WHY HUNGARY RATES RUSSIA.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1448, 5 January 1887, Page 3

WHY HUNGARY RATES RUSSIA.

„ The bold declaration of Premier Tlfz>, of Hungary, that the Govetrm nt of Aub 1 tria-^uugary, would nev^r c »mw.t to sen ' any iiagle Kieat Pcwi-r lv d undi* -.n-efl ' -way m ibe Bilkar rrglo.i, wM-ftiri.cn, < f 1 course, at ltu*nlft ftlo;n\ Tbe b'^in 1 m: of the ha red which Un t W"rc?o 1 Rusjia da'es back uv>ra iHati a t'Oßp«ti'ir . This feyiin^ hos ftivrsyn K?en the disturb Ing oleineu!; m >hn tiiplt' aimn n -&. Whec thi ki. napping ol A]> x<n is: w'euleA th«* I hand of Knenia th* .Vuslrkn G; vrnment fir a day cr two spyatftut'y Acquiesced m fix 3 nrranyomont f«lm< i *v, .;-.a fnriy as Germany did '•nbu:q:i n;'y, hos7 Vf>r opposition t» B.uv,hii ai.vr^ndir- tn-r\' was h< acd m A.v ?inn • flioi 1 navrepapers — feoblo and guards-/! tli at. bit at e»gt !| btomli>g ra.>«e i.p.-n ard proaoanced ihia was the r< flax expression of the averdion to tho Alu.iC'ivi'e, wbion has bfloorae part of tho poln c.l coed of the Hungarian division of t-ie Arstrian Empire. When tho tyranny and duplicity of tho Austrian Gover; rnert culminat<d In tha attempt m 1848 o oxcit't civi; stri'o m Hungary m or at tha'" Austria migh: have a protest to interfere snd eubvor! the Hungarian 0 >n«t!'ut».>n j Mt saoctionod by (he Enp rot Ftrdionm'., the Hungnrivm rose m revolt bs defer ~e of thoir liberties. T^e Hod3»m» ~^t (.?.'»<■! .ißsein''ly doclfti'Ow tho homo of Hai ibur# deposed, cho-e Kunsnth hh Gov-tjo--■«ent«rftl "f t ? io country, and *re ye fc<> sheke off the Austrian y»>k-? by force of ■inns. Ferdinand ?*bdlcatrd, and his nephew, Franch Joseph, the pment ni'vnarch, became Emperor, In th war which folio wad the Hungarian!* d'cpUycd a patriotism, o mraue, and military pnd administrative skill which gained imperishable renown for Bam, Kossuth, Gorgol, Demblnnki and others Hungarian crms were everywhere aucceßßful An env.mv, however, which the (Hungarian* had not takin m sceoun 1 , and, against which t! ey c uld rffe? r.o effectual re»i«tat;oe wan about to < pp'>»r upon tho Bceiif . Ruesla, fearful that th" exmpl^ of thn Magyars might inc^e the , Pules to insurrection, enme to Austria's j aid. Thrno powerful Muscovite t rmien invaded Hungary, one fiom the iiorth, one from the west, and another from the eatt, and the Magyar ineu'reo'ion was crushed out Res ia thus by onn of the blackest cr'm.'a uhioh have st'inei its annals iv th? cant Dry, repaid Austria for iti aid m suppressing an uprising m Poland fifty four years earlier, and left a legacy of hatred m Hungary which wis destined to b cuoe one of the most potent elements m the resistance of Russia's toheros* of aggrandisement m S uiieaafern Europe. Iv 1867 Hungary formally camo into poase'Bton, by tho consent of lha Aaafrlan Government, of moat of the rights and privilege, f xr«pt •eparation an 1 independen c, for which it fought bo gallantly m 1148, but its eimity to Ruaala vraa not In the 'lightest degree tbited by that net Hur.gaty nnn«eaFea about J 6, 000 000 of tho 37 00 j \ooo inhabitants comprising tho Auxtrc-H'ingamn Empire, . and i'n m fluence is a p'tont factor m mouldirtc; the fon-ign pniicy of tho In;pr:rial Gove^nm n'. It ii especially poweiful m thin exigency when it is arrayed on the side of the national nspirfttion to retain the Austrian pi©-'ie;e and Ir fluenoe nnimpared m th« Balkan pooi:.B'i'a. Thepe ■n» bo:» c of the rostns why Premier Ti z»'B u^tera'ce created «U"h sen ation m ttll the Europoa" cnnrtu from ''>c Neva to i he Thames - St Louis Globe Democrat