To the Editor of the "Norru-Cutva Dany News."
Sim,—It_is an_ inexplicable mistake which the Press of the world in general, but especially the English Press, makes, that they donot grasp the following facts.
1—That Austria and Hungary. are separate States.
—That there exists an Austrian Reichstag and a Hungarian House of Commons.
3.—That each State has its own Minis-
G—Thai there is an Austrian ands Hungarian Capital—Vienna and Budapest. As the Emperor of Austria, the sovereign lives six months of the year in Vienna, and as the King of Hungary six months in Budapest.
5.—That the two States are quite independent of one another, the Army and Navy only being common to both. There is no Austrian Army or Navy in existence, any more than there is an English army: or Navy. At the same time I might also state that no one recognises an Austrian Consulate or Legation, but only an "Austro-Hungarian."
6.—Roferring to your telegram of this morning. There is no " Austro-Hun; rian Delegation." There is a Delegation chosen by the Hungarian House of Commons and one by the Austrian Reichstag—ergo two Delegations.
7.—Thero is a joint Board of War and Finance which is however to a certain extent responsible to an Austrian tion and to a Hungarian Delegation.
8.—Further Reuter says:—" These enormous demands so celeste have caused amazement and anxiety at Vienna" The sender of the telegram poems to think that the effects of these demands were only felt in Vienna.
Budapest, or I should say Hungary, which has to pay more than one third of those demands if voted by the Delegation, isnot considered at all.
Of course it does not hurt Hungary. Tt is, however, annoying to be called an Austrian when we are asked to what nation we belong, and we say Hungarian, I should like to know the feelings of an Irighinan or Scotchman if the British Parliament, Army, and Navy were called English.
Apologising for taking up sv much of your valuable space, Iam, ete, 1th May.
Our correspondent has misread the telegram; the words were "the Austro-Hungarian delegations." As a matter of fact, the British Parliament, Bary are often called English Poctry.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.