Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-07
HUNGARIAN PATRIOTS.
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SKETCHES OF GENERAL kLAP-
KA AND GENERAL TELEKI.
Remarkable Career of n Brilliant Musi-
clan and Brave Soldier-Strug-
giles In Behalf of Their
Native Country.

peril Than Alexander lelekl says the
New York Tribune. In his youth he
was a brilliant musician, the bosom
friend of Franz Liszt with whom he
travelled about Europe on concert
tours and in quest of pleasure. Dur.
ing a trip to Spain he became enam-
ored OF beautiful damsel the
daughter of a Carlist leader. For her
sake he joined the Pretender's forces
and distinguished himself by his valor
and daring. Rashly venturing with
in reach OF the government troops for
the sake of an interview with her. he
was taken prisoner and spent several
months in Jail.
Effecting his escape. he found his
fickle mistress welded to another
whereupon he left Spain and returned
to Hungary just in time TO join the
revolutionists there. After a brilliant
career he was taken prisoner and cast
into a dungeon at Arad. But again
he made his escape and fed to
Turkey. Thence he went to France
and ardently identified himself with
the Republic, and became an intimate
friend of Victor Hugo. A few months
later came the coup detat and he
was driven into exile living with
Hugo at Guernsey. When the Crimean
war came on he went thither and did
gallant service. after which he re-
visited Turkey. and then settled in
Switzerland. In the latter country
he was married to an English lady.
She died within year and he there
upon went to Italy and took up y
soldiers Lille once more.
He was ono OF the bravest OF
the famous Thousand OF MARSHA and
would probably have risen to high
honors in Italy had not the amnesty
of 1867 been declared in Hungary.
Taking advantage OF that act he re-
turned home and settled upon his an
cestral estates, which had been re-
stored to him. There he lived for the
rest OF his life a quiet happy coun-
try gentleman. But to the end OF his
days he hated the Austrians with ir-
recoucilable hatred; and when his
son entered parliament as a supporter
OF the government he almost dis
owned him and publicly declared
that the young man had degraded
himself and disgraced the family.
General Klapka's life was equally
stirring and eventful and his part in
the Hungarian revolution was much
more important He began his mill
tary career in Vienna rs an officer OF
the imperial guard. He resigned his
commission In 1917 to 60 TO India and
serve in a distinguished capacity the
Maharajah OF Lahore. But on his
way thither he stopped to pay fare
well visit to his sister in Transylva-
MIA While he wa. there the revolu-
tion began. He fastened TO Buda-
Pesth and found that Apponyi and
Metternich had been overthrow. In
stantly he wrote to the Mahara ali.
resigning his commission aud then
offered his services TO the Prime Min
ister Louis Batthyani He quickly
rose to eminence. Within six months
he was a general. and within a year
he was COMMUNICATIVE chief Of the
Hungarian armies.
After the capitulation lie fed to
London and lived there Fur some
years He married an English lady
and wrote two or three important
historical works.
His latter years were chiefly spent
abroad. the winters at Constantinople
the summers in Switzerland. His
death, however occurred at Buda-
Pesth in hotel One day he was in
perfect health. He dined with some
friends and entertained them with the
conversational brilliancy for which
he was famoua Then he went to bed,
fell asleep and never awoke.
But il his end was peaceful his
funeral was not; his funerals rather
for he had two Late at night the
night following his death. his body
was being watched over by two news
paper reporters and several OF the
hotel servants; so little honor was
paid him! 1t had not yet been placed
in coffin. At about midnight couple
OF men came from an undertaken 8
chop bringing a coffin. into which
they hurried the body and then took
it away. They conveyed it to the re-
ceiving vaults OF the cemetery and
placed 1t therein with no more cere :
mony than il it had been dog. The
reporters thereupon fastened to ac-
quaint some members OF parliament
with what had been done. and when
the session opened that day there was
a scene. The opposition members de-
manded to know whether the govern
ment had authorized such disrespect
to the remains Of the illustrious SOL
dier. No answer was al first made.
The prime minister. Count Szapary.
was absent and in his absence no one
ventured to speak for the govern.
ment Then some hot-blooded May
gar cried: Did Szapary authorize itp
And is that why he Is afraid 10 be in
place to-dayP' A tremendous tumult
arose. The chamber became mob.
Few suspected Count Szgpary OF be-
ing guilty, yet his absence was sus-
picious and none OF his colleagues
dared say word in his defense.
Send for Szapary!'' rose the cry.
'Let him come at once or we will
fetch h M" So the tumult ragged for
an hour. Then Count Szapary came
hurrying In. He gave ample