to the King OF Rumania to
place the whole Rumanian territory un-
der martial law. This action as yet has
not been explained by Berlin. but a Ru-
manian officer who has just reached
London says the German policy is di-
rected toward the purpose of fomenting
a revolution, causing the removal OF the
King and Queen together with all poll
ticians who remain faithful to Rumania
and the Allies.
The Germans, he says. are exceeding
even the barbarous exactions of the
peace treaty and are daily imposing new
conditions which II insisted upon
threaten starvation for the population
Of occupied Rumania-