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COUNT STEPHEN TISZA, whose hitherto unpublished letter is printed below, was one of the men who counted in the affairs of pre-war Europe. He was a thorough Magyar, a Calvinist, strong-willed and calculating, jealously watchful over the rights of his half of the Dual Monarchy against possible encroachments either by the Germans of Austria or by the Slavs and Rumanians who came within his jurisdiction as Premier of Hungary. These he openly despised, nor did he hold the Germans of Austria in much g...

The Boss of Austria A Sketch of “Iron Count" Tisza Who Has Ruled for Many Years. THE outside world has had the vaguest ideas of real conditions in AustriaHungary, not only since the war started but before as well. The figure of the old Emperor stood out and other names were familiar though occasional mention in the newspapers —Berchtold, Tisza, Burian. It is interesting to learn, therefore, that the Dual Monarchy has possessed for many years a “boss.” Tisza, the “Iron Count,” exerci...

The Infamy of Austria How the War Was Engineered — The Sinister Work of Count Berchtold SINCE the revolution in Austria the archives of the Ballplatz have been rifled and interesting documents with reference to the origin of the war have come to light. They show that Austria deliberately plotted the conquest of Serbia hoping to “get away with it,” but prepared, with the knowledge that Germany was behind her, to fight a general European war, if necessary. Austria, moreover, considered an i...