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Show TOO LATE. The young Austrian emperor, taking note of the fast-gatherinp clouds, has concluded that, if the Hapsburg family is to emerge from the war with an imperial im-perial crown in the possession of any of its members there must be a constitutional con-stitutional government at Vienna. It will be difficult for Emperor Charles to put the plan in operation in the face of opposition upon the part of both the Hungarian and Austrian premiers, who are pro-German to the core. Under the circumstances the meeting of parliament this week will undoubtedly result in a bitter and determined struggle for the mastery, and violent scenes are confidently confi-dently predicted. Notwithstanding the fact that both Austria-Hungary and Germany are fighting together in the same cause, the emperor of Austria has no love for the kaiser, and if he could get out of the war and save his country coun-try and crown it is generally believed he would desert the Prussian war lord and sue for peace at the earliest possible pos-sible moment. But the Emperor Charles is not master mas-ter of the situation either at Vienna or Budapest, although he is said to be personally popular with all classes in the dual monarchy. The leading statesmen of the country belong to the old school, being hard-headed as well as hard hearted. They have no sympathy with the ideals of democracy democ-racy and will fight for the autocracy as long as they are able. Of course, it would be a fine thing for Austria Hungary if she could re-establish herself her-self among the nations of the world while Prussian militarism is being brought low, for she would have an opportunity to reconstruct the country without interference upou the part of Berlin, which from the very beginning of the war has controlled the destinies of both nations, the Vienna statesmen playing second fiddle all the time. " If by any chance the central powers should be victorious in the war, or even succeed in making it a draw, Austria-Hungary would remain subordinate to Germany in all future operations. Emperor Charles is verv well aware of this fact, so he has little hope for the future unless he succeeds in liberalizing his government govern-ment before the storm finally breaks. Members of the Austrian parliament speak something like a dozen different languages and dialects, and when these representatives of the different rares which make up the empire get excited ex-cited over legislation onlookers witness spectacles strongly reminding them of what happened when the Lord confounded con-founded the language of the builders of the tower of Bnbel. It is the next thing to an impossibility to reason with the members of snob a parliament, for they do not understand each other and are suspicious of all innovations. Hungary Hun-gary could split the empire into many pieces, but so long as Budapest and Vienna agree the rest of the country will be kept under the iron heel of the autocracy. Charles may be liberal in his views and sincerely desire to give up many of his imperial prerogatives preroga-tives for the benefit of the people of the |