Excerpt from Austria-HungaryN ow it is hardly needful to stop to prove that there is no such thing as an Austrian language, that a whole crowd of languages are spoken within the dominions of the sovereign of Austria German, Magyar, Italian, Ruman, and the various dialects Of the great Slavonic majority. Each of these is the language of a nation, the whole or part of which is under the rule of an Aus trian prince, but there is no Austrian language, no Austrian nation therefore there can be no such thing as Austrian national honor. Nor can there be an Austrian policy in the same sense in which there is an English or a French policy, that is, a policy in which the English or French government carries out the will of the Eng lish or French nation. Nor can there be a common 'austrian interest' for all the dominions of the sovereign of Austria, for the interests of the German and the Magyar on the one hand, of the Slav and the Ruman on the other, are always different, and often opposed. In truth, such phrases as 'austrian interests, ' Austrian policy and the like, do not mean the interests or policy Of any nation at all. They simply mean the interests and policy of a particular ruling family, which may often be the same as the interests and wishes Of particular parts of their dominions, but which can never represent any common interest or common wish on the part Of the whole.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.