. A complete geography. A USTRIA-HUNGARY 451 variety of languages. But no matter from what part of the earth ourcitizens have come, they have, in most cases, greatly modified their for-mer customs and have become genuine Americans in spirit. The prin-cipal exception are the Chinamen, who, instead of identifying themselveswith us, remain Chinamen as long as they live. _ The many distinct peoples of Austria-Hungary resemble the Chinamenm their tendency to remain apart. They are not only dissimilar in reli-gion, ambitions, and customs, but their interests are often conflicting; andthey are jealou
. A complete geography. A USTRIA-HUNGARY 451 variety of languages. But no matter from what part of the earth ourcitizens have come, they have, in most cases, greatly modified their for-mer customs and have become genuine Americans in spirit. The prin-cipal exception are the Chinamen, who, instead of identifying themselveswith us, remain Chinamen as long as they live. _ The many distinct peoples of Austria-Hungary resemble the Chinamenm their tendency to remain apart. They are not only dissimilar in reli-gion, ambitions, and customs, but their interests are often conflicting; andthey are jealous and suspicious of, and often hostile to, one another. Fig. Parliament building at Vienna. It has been a difficult matter to bring these people under a com-mon rule. Nevertheless, in 1867, the Austrian Empire and thekingdom of Hungary were united under Emperor Joseph to formthe empire of Austria-Hungary. Each of the countries preserves itsown constitution, makes its own laws, and is independent of theother in many respects, as we found to be the case in Norway andSweden (p. 399). But they work together in matters of commoninterest, such as the army and navy, foreign affairs, and finance. Natural Resources. — Many of the mountain slopes are forest-covered, and in the remoter parts wild animals are still nearly one-third of the empire is wooded, lumber forms oneof the important resources of the country. Where the woods have been cleared away, there are pastures forsheep and goats. Cattle are also raised, especially on the lowlands. 452 EUROPE Near the Adriatic and in the warmer valleys there are manyvineyards ; and the
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