Austria.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7983, 21 November 1905, Page 2

Austria.

! I NiVKHSAL iSU r'FiJAGE. It was sialyl in a cable mcs-sage ] ils j, »("•!; that the Kmpeinr would "grant -Vuslria uiim-iH-1 Kiiil'ragc, partly to appi-soo (:u! %K)i>tn!i»tx, miU | ai-ily to impress liie lini!g».i<ii)s with the prospect of a siuiibiv exterKwn of Uic franchise ill Hung.:,.,-. \y, of tho of I lie universal sailVat'c movement, tho lot- gives Ii : terance to ait expression which indicates .Oiy the ijioeials oi Hungary, mostly il'o opulent iL-igyuiv, ilu noidcsiw mi*, iversal miiiiitg,.. 11 moans |mav oi' to tho other races its introduc'ii-i.) tli.it leviow Riys, iias evohed a burst hi national' enthusiasm, which makes it ftlmtwl certain ;tluifc it will lie tho i'" lil n.limat ly adopted to produce iaimiony at jJudaprsth, The Jlngvara I'lwusclves a 10 , iviiloil as lo its merits, but all the remaining races in tho iv.ngdom, who together constitute a nnjuiity, ;uo eager for its adoption, '-.'.a Spectator furtiici points out that, in licrniaiiy and Austria universal suf. r.iuerage is the only suiiicient protection ag!iui»( the enormous force whieh it is lil ne.rss ry to leave in the iimwis of the Ksiviitivo (lov«i'iibuut i.o is ii e whole people which speaks lo the ojvereigu, and even in despoii: monarchies Hie ifovcitfigsm are ii.clire I It) acknowledge lhat tl.e cntiie people u ben acting i.;, ether ha\o equal right* '•> i' •' lin-'ir oivii. Thiy ti.emseivcs in laeory are I ui; its in iuliipic.es. Morcuver, i[, is ee.-lain that ruling men, and nine cape, idly Sovereigns, fear and il.i-iike the •• pejplo'' much more than 11 ey en- and dislike certain sole, ted ci e:ses. Tuny think th.it they can lnucn u:oi e o.isiiy porscade the masses, i n<.-\ recognise tiioiv stiong tendency U) bo led by individuals, especially individuals to w'hoso authority they aie .i.-cusniiiied, and, besides - for v.o must do tlieai justice - thoy are conscious of a. m -la.) bond with the whole proletar- ■ iat, which in theory they sehl m deny. |