Evening star., 1919-03-28
"All Misfortunes From Hungary

n1n's notes are given herewith.
Cali Misfortunes From Hungary"
When I had finished reading the
memorandum) l stood uo and hahaeo
the document to him. He accepted II
and spoke as follows, almost word Tor
word: '"The memorandum is excelent:
I speak each word from my soui. !
could not have put it otherwise. !
could show you a dozen absolutely
identical letters which / have sent ms
majesty. All misfortunes come from
riod of swearing against Hungary, IN,
cludtng Feyervary. whom he caiieo
just like the others (Feyervary was
premier of Hungary. The present
ministers are dirty beasts. especially
Golu (Giouchowski. the Austrian pre-
mier). He himself (Francls Fero,.
nand) is entirely excluded. Never IN
his life was he admitted to the min
listers council His Information Is
based upon the fact that daily ne
reads seventeen newspapers Ton lns
liable is only the Vaterland) ana sooo
books, for instance, my procnule;
(Czernin was the author of politicai
pamphleD.
Then he cites a lot from the third
chapter of the book which compared
the Magyar to the Czech movement,
which is correct. Finally he has TO De
contented to plant trees IN 1;.t MTuT
pischt. as he could not accompIish
anything anyhow. Emperor Frederlc
(of Germany, son of old william:
also was not allowed to rule. He, OF
course, would always keep MS. sue
cessor informed-but as things were
now, he could not do anything. Otner
men were just as surprised as l. put
1t is nevertheless true. Un the next
Paragraphs Count Zernin sketches his
conversation with the archduke, EN-.
ploying the terms "1' and ne. Dut
the names are substituted to make the
matter more clear. The conversation
il but partly in the first and partly
in the third person)
Wanted to "Shoot and Crush"
Czernin-I said I would have to be-
lieve this if he said SO. But the whole
world declared that Chlopy "a GER
tain newspaper article) was inspired
by him. All Austrians were pleased
At Its energetic tone.
Archduke-Yes. that is true, but
within few weeks it was retracted
and the whole matter was SO much
tho worse. He can do nothing but
watt. He hopes that the moment will
not come for a very long time. but
when it does then he will make ordeE,
IshOot. crush. etc, etc).
!Gzefnin-Your imperial highness, /
am entirely OF the opinion that Shoot
ing Is one of the most convincing ar
gufnents of monarch. but to shoot
ono needs an army; and that army you
will not have any more.
Archduke-Trust to God. Austria
went through worse times and al
ways survived. cat my silence.) Well,
ara you without hope?
Czernin-If he does not do some
thing now he will regret 1t all his
| life. He admits that the whole chain
of terrors from 1867 should be null
and void. He further admits that the
eset on he srv sn
that the Magyars are rough and de-
tefmined. We have to admit that. For
the Lords sake, with what can we
break and smash anything?
Archduke-There are thousands Of
ways. First, we could set all the na-
tions upon them. He has a secret plan.
but he cannot tell me. (The archduke
probably means to fight the Magyars
! with other nationalities in Hungary
a favorite Hapsburg pastime)
Czernin-I replied that foreign ma
tions are easily called. but with diff
Guilty sent away. Ones own power Is
the only thing upon which one can
really depend.
Eitel Fritz Studies Magyar.
Archduke-He acted as II he did not
mean this and began to swear against
! Italy and Germany. With Italy the
danger Of war is great; anyway: Then
studies. Finally he askAd me IL we
| wanted him TO go to the emperor Ito
Francis Joseph).
Cxernin-Yes, certainly,
Archduke-No. that he would not do
He would let himself be kicked out
There are two kinds of heirs. those
who are inactive through lack Of
power and those who revolt. He be-
longs to the first class and 1 expect
him to be of the latter.
Czernin-No, that 1 do not ask. but I
believe the army to be the adored
| child Of his majesty. Further. I be-
| lieve that no one has yet called at
! tehtion to the effect of suffrage re-
form on the army. His majesty is
| seventy-six years old. He has no
! longer any power of resistance. He
| would like to have the whole matter
| finished. and. therefore, it should be
| easy to call his attention. to these
dangerous points. Then it could be
| possible that II his attention were
called to it he would delay it. This,
| performing a duty ordered by our
| Lord.
| Archduke-Tha Is wrong. His maj
esty is not resistless, but q have
| given the archduke my word never to
| speak about this to any one and so
| WIZ NV wiil0 ~ oOwu 1hcu ne
| again swore against the camarilla
Golochowski, Hungary. etc. Great
landlords should be massed under q
state-preserving flag against the So
cial democratic onslaught. Again
| citations from my pamphlet. "Bo-
hernia is a Little Hungary. He always
| said SO. l said it in my third chap
ter. All men around his majesty are
| canaille.
Counting Up the Support.
Czernin-We have to diferentiate
| between the conservative great land
holders. Some belong to the "qualite
| negligible" Just rs the majority Of
| the others. Clam is a very depend
| able. smart and sober thinking man.
who 10 inclined to cooperation. He
| would be one OF the props for the
absolutely necessary fusion. Ffanz
Thun 10 also very important He
the archduke--should tell Thun that
he desires approachement Franz Thun
| is not nationalist, but from top to
| bottom Is painted black and yellow
| (the Austrian coIors).
Afchduke-Clam ia one Of his hest
friends. I should greet him very COR
daily. but before he wasn't so mod
erate. He will speak with rhun.
(Ciam Martinez was brotherln-lav
| Of Archduke Francis),
Czernin-The times are chanrinr
and the programs with them. Clam
10 saturated with tho idea Of defense.