Evening star., 1919-03-30

Archduke Carl to me was at that
time a closed and seemingly also a
somewhat uninteresting book he
was more Saxon than Hapsburg in
outward appearance. He was child
ish under his years and had no inter
est in politics. During his first visit
in Vigar I tried without result to talk
with him on political subjects MAR
,ginal note-he was then first lieuten-
ant in Brandeis). During horse
back ride which took with him
alone a few weeks later in 1908 and
occasionally during later conversa-
1ions noticed that he did not have
IN his mind even a suspicion or the
fundamental basis OF a constitution:
:Archduke Franz to this great error
I in the education of his nephew.
States Authority Almost Nil.
A retrospect of those first years of
the century shows a curious picture
| of Austrian history The state was We,
uninterruptedly exposed to the wild
est tottering. The authority of the
! state decreased, thanks to the minis
/ tries Of koerber, Gautsch and Beck, to
, the smallest believable minimum. Street
! demonstrations in Prague, Laibach and
knorthern Bohemia have been repeated
| at ever shorter intervals Among Of
I ficiala absolute anarchy prevailed, so
they interpreted the laws almost &C
t-ocrding to their own opinions. The
! Czech ministers Fort and Fiedeler
f'tried to introduce the Czech language
into the ofaees as the official Ian an
{-consent and protection Of their rep,
kresentatives, declared that they would
tno longer obey the "Stressmayer
Language orders"
In many places the police were con-
! sidered absolutely unreliable, and the
karmy already showed signs of shat
ftered discipline.
In November, 1908. Czech company
of the 10sth Infantry Regiment at
Junxbunzlau. when ordered to Bosnia.
| revolted because the railroad cars
I were not good enough for them. The
mutiny was suppressed only when a
tS3erman regiment surrounded them
! 1oS (were taken) to the fortress OF
fPetervardein-afaf hushed. (Peter-
fvardein is a military fortress prison,
and these prisoners were bly,
shot) Archduke Franz told me that.
| He received a telegram in Pruponitz
during the hunting party and he was
J greatly shocked.
For q Deal With the Kaiser.
Condition Of the state. There is the
dissolution which precedes death It
! could have continued for years. never
theless. At the same time there were
new storms in Hungary against unity
, with Austria) and the Vienna parlia-
ment-- Institution of corruption
everybody bribed.
Foreign situation.
Bosnia annexed through Aehrenthal
Danger of war from Serbia's siding
Letter from Count czernin to Arch
duke Ferdinand regarding a holy al
lance with Germany against war and
Vienna, February 8. 1911-Your
Imperial Highness: respectfully sub
init that my detailed reports concern
what delayed, as 1 am still awaiting
the different opinions from experts
The report from Lieut.. Col. Brosch I
have already received, but not the
In the meantime I take the liberty
to lay before your imperial highness
a general outline Of this question Cthe
Magyar language as the commanding
language for the Magyar part of the
t1nperia1 army, because I am express
s1ng in this special request in refer
ence to his majesty Kaiser Wilhelm,
sand think that If your imperial high
ness should grant this it will prob
ably be of value $f your all highest
should know it earlier.
Il would very urgently ask your
gracious consideration of the argu-
ments relating to It.
Fears Attack by Italy.
Further. I beg to submit to you
memorandum about the position of
the ministry of the imperial court etc
Enclosure No. IA shattering of
the peaceful meditations will doubt
less lead to great conflicts One can
rule absolutely in Hungary even
today for a certain time, but one
must consider that this will hamper
our forces a great deal and that
eventually we shall have foreign
complications. Gen. Conrad believes
in the intention of the Italians to
declare war upon US as soon as their
armament shall have been completed.
And they would be stupid If they did
not choose that moment to fall on
US when we have such great difficult
ties in Hungary. If we should get
into great conflicts with Hungary
then they themselves would do every
thing in their power to chase the
Italians at our threats, as they have
done so Ear on every occasion. But
all this wouldn't matter if one would
only prepare oneself for such event.
ualities. / mean in the following
way: I requested your imperial high
ness several months ago that your
all highest should conclude holy al
hance'-before all with Kaiser Wilhelm
an alliance which would be against
war and revolution.
MY inner thought in regard to this
is Hungary. If today, when the great
est peace prevails in our monarchy
and there Is no thought of revolution,
we should succeed in binding Kaiser
Wilhelm 50 that his army should
march in at the moment your imperial
highness should wish tt-then there
would be no revolution, just as war
did not break out with Serbia be-
cause we had a union with Germany.
1t is remarkable how the Magyars are
thinking ahead even for all such
eventualities. Count Vilmos Festeties
told me this year that he knows
through Karl Fuerstenberg (his
nephew. and he through his brother
Max, that Kaiser Wilhelm fears only
the Slavic danger. but likes the
Magyars very much. and in no event
would he intervene unfavorably for the
Magyars.
Weapon Against the Magyars.
IF we should succeed-and If your
imperial highness go desires it will
succeed-in concluding a clearly writ
ten treaty with Kaiser Wilhelm
xgainst every revolution this docu-
ment would be powerful weapon
for all negotiations with the Magyars.
As soon as this people have noticed
that we are prepared for all eventual
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