He was elected a member of the Reichsrath.
"Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ"
Rev. A. Bernstein, B.D.
With a bitter smile he recalled a passage in a Vienna humorous paper which, under the heading of "A disaster prevented," set forth the peril from drowning from which the entire government had been saved by the presence of mind of the president of the Reichsrath, Herr Doctor Smolka, who had contrived just in the nick of time to put a stop to a torrent of words from Baron Karl Leskjewitsch.
"'O Thou, My Austria!'"
Ossip Schubin
In the Reichsrath they called him "Old England."
"'O Thou, My Austria!'"
Ossip Schubin