23 NOVEMBER 1901, Page 1

The Vienna correspondent of the Times can see no hope

of an agreement between Slays and Germans in the Austrian Reichsrath, the organs of the former declaring that business shall not proceed until linguistic justice is done to the Czechs, while those of the latter insist that their duty is to crush opposition by permanent sittings. The Emperor, it is said, declares that he almost despairs of the situation, and well he may if it is tree, as the correspondent reports, that the struggle in Parliament only represents a much keener struggle going on outside. The alternatives are supposed to be government without a Parliament or the proclamation of a new Constitution; but the former plan has been tried without success, and no representative system could give 'complete victory to either side. Under these circumstances there is no remedy but patience; but even the patience of the Emperor, which has carried him over so many difficulties, must be getting strained.