The sun., 1918-07-22
BURIAN,S PRETENCES.
The Falseness Of His Words on Aus.
tfia's Situation Exposed.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str.
Baron Burian does not speak for the
nationalities Of Austria and Hungary.
He may represent his weak master.
Karl Won Hapsburg. by whose grace he
holds once and draws q fat salary, and
perhaps a minority of the Germans of
Austria and the Magyars of Hungary.
I say a minority because the majority
Of the Austrian Germans are wor-
shippers of the Potsdam gang and look
to a unificatlon with Germany, and the
majority Of the Hungarians dream of
a complete independence for Hungary
with privileges to continue the present
oppression of the nom Magyar races of
Hungary.
Baron Burian represents the yellow
and black striped mentality (yellow and
black are the Austrian national colors)
Of tho Austro-Hungarian Government
employees. They are creatures without
soul. character and true morality. They
have sold their all to the Government
to climb higher the ladder Of oficlaidom
for high salaries. decorations. titles and
official honors. Their manners are very
polite. The faculties of their mind are
limited. The Importance Of their office
Is measured by their ability to lie and
lie, to break promises. to master the
arts Of hypocrisy and intrigue. Baron
Burian Is for the moment their master.
He represents only those yellow black
officials His last speech Is nothing but
web of lies. The only true passages
are those referring TO America and the
Allies moral and just aims. We are
glad that at least he Is able to under
stand It.
How contemplate is Baron Burian
when he asserts:
These States with their various nation
alitiss are no accidental structure, but a
| product of historical and ethnosraphicai
, necessity which carry in themselves the
fundamental principle of life and race.
Certainly they are not an accidental
structure, but a historical enslave-
ment of different races by the sword
and fire of conquest. by plumber and
intrigue and by those famous imperial
marriages expressed in the motto: "Tu
felix Austria nube" tYou Austria fortu-
nate by marriages).
Has Baron Burian forgotten the
revolutionary years of 1S4s, 1s49 and
1867. that the Austrian constitution
camouflaged BY the notorious paragraph
IA was given to the people after lost
/ wars and revolutions? Does he not
know that the policies of Vienna and
Budapest are hated and cursed by the
great majority of the people every hour
OF every day that since lS4s all ma
tionalities Of Austria fight and struggle
for release from the Austro- Hungarian
| terrible prison to national freedom. in
dependence and unity with the national
fragments on the frontiers Of Austria
Hungary?
Has Baron Burian forgotten the reso-
lutions OF all Poles for independence in
May. 1917, in Cracow? Is he deaf to
the incessant clamorous claims of all
Czechs, Jugoslavs, Italians and Ru-
manians and others for separation from
Austria Hungary? He keeps them
down only by brute force Of arms, op-
preston of every kind. executions by
! the tens OF thousands, and when in need
or cowardly fight from the battlefield
, appeals to the Hohenzollern hangman
for help to perpetuate that despicable
tyranny.
How shameless to call such condi-
| lions fundamental principle OF life and
| race" AS has always been the case
, for centuries past, the states and races
| OF the monarchy will settle their in
ternal problems in agreement with their
ruler" You must be blind. deaf and
dumb Baron BurIan. We all are in
this fsht TO make centuries old op-
| preston impossible. Your master, a
weakling and servant Of the Kaiser, the
son Of an unworthy father and MEM
Der Of family OF stupid tyrants. may
| have to choose between life with the
present fortunes OF Nicholas II. Of
Russia or something worse.
Neither you nor your kind will settle
the affairs Of the oppressed nationalities
| OF Austria Hungary. 1t will be done
! by their chosen representatives at the
peace conference.
The great majority OF the subjects Of
Austria-Hungary hope. believe and
| trust to hear the answer of the great
American republic and because OF her
| interference the answer OF the Allies
to Baron Burian's arrogant peace
feelers as follows:
We are in this war for justice and
| iieeopih anu independence or every ma
| tionality imprisoned in the state OF
| Austria-Hungary, Nothing is by human
and moral right Austrian but the
German provinces OF Austria, nothing
Hungarian but the land inhabited by
! the 100000 Magyars. That may be
free and independent. The German
Austria may exist as a free state or
unite with Germany. The Czechs.
Slovaks and Moravians will form a free
| Bohemia The Poles belong to free
united Poland. The Serbs, meaning the
! Slovenes. Croats and Serbs. will form
| free Greater Serbia. The Italians,
| Rumanians and Ruthenians will be at
tached to their respective mother coun-
| tries. We do not annex, We simply are
/ resolved to return the stolen liberties,
the stolen independence 10 their rightful
owners. the people. In accord with the
laws OF God and man. 1t is our re-
! solve, our pledge. No compromise is
possible. 1t is the aim of our supreme
! sacrifices. the only foundation and guar
antee OF just and lasting peace
JULIUS RUPERT, N. ID.
| New BRITAIN, Conn. July 10.
| A Gard From Mrs lack Landau