Evening star., 1919-03-27
Threatened Stability Of Empire.


1t is impossible to foresee fully the de-
vesal suffrage measure would have on
Austria, but just few possibilities
should be mentioned.
The preservation of unity with Hun
The cry, Away from Hungary" is very
popular among the masses. It would
become the foremost slogan Of the par
liamentary majority. The personal ap-
peal would be presented not only in
Budapest. but more stormily in Vienna.
Rome" CLOS Won Rom'), and the So
cial democratic cry, Down with the
church," harmonize perfectly. One has
but to look at France and it's church
the church and the monasteries may ex-
pect. That a man is more or less cleri-
cal signifies nothing. The question is
whether or not the church can be con-
sidered as state-preservtng element,
which can only be answered in the af-
The house Of lords Hea1enffusa q to
day cannot remain IN existence. This
one can hear On all sides It would
really be a strange thing If tho .sover-
tived by tho vetoes OF q few f1des COM
mis- owners Cholders OF unstable feudal
estates which revert to the crown) and
appointed couriers- And II his majesty
.anti-church demands he gets no money
and no recruits.
An this will not tolerate any para
graph fourteen" nor any secret abso-
lutism- according to paragraph IA
wish Of the emperor,9 If this could hap
pen. then his majesty has the right and
power to overthrow universal suffrage
| together with parliament and replace
| them by healthier institutions. That
hn yri,11 how ;Dl,r
! he still have the power? That is the
question. Today he still has it and,
therefore, we advise HMM ten years
he will no longer possess it.
Looking to the Future.
Let us follow this thought a little
| farther. Let uS look at the situation
which the heir to the throne will find
ten or fifteen years from now He
and exclusively Magyar army with
Magyar officers and the Magyar spirit
completed through the honved (the Hun
garian second Hne) and armed with
pend on this army If he would de-
| grade himself so far as to play the
part Of Magyar show king; II he
! would blindly obey the orders of men
of the caliber of Kossuth and Appon-
| vi Should he refuse to do this he
would have the Magyar army against
him. No matter whether German or
| Magyar is the commanding language,
| they will not listen to either.
| In Austria he will no longer find the
| army of today. He will find an army
reduced in quantity, incomparably in
ferior in quality, already poisoned by
| the social democratic spirit, shattered
into linguistic camps, nationally di-
| vided and unable to fulfill it's task.
| Yet he will need an army. The Cor
| dian knot on the other side of the
Leitha cannot be loosened in a par
liamentary way. 1t must be cut with
the sword, and the only way to do
this is with an Austrian army. The
Vienna parliament which Gautsch is
going to form will also have to be
destroyed by force OF arms. This is
known to the Magyars and to the So
cial democrats, and therefore they are
making haste. With the Magyar army
and the Vienna parliament the
dynasty and the monarchy will be ir-
reparably crushed.
| "Wade Breast High in Blood"
Yet there is time to prevent this dis
aster at the eleventh hour. Not yet
OF the expected government bill The
categories of the present election sys-
tenn are untenable and broadening
Of the suffrage is unavoidable. But
there are thousands of ways for the
state preserving elements to hold
their place in parliament even witE
the suffrage measure on a broader
basis. 1t is possible to adapt and
use for Austrian conditions all va
stimulatsve election rights and ali
those innumerable clauses which will