The Washington times., 1894-03-24
MORE TROUBLE is FEARED
A Day Of Rioting and Excitement at
Buda Pesth,
PARLIAMENT HOUSE ATTACK
Students and Citizens Renew Their Assau {
Upon the Opera House-Fiery Language
from the Admirers of Hungary's Dead Pa
triot and Soldier-sympathy Expressed.

BUDA PEsTH, March 23.-There is still con-
siderable excitement to-day among the
students and others who took part in the
riotous demonstrations last night against
those citizens who had not displayed en-
bems Of mourning in honor OF Louis Kos
suth.
During the invasion of the theaters by the
students who drove the actors and audiences
from the buildings, and as result Of the
conflicts which took place between the
students and the police later, when the
former dispersed the audiences in the con-
cert halls, over twenty people were more
or less seriously injured. As matter OF pre-
caution there is great and increased display
of mourning emblems to-day, as the citizens
who do not make such an exhibition OF re-
spect to the memory of Kossuth, are almost
certain to have their windows smashed by
the students this evening.
The students have announced their deter
mination to compel people of all classes to
! show respect to the memory of the general
and opposition to the will of the students,
backed up as they are by crowds of spmpa-
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serious disorder.
As the day wore on people began to gather
in crowds about the squares and other similar
places. and their number was rapidly in
creased when the students put in an appear
ance in force and commenced making violent
addresses in which they referred in fiery Ian
guage TO the late Gen. Kossuth to the i'm
mense services which he had rendered to the
cause of liberty and denounced in strong
terms the action of the government in allow
ing him to die in exile.
An enormous and excited crowd gathered
in front OF the parliament house. which was
strongly guarded by police. Led on by the
excited students, the people flied the air with
shouts and threats, insisting that parliament
was not doing sufficient to honor
the memory of the dead patriot. FL
nally the crowd made q dangerous rush
toward the doors of the parliament
house and sharp engagement with
tine police followed. Eventually the polce
strongly reinforced, charged upon the mob
and drove it back; but the excited people
seemed determined to force au entrance into
the house OF Parliament. 1t required
number of charges upon the part of the police
before the crowd was kept within a reasona-
BILE distance of the doors.
Inside the parliament house there was
large attendance of deputies. and the public
galleries wer. packed with people either
ing mourning badges. When the president
arose to address the house the most profound
silence was observed throughout the chamber.
Allthe deputies arose nom theirseats and stood
with bowed heads while the president an
nounced the death Of Louis Kossuth. The
president was most deeply affected while
making his address to the deputies. and al
most broke down when he spoke of the pa
;riots death in foreign land. The presi-
dent of the chamber concluded his remarks
with asking for the unanimous adoption
OF the proposals made by DR.. Alex
ander Wekerle, president Of the council of
ministers who. ut the conference Of the Lib
eral members of the Hungarian diet last
evening. suggested that the house express
the nations gratitude for the services rem
dered by kossuth. and that it also send Il tele-
gram expressing sympathy with the family Of
the dead general. These suggestions were
adopted.
Shortly after darkness had set in crowds
began to gather in cafes and other places OF
public resort. the proprietors Of which were
in sympathy with them. Soon the crowds
took to the streets, where their numbers were
rapidly augmented. and began acting
in Il riOtouS manner in different
parts of the city. The black flag that had
been hoisted under protest had been hauled
down again after .he military had succeeded
in driving the crowd from the vicinity of the
building late in the afternoon and when
this news spread it excited the deepest
Indignation among the populace. 1t was said
that the flag hal been holsted. not out of re-
spect for the memory of kossuth, but simply
for the purpose OF appeasing the fury of the
populacc.
Tonight Andrassy strasse. close to which
the opera house is located. and the other
streets in the immediate vicinity were filed
with :. mob. the members OF which bitterly
denounced the government and the directors
of the opera house for what was termed TO as
respect shown the memory OF the greatest OF
Magyars. For time no overt act was COM
mitted. and the military stationed along An
drassy strasse made no attempt to disperse
the crowd. Then finally some men began to
throw stones. while others hurled insulting
cpitlets at the troons and the police