New-York tribune., 1893-12-24

appIaud,ng Dr. Wekerle. and there is a pubic
enthusiasm for that Minister which Will be OF III
calculable value to him in the great fight over
the Civil Marriage bill, upon which he is enter
ing.
Buda- Pesth will wear its new honors worthny
There are no stateer courtiers In the worid
than the Magnates Of Hungary. and there IS
no finer city on the Continent for royal capital
than their metropolis. 1t is In many respects
vastly superior to Vienna. For one thing. It's
situation is finer. the Danube here being a much
larger and more imposing stream than at the
Austrian capital. And then. as a recent writer
has described 1t. IT Is city Of more than haif
million inhabitants and yet without any poor
with handsome streets and boulevards but no
sums. with the grandest European river run
ming through It, bearing up the fruit and corn or
Turkey, and bringing down the products OF
Germany; placed where the East joins the
West and where the Wallachan In his sneep-
skin and the Croat in his flowing rODes iillHgie
with the tailor-bound slaves of fashion that Is
called civilized: with vineyards nesting on tne
hillside and dotted among the houses; on the
edge Of the great Hungarian plain, when Is one
OF the richest agricultural tracts IN the Woilu'
with a prospect bounded by the Carpathiah
Mountains and rich In every variety OF scenery.
Buda- Pesth is thus Of the most attractive
and yet Of the least known OF the erea.
cities OF Europe. It's hotels are excelient' IL
possesses n fine opera-house and severai thea-
tres; there is delightful fashion OF dining IN
the open air; there Is more than one restaurant
where the cooking Is not only good, but artlstlc'
the Danube supplies abundance or tne nr1y
tribe, including sterlet which Brillat-SaVarih
pronounced to be the best fish In the world;
there are capital bands In the pubic parks anu
I'm haIr dozen beer gardens: and II would be
difficult to while away a summer evening iloie
pleasantly than at the Margaretnan ihsgi, ~
the middle Of the Danube. where all Buda- RESIN
daily bctakes itself to eat wienerschhitzel ana
drink Hungarian wine under the trees whlie
gypsy band discourses wild music. the river
flows ut the foot of the vineyard ana the moon
lights up the Turkish mosque opposite
Moreover. though it is rich In legendary lore
and historic treasures. 'uda Pesth is an intehsey
modern city Its growth of late has been star,
tling It's population having more than douped
in twenty years. This fact was observed most
forciby few years back. when the great SA-
hibtion was held there. The lovely park, where
the exhibition buildings stood. had been twenty
ycars before, little more than a waste, the mag
ninccnt Andrassy Boulevard. which leads 10 IL,
had not even been designed: I'm fact. the city.
which now ranks capital ana which re-
minds one of Brussels for its modern archltcct,
ural beauties and Of Edinburgh Tor us na'ura' @
scenic splendor was then but dreaty pro
vincial town. There has been nothing coinpar-
able 10 the rapid development of Buda- festh IN
the history OF modern European cities IN
America and Australia cities spring up as THIS
one has done: but they are creations of accl-
dent or necessity. whereas Buda-Pesth mas pe-
come what II is because there has been nN"d
determination i'm the hearts and minds OF the
Hungarans that II should flourish INTO Riahu
place II had factories to help 1t on its pan
ul-. was not nayigable for great snlpping. ltS
trade IVES small. yet II has prospcred ana lts
aestines are still unaccomplished. for II Is very
likely that in the future when the Danube mas
been TRANSFORMED Buda- -Pesth and not vienna
will become the great emporium OF bahuoiah
commerce.
This f. likely hccausc the Niennesc are content
TO sit with their arms folded. while the Hun
garIans I'm all matters that concern the progress
4 their country 20 t. work with arms ana
lcgs together Between the Magyar character
and that ~ the Austrians-but especially inc
Viorncsc-therc IL the same difference as DE-
tween sparkling wine and oil. Point out 10
Vinnucsc that some II his institutions ar" cap
abl. ~ Improvement and H. Will most amiapiy
agree will laugh against himself ana VIII 90
nothing: the Hungarian. on the contrary. bristes
M at the slightest breath II criticism. but ne
takes note ~ what Is said and tries - iar hS III
him lies 10 get things improved. Iy means oi
their active jealous patriotism. Sinking no er"r'
sticking AT no sacrifice. tn" HungnrianS' nave
dnne wonders for themselves. and IN" progress
- their capital Ia but "A sign OF the advance
which their whole nation has made ana ~ sun
making They will become an Industrial hatioh
since thcv have set their hearts upon H. ana
viii lose none ~ their virtues as soldiers ana
rreemcn by acquiring new oncs-those when
husincss-llke spirit brings. Hungary holding
sword in her right hand will henccforth nave
hammer I'm her lcft.'