The speech of M. Tisza to the Hungarian Chamber on
October 3rd shows clearly the policy adopted by the Government in Croatia. It will yield upon every point except the right of the Magyars to rule. The Government of Buda-Pesth will enforce order, said M. Tisza, will restore the escutcheons pulled down, and will, if the power of the State is denied, en- force its will by military measures. But upon every other subject it will listen to the Croatians, and "reject all idea of driving things to an extreme." This means that agrarian grievances and grievances as to taxation will be redressed, and is the regular policy of the House of Hapsburg. We do not know, if the dual system of the monarchy is to be maintained, that a better could be adopted ; but it will hardly satisfy the Slays. Their radical complaint is that they are subjected to a dominant caste apart from them in language and aspirations, and not even justice will extinguish the sense of this grievance. It cannot, however, be removed without a con- test with the armed Magyars, secretly aided by all Germans, to which the Austrian Court is as yet unequal. The oddity of the position is that the reigning House is not quite sure which nationality it means ultimately to adopt.
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