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Title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 59, December 23, 1897
A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls

Author: Various

Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop

Release Date: August 9, 2005 [EBook #16498]

Language: English

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VOL. 1 DECEMBER 23, 1897. NO. 59

=Copyright, 1897, by THE GREAT ROUND WORLD Publishing Company.=

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The troubles in Austria have not been brought to a close by the downfall
of Count Badeni and the appointment of Baron von Gautsch.

Count Badeni was, as you will remember, particularly obnoxious to the
German element in Austria, and many people thought that his dismissal
would restore harmony. Instead, it has given rise to some very serious
rioting in Bohemia.

We explained to you in a former number that Austro-Hungary is composed
of a number of states and provinces.

The leading races in this much-disturbed country are the Germans, the
Slavs, and the Magyars.

The Germans number about ten and a half millions; the Slavs, who
comprise about nine distinct races, about twenty millions; and the
Magyars about seven and a half millions.

The most important of the Slavs are the Czechs, or Bohemians, who number
about five and a half of the total twenty millions.

While, as you can readily see, the Slavonic races considerably outnumber
the Germans and the Magyars, the government is vested in these two
latter races, and therefore the Slavs are forced to obey the will of the
governing people. They do so, as we have seen, with a very bad grace.

Between the Magyars and the Germans there is no great friendliness, but
the Hungarians have their own parliament, and are independent in many
things. Between the Austrians and the Czechs there is an intense and
undying antipat