Show ON EVE OF CIVIL WAR situation in austria as gloomy as imaginable BOTH FACTIONS ARE IN LINE His historic torio revolution in relations be I 1 taoan gwoon austria find hungary likely to occur any moment which might mean the reconstruction ol of the nap map of 0 europe ass Us of force A appears p pears to be the only solution but against which faction that Is the great question london doe dec 3 copyright aw is by tile the associated press international questions have been temporarily overshadowed by the gravity ot of the elgua tion in austria where things ore are as gloomy as imaginable in addition to the hie imminence ot of it a civil war the next lew few hours may possibly w knees a historic revolution in the I 1 ho relations between austria find and Ilung hungary ary which might mean tile tho reconstruction ot of the map mail of europe it li is hardly an exasperation exaggeration to say that the factions actions axe are drawing up like contending armies the germans have appealed to their compatriots on oil both sides of 0 the frontier and are apparently prepared to run all risks to keep tile the hated czechs czecho la irk subjection the czechs czecho make no secret of the fact that ther their final aim abil la is to abolish the dual empire and to make it a triple alliance by placing bohemia on an equal footing with austria and hungary to giant these demands would tet hungary on lire fire and destroy ther toun foun of the present imperial system it looks as an though the employment ot of force Is the only solution f the question but against which faction action wilt will it be used the question ot of the provisional auz gilch bill or agreement to prolong tor for a year instead ot of ten years the compact between austria and hungary pending arrangements for a longer compact Is it if possible a question more grave than the threatened civil war admill 11 the hungarian diet has given baron von paulsen paul sen von Franken thurn tile austrian premier until monday next nest in which to state whether he can reasonably vion ably expect the bill bil 1 to pass and falling failing EL a decisive answer baron bantly the hungarian ilung premier will Intro introduce duc a on monday a bill tt hereby I 1 Ilung hungary ary will act Jin independently dependently as aa regards the duties to td b be e I 1 0 led d continuance cone ti nuance of 0 commercial relue relations wit with I 1 austria it and the charter ot of the austro liun garlan bank this compact between the two portions portion of the dual state otate thus lapses and though the status quo may bo be maintained temporarily Ilung hungary ary will establish her C lalin claim to the right of 0 independently disposing ot of these questions it la Is easy to 9 se that victory IrIC tory will only whet the hungarians Hung arians appetite and that it will be a short beep to tho the dissolution 0 of 1 austria which in turn will hurt hurl europe into a furnace ot of terrible possibilities bili ties S apparently the only hope of 0 escape Is that the ascendancy of 0 tho the old emperor will once again enable him hit impossible I 1 situation falling in this tile the welchs retells I 1 rath wilt v bo be dissolved and a reign of I 1 absolutism wilt will begin in austria and technically ally bungay m will ill have resumed her independence the first step toward a federated as distinguished from rom a d dual u ai austro hungarland monarchy conference E WITH ENGINEERS the fact that the engineers conference hns has ended in n fiasco Is no sur ailse though much regretted tho the addresses in which the delegates of the ati strikers submit the results to the members of the unions Is 18 most ing it their opinion that tho the conditions condition which the employed employ cre em are arc resolved to exact strike at the very root of the most cherished principle of trades unionism in ili conclusion it says nothing but the sense of the sufferings and sacrifices which the quarrel has already imposed on our fellow laborers could have induced us us to subi submit vilt to proposals ot of such a L humiliating ra milia Il ting tor for consideration briefly the employers pio propositions posItions acknowledge ledge the work mens freedom to join unions but they wont pr not to give preference to non unionists and they claira claim complete liberty to put men on piece work to work at machines to learn new methods to the eil lelent they guarantee wages equal to the curre current nt wages but the c employers win will not guarantee a standard rate Em clency Is to be decided by the employers who may engage non at lower wages in addition they insist upon the right to employ as many apprentices as they please the all idea Is to bati tuto individual fo for r the collective principles of 0 the un union to U tho the ballots of 0 the union are returnable on december but bill the kenera genera general eral opinion Is that the employers bids will bo be rejected overwhelmingly lit in which case it Is almost needless to point out that distress li 19 confronting hundreds of thousands thin tt winter inter which pron promises ilses to be unusually severe the whole hect aspect of the industrial world hero her Is most moat depressing in addition to the engineering troubles tho the amalgamated society of railway he arr r has issued strato notices to ot of its membris mem beis bets and the cotton it in Is alsol also threatened with caraly SIR ARMY arlt the army bill will have precedence over nil all others othera in tile the coming session of the Bill billith 1111 parliament and the government Is preparing to force the measure through urh before easter the increased amounts required will possibly exceed any budget surplus wit which tell may exist but there will n ill be no objection wen even upon the part of the little In Ln glanders the question of ra raising living a larger army top for great britain Is I 1 the topic ot of the hour and even tho the bogey of 0 tho the possibility 0 of f has been raised all the conservatives and many of the liber Ll berala 08 perhaps arr are littly devoted to mk etching the possible possible combinations bi of the powers against great britain with tile hie vew of convincing the tho public of at the necessity of militarism sir arthur B farwood bart con member of barll parliament ament tor for the five southwest division of 0 lari chire in a speech at livel pool on tuesday in discussing friction of the other powers toward great britain spoke ot of the foreign policy of the united states as 03 being il in to forecast speaking broadly broa he explained the united states would be slow blow to draw the sword in any ally quarrel lu arrel me epting with fill herself but at the same time he added iler her domestic and political divisions are go BO keen her politicians are so unscrupulous sky a to the means used to injure their opponent A and their press la is so senat sensational lonal that any day the united states might unwittingly and without real intent be found in conflict with some other power at tile the bottoni bottom of tho th american spear there Is 13 regard tor for england but their regards are no BO overloaded w with ill old prejudices that we could not w with itil i certainty calculate on which side of an issue the great aint amr r loan republic ili public might stand bland the i ports from tho wine growing districts district of J aripe are gloomy in I 1 bideaux 1 the quantity Is 13 the smal smallest lestI in many years and ana me ui quality Is 1 unpromising in burgundy Bure undy ibe th quality to in poor and crops small the chanies me village vIn Lage iaquino li l i bulto a 6 flouro it lt not ex belted pelted that any of it will be ba good bood enough for or exportation tho the sherry crop of 0 spain 1 la only two mirds of average and the me quality is bi coaree and common in portugal tho the quality to la better but the Is small gillett of 0 satin who has spent three weeks I 1 in a spain studying the cuban question from roni tho the spanish point of 0 view in lan capacity as a 0 member of the house houie on foreign I affairs mailed from floorn gibraltar on monday on board the hamburn hainburg american line alno steamier Au auuusta custa victoria alie united states gen stewart L woodford Wood tord presented tho the commissioner to premier lemler Sagas ts and senor gullon the minister for or foreign affairs Alt alra with whom he discussed cuban matters |