Show home rule for bohemia it sends ones thoughts over a great stretch of history to reid read that the new austrian minister ol 01 justic justice fc count Schon boro favors the union of bo be nemis nemia and moravia as a se separate kingdom with complete home rule it ibis is more than years since both these countries lost their be separate parate exi existence at the battle of and it id 6 2170 years since last sarup was ciu crushed cius bed shed and the czecho czechs brought under t that bat tremendous persecution which almost deb destroyed troyed the nation and the czech language itself was proscribed bed so that ej cen en the old camili took german garmae name sand sud sowe some of the them lm lost their identity since silice has bas there been any vigorous revival i of the old uzech czech spirit and in these as bears 1 ears many an ancient family has reasserted to bear i 1 sown down name the study ot of tue old jan language guage aud lit ift grature has been and fors lor a longtime long time now th n atlese of the slav tribes has been demanding the same recognition that tha the maars aided tue toe agitation in id moravia has been less intense but considerable and aa ane Moravia ns are ne afar 1 ly y aklu to the cecha add the r h gateso they should be reunited la in wm news life M 1 toe ancient king kingdom dotu of bohemia B 8 a and of moravia noo bayo their diets which send representatives to the austrian home rule would withdraw their representation from this body aul ana they would have a diet that would govern in all except imperial affairs as hung hungary ary is now governed tae empe emperor byor being also ting in ol 01 the new kingdom the two countries cover equale miles somewhat more than ont tenth the area of the empire and would comprise eight or nine millions of people of whom less than a fourth in moravia a art 1 ro german and less aba than two fifths in id bohemia hemia the mineral wealth and tw the manufacturing industries of these countries exceed those of 0 all the rest of the monarchy the home role rola principle is certainly gaining strong hrold in europe and through its progress sooner or later the world may yet see tile the united states of europe whick which was the burden buron of victor hugos prophetic vision on toe tab hindrance to this result the ominous clou 4 over all possible forecasts of the future of europe lies ites in the power of the barbarian empire of russia so long as that power remains in the hands of czars azars without triumphant revolution or popular reform so long europe breathes in fear as rome lux centuries feared the goths goehs |