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Show UNION OF AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY SERIOUSLY IMPERILED BY PRESENT POLITICAL CRISIS j j ! EMPEROR FRANCO JOSEPH. r i ppk i 77 i jrafT IK I Tljo political crisis In Hungary has .I reached a point where It seriously Ira- I perils the union between Austria and ! 1 1 Hungary DacKod by a largo majority y In the house of representatives and an r overwhelming popular sentiment, tho leadere of tho coalition party of Hun-'g Hun-'g gary went to Hofburg to present to Francis Joseph Uio condltlonB upon p which they would consent to form a i cabinet and carry on tho Hungarian f government The emperor-king hand- ed them nn ultimatum In which ho demanded that they form a cabinet, f out declined to grant any of tho con- I cessions they asked. The coalition I statesmen refused to yluld and return- f ed to Budnpest. and Hungary still Is I without i responsible government, as it has been for somo months. Tho strained situation can hardly last much longer without some decisive result. It would be a mistake to regard tho struggle as ono merely between tho omperor-klng nnd tho Hungarians. It Is1 a struggle betwoon tho emperor nnd Austria on tho ono sldo and Hungary 'on the othor. When, flfty-seycn years ago, a delegation of Hungarians, headed by Louis Kossuth, obtained at Vienna the Emperor Fordlnand's , promise to sanction a constitution for their country, thoy also secured tho promise of ono for Aust-la. This mado Hungarians extremely popular In Austria, Dut tlje cordial feelings between be-tween the people of tho two countries of tho dual monarchy have been almost completely extinguished by n half century of bickering. "To put the mnttcr plainly," said Francis Kos - .4 auth, loader of tho coalition parties - and a son of Louis Kossuth, In a ro- cent magazlno article, "the Austrlans hato us, perhaps bocauso thoy know thy havo wronged us." The prctsent acute troubles began In 1808 90, when Premier Solomon Brcll, at tho Instnnco of the omperor, attempted to pass measures Increas--f . lng tho number of recruits to tho Hun- garlan army and tho annual grant to tho crown Riotous obstructionist tactics tac-tics forced Szoll to resign, nnd Count " Khuen Hedervnry became prlmo min ister. Tho now premier abandoned 4 his predecessor's unpopular policy, l( but a large section of the party of 1 1 Independence refused to desist from Its obstructionist tactics unless the government consented to tho uso of tho Hungarian languago Instead of tho German and of the national emblems I -BBSl mSH Jmk. fin faaaHLA'V'Kj4fl In tho Hungarian army. Tho government govern-ment positively refused to assent to this proposition, and It has been the burning Issuo of Hungarian politics over since. Questions of parliamentary parliamen-tary reform, taxation, and rules of parliamentary par-liamentary proceduro havo also cntor-ed cntor-ed Into tho conflict. At the last election elec-tion tho coalition of parttos constituting consti-tuting tho opposition elected a large majority of tho house of representatives. representa-tives. Francis Joseph, strongly backed back-ed by Austrian sentiment, has heretofore here-tofore refused to bow to this emphatic expression of Hungarian public opinion, opin-ion, and the signs aro that ho Ib resolved re-solved never to do so. Tho events that have bcon taking place, under romarknbly similar clr-xnimstnnceB clr-xnimstnnceB In Scandinavia porhaps throw some light on what Is nbout to take placo In Austria-Hungary. It was a famous remark of Bismarck, how-over, how-over, that If tho Austrian omplro did western Europe has been fraught with less serious consequences than not exist, It would be necessary for the good of Europe to creato It, and there seems reason to fear tnat tho dissolution of tho dual monarchy of an attempted dissolution of tho dual monarchy of eastern Europo Is likely to be. i M lH j mm- Tho chjef heard of tho loss of somo 300 of his tribe, and said that notwithstanding notwith-standing tho fight and tho killing, his heart was still shut against tho return of hntrcd for tho paleracos. Not long after the Wounded Kneo battlo Miles and Brooke succeeded in throwing troops about tho bands of hostlles, and bogan the task of forcing them Ilttlo by llttlo Into tho Pino Rldgo agoncy nnd to final surrender. Gen. Miles wanted to get tho reds back to tho agoncy without precipitating precipitat-ing another fight and nnothor flro of criticism So It wns that ho wns urging urg-ing tho Ogalala and tho Brulo Sioux bucks to Burronder, nnd was using hla troops rnthcr for herding and driving driv-ing purposes than for actual offenfe. Young-Man - Afraid - of - His Horsed wont to tho hostllo camp and harangued har-angued his brother savages, Imploring Implor-ing them to obey Miles and to como In and bo bnd Indians no more. Young Man's speech had somo effect. Then Red Cloud wanted to follow tho example exam-ple of tho young chief. No ono known definitely whether Red Cloud was sent out by tho general commanding 'or went on his peace-talking errand of his own Initiative, but ho went. Tho hostlles were north of Whlto Clay Creek and west of Porcupine I Butte. Red Cloud reached their 'camp and ho talked at the council fire. Then there happened a curious thing. On tho heel of tho chiefs n pack, band of tho young bucks broke away and began be-gan to raid. Thero was a fight with a 'squadron of tho Seventh cavalry near the Roman Catholic mission school and an army wagon train was attacked at a placo not far distant from the agency Red Cloud camo back to tho agoncy. Even his native command of himself could not glvo control to tho twinkle that was In his ancient cyo. But what a talo was that ho toldl Tho Indians with bad hearts had rojectcd his pleas for peace and surrender, and had driven him, tholr old chlof, with cursca and with blows from their camp. Ho had plodded tho trail from tho camp to tho agency, footsore and food-less, food-less, and In this day of his falling sight ho would havo been lost had not his granddaughter Star Eyes or some such name, for hero memory Is at fault lod him all the way by tho hand. It was with bh near a sob In his votco as an Indian ever gets that old Red Cloud told his story. Way down lnsldo ho was enjoying tho Joko of It better, porchanco, than were his hearers hear-ers The old chlof, who had mado miles of dlstnnco. footsore nnd food-less, food-less, during tho ulght, was looking In an unusually robust and well-fed condition con-dition that frosty January morning fourteen years ago. It would bo something of n Joy io know Just what old Red Cloud had'sald to tho Brulo and Ogalala bucks beyond be-yond tho Whlto Clay Creok. Tho old follow was an orator, and whon there wero no whlto men llstoners ho knew tho way to tho seat of tho savage passions. pas-sions. Is tho Indian lacking In a sense or humor? Old Rod Cloud usod to got moro genulno enjoyment out of telllnr his unsophisticated palofaco listeners tho story of how ho talked peaco in tho hostile camp than Kicking Boar over did In running off n settler's stock and this means much. E. B. C. In Chicago Post. |
