THE MOVEMENTS AGAINST AUSTRIA.
The refusal of the Emperor of Austria to adopt the policy of the German party in the Eeichsrath has produced great indignation in the German provinces of the Empire, and already threats of secession are making themselves heard. Several Prussian papers publish an address from the Germans of Bohemia, appealing to the German Government to intervene in their favour. "The German race in Austria, says this address, "is again betrayed ; it is condemned to slavery. Germany have you no heart for your children who look with yearning out of their prison at your smiling fields and the waving of your glorious banner ? Tour mission is not ended ; a new Schleswick-Holstein, sighing and begging for help, lies at your feet. The party which has now come into power in Austria is animated with an irreconcilable hatred for the German spirit—the spirit of freedom and progress. In view of such a state of things can we Germans in Austria be expected to feel as Austrian patriots ? We have ceased to be Austrians ; we have raised the national German banner, and will conquer or perish beneath it. Do not forget us, brothers in Germany, for we are the worthy though unhappy children of the same mother, whose duty it is to extend her wide mantle protectingly over us. Arise, Germany, once more for the last time, that you may afterwards remain at peace for ever ?"
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Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 854, 26 August 1871, Page 3
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236THE MOVEMENTS AGAINST AUSTRIA. Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 854, 26 August 1871, Page 3
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