The Times correspondent at Vienna forwards a re- markable speech
made in the Austrian Parliament on March 12th by Dr. Kramarz. This gentleman, a young Czech, while insisting that German and Czech must agree, or Hungary would rule the Austrian Empire, con- tended that his little nationality, an outpost of the Slays, helped to maintain the balance of power in Europe. If they were beaten Austria would be forced to enter the German Empire on the footing of Bavaria ; and that Empire, thus ruling all Germans from Hamburg to Trieste, would be the greatest Power in Europe, and control the Balkans and Asia Minor. That is a broad view and a statesmanlike, especially as the Austrian Germans are half inclined to turn Protestant ; but we do not see how Pan-German ambition is rendered leas by Czech refusals to allow Austrian business to go on. It is the success, not the failure, of the Austrian Empire which will place a check upon the South German desire to be ruled from Berlin instead of Vienna. Let the Hapsburg Dominion break up, and Germany becomes arbi- tress of the European Continent.
