| Show UNION OF AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY SERIOUSLY IMPERILED BY PRESENT POLITICAL CRISIS FRANCIS JOSEPH the political crisis in hungary has reached a point where it seriously im 1 the union between austria and hungary backed by a large majority tn the house ot representatives and an popular sentiment the leaders of the coalition party of hun gary went to hofberg to present to francis joseph the conditions upon which they would consent to form a and carry on the hungarian government the emperor king hand d them an ultimatum in which he demanded that they form a cabinet but declined to grant any of the con cessions they asked the coalition statesmen refused to yield and return ed to budapest and H still Is without a responsible government as it has been for some months the strained situation can hardly last much longer without some decisive result it would be a mistake to regard the struggle as one merely between the emperor king and the hungarians it is a struggle between the emperor and austria on the one side and hungary on the other when fifty seven years ago a delegation of hungarians j headed by louis kossuth obtained at vienna the emperor ferdinand s promise to sanction a constitution for their country they also secured the promise of one for austria this made hungarians in austria but the celal be tween the people odthe two countries of the dual monarchy have been almost completely extinguished by a half century of bickering to put the matter plainly said francis kos leader of the coalition parties and a son of louis kossuth in a re cent magazine article the hate us perhaps because they know they have wronged us the pret sent acute troubles began in when premier solomon at the instance of the emperor attempted to pass measures increase ing the number of recruits to the hun garian army and the annual grant to the crown obstructionist tac tics forced to resign and count khuen hedervary became prime min ister the new premier abandoned his predecessors unpopular policy but a large section of the party of independence refused to desist from its obstructionist tactics unless the government consented to the use of the hungarian language instead of the german and of the national emblems in the hungarian army the govern ment positively refused to assent to this proposition and it has been the burning issue ol 01 hungarian politics ever since questions ot parliament amen tary reform taxation and rules ot par lla procedure have also enter ed into the conflict at the last elec tion the coalition of parties conati the opposition elected a large majority 0 the house ot re presenta alves francis joseph strongly back ed by austrian sentiment has here tolore refused to bow to this emphatic expression of hungarian public ion and the signs are that he Is re solved never to do so the events that have been taking place under remarkably similar cir cum stances in scandinavia perhaps throw some light on what Is about to take place in austria hungary it v as a famous remark of bismarck how ever that it the austrian empire did western europe has been fraught with less serious consequences than not exist it would be necessary for the good of europe to create it and there seems reason to fear anat the dissolution of the dual monarchy of an attempted dissolution of the dual monarchy of eastern europe Is likely to be the chief heard ot the loss 0 some of his tribe and said that standing the fight and the killing his heart was still shut against the return ot hatred tor the palefaces not long after the wounded knee battle miles and brooke succeeded in throwing troops about the bands of host lles and began the task of forcing them little by little into the pine ridge agency and to final surrender gen miles wanted to get the reds back to the agency without ing another fight and another fire ot criticism bo it was that he was arg ing the ogallala and the arole sioux bucks to surrender and was using his troops rather tor herding and daiv ing purposes than for actual young man afraid of his forsea went to the hostile camp and bar angled hia brother savages implom ing them to obey miles and to come in and be bad indians no more young man s speech had some effect then red cloud wanted to follow the exam pie of the young chief no one knows definitely whether red cloud was sent out by the general commanding 01 went on his peace talking errand ol 01 his own initiative but he went the host lles were north of white clay creek and west of porcupine butte red cloud reached their camp and be talked at the council fire then there happened a curious thing on the heel of the chiefs a pack band of the young bucks broke away and be gan to raid there was a fight with a squadron of the seventh cavalry near the roman catholic mission school and an army wagon train was attacked at a place not far distant from the agency red cloud came back to the agency even his native command of himself could not give control to the twinkle that was in his ancient eye but what a tale was that he told the indians with bad hearts had rejected his pleas tor peace and surrender and had driven him their old chief with curses and with blows from their camp he had plodded the trail from the camp to the agency footsore and food less and in this day of his falling sight he would have been lost had not his granddaughter star eyes or some such name tor here memory Is at fault led him all the way by the hand it was with as near a sob in his voice as an indian ever gets that old red cloud told his story way down inside he was enjoying the joke of it better perchance than were his hear ers the old chief who had made miles of distance footsore and food less during the night was looking in an unusually robust and well fed con dialon that frosty january morning fourteen years ago it would be something of a joy to know just what old red cloud had eald to the brule and ogallala bucks be yond the white clay creek the old fellow was an orator and when there were no white men listeners he knew the way to the seat of the savage pas alons Is the indian lacking in a sense of humors old red cloud used to get more genuine enjoyment out of tellina his unsophisticated paleface listeners the story ot how he talked peace in the hostile camp than kicking bear ever did in running off a settler s stock and this means much E in chicago post |
