The Dominion. WEDNESDAY, JULY 1. 1914. AUSTRIA AND THE PEACE OF EUROPE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2190, 1 July 1914, Page 6

The Dominion. WEDNESDAY, JULY 1. 1914. AUSTRIA AND THE PEACE OF EUROPE

Further iufo-rraiitioft regarding the assassination of the 'ASGtrotiEE Francis Ferrisasto of Austria sivo«s that the Coiithißßtel frm rfiprds the tragic dee?l af ft jpeliKeal cH.H!c. Tho Servian seqfcion p{ iha population of Bosnia lias rrevei ! {iccejiW. Austrian rule as a feial sefct-teiMeß.i, They have long desited , to iforia p«t of a greater fevta, %nd thfe uoW stroke by which Austria s&ted Bosnia and Herzegovina,- in 3-903 daslftd this hope to the- g?euad.. The sttottldering racial animosity appeal tohave suddenly blffied vp, sn-d tte murder of the .liei-r M. tfo- Aiis-ttiiin Throne is no d'out-t the outcott© of disappointed natioSal A movement feais been in esistencfi for some years to. establish ■» southen; Slav State, wMali inehnfe Croatia, Dahß«|iffl| Bofiftia,. aitdHerzegovina, tbft idea, beteg tliat this new State, in panjtincMftn Vith Austria and Hxnigaiy, shotdd. Jorm .« federal emplfiii. It is cindei-sfcofJ: tiiat this scheme was .Savoured hy tile murdered Archduke, bul there are those who bolie'vc tfeat its rea.fe.V' tion might give to new tliffifeii-l-ties without -ffi.ftwri-tig all the , Sid ones. Austria lias becft playing a dangerous ga.fnc iii i.i}-iemfli ; :j,o,liiil affairs for some tirtifi gast, and if she has scored sjroic. swKsses, she hiis certainly received a $mi. itiany rebuffs. The results: of ■ tho. K'ct-nt Balkan wars wetfo not <1C all to her i liking, and oflafe. hoi' , I'olutioftships with Italy' wgnraia-g t-li.o Afeti'Wi : problem have been .i"ar from cm ! - dial. It is How , stalC'd Uiai tho Its- , j sassination of the. Atdutak?- h-as in-, tcnsified Gc.finiuiy's interest in Ans-' tvian iiroblflnsy.-ft|jit) nj'gsMyq iMa\ 'that ; ibecosej

more direct and The whole situation i« rendered move uncertain by the fact tlififc the ifml .Monafeky irntst soyu ho tlepviv'ntl of ilie gtiidiißoo of tits ttwpm&R fnxst' m Jossrif, who is {sigMy-threfi y*urs old: H« fjas hold tins conilicting fllemcnta wtiich «o!4i]»ose .Empire in a inrly wendcrfal way. It was at one time thought that there imist- be a gvani mlhpm when his consolidating: influence wfts withdrawn, but cvfii-y year that his r'cip caii be pi-olongsd will probably lessen tho danger o{ tfjsruptioa 'when tiis success^. , fflonjits th*j IHivane.

Atisisri-ft-Hungavy is-laced with *■ tsxig,} proMefa of almost insuj>fti'- : able dijjkiilty. , A i-acent Wi'iter in the Wiiietcaith Ucal-ury states that. Hie. population «f the * iJuat Mfloa.reby E-ontaias so maiy coiiilictiijg elcajeats that it is.impossible to prediet what its .pflsJtbn will bi? w'b&o a, ■ deeado or two siiail have ro-Heel by, Austria-Hungary is aU attifieial State, α-nd raesfc oilier arc- inclined to gi-avjiate Ift other' direc> tfoaa. He* troiibles are in-fereased by the fact tliat she is SurrcsUßded b°y ambitioaa wighbattrs, so that "i\k shgMmi, $im% to fcljo eomplioafed system ;whioh faql4§ her . togcthfiT woiilfl in- all KMlihogtl prove |o h& the k)jrln.njii.g t>l the-.end." The ton- . doa fA?«.s, iti dismissing tho eywi' pajfcs of tho ,no« hoit, expresses the opinion tlat the dual System, is likely to ifla*hfeit fern mm yeais i ; h» ■ a-sceiidaßey fffeich jt hte aequired, Sviclit stahiKty would ccrtaißlj mal« ;fer peanc, jaai as thft fofiitmg of tteeer.t?,iaty aTattsad By sudtlon changes: in natioß3rl afeit's is apt a, sitaafclen whieV-may d.e.relbp .ijrt<> trte ' A jsoction of the Contiacliii) Press is wf apin.ion ihat tho death # the- Arßj).du : ko lies'rpittcrwsd a- fenger .to Eiiropn-, as It vill give Austria an Oppftriiinity. .of tha course she has Ibis fto doubt refers to hef strained f:e> ■ Nation's with Etfsste and -Italy, a.nd lie* grasping policy £ja rfift'fi.rd to tho lal'krjfig. , A sfdhle ra»SB-£islotftiSis vsi the Bwttiixi State? a%l ra.«es has . not 'ycfc b.ee.n. reacted', and ffes t*ijn'Sjn'Vtan agitatien in Epsti-ift,; cofti^ Uked with the fishtin'g , in A&aiiia, i Shows t&a.fc e $itttail&fi sjfrl exfets i-n t-hasfc resy.es.s epiMjer o.f The relfltionship between and .getvia is.tiot at ail Irfendly. Tfee. too. Gpujatrites a*e bus-. : OioioMs, of ofi<; anothex'. The A;.ustefen is ' iucid.n.ect ' to ffitiKj'jle gesrrfajis for.'the mrist fchfti.exista aiijoiig see-tiofls 6f Jte Sia-v sMifejijetsi ivhtle tjj&. Sfcr#ifl*s %1 tljirt Auati% is. <UTfiirig ; .at tetrifoi'M ex--.p.awiQri. in which .ft*us't ■jjwve nji-Sft-d'vaiiifavgpaits to them... I.f it is : liM that tba late A ! rc)f(j?lftc \vas a. cHstiiThirtg ifttitenee in ■fio-ijal affairs, WicMeS' heii 1 to thS Th*oiie.j!nay, fee ex|3&d;e,d to .have, a .sfon.dvifl.g.' eftecit. ©rt tjio ElitqijASji ;sikta-ti(sivi. feteaie told' that; 'fee fe not likely: to tread itt his' uncle's fd.o;iste:ps.