The herald., 1896-05-03

| Germany will also be an extensive eX-
| hibitor, as the reigning Austrian family
| is descended from Count Rudolph of
| Hapsburg. who was elected emperor of
| Germany in 1876.
| There are scores of archdukes in Aus
tria and Hungary, and all of them have
| arranged to take some part in the ex-
position. Many of them have had sep
! arate pavilions erected in the exhibition
! grounds for the dfiplay of their treas
ures, the most handosme of these struc-
lures being the pavilion of the Arch
| duke Joseph.
To those interested in the way the
warriors of old carried on their war;
! fare the exposition will have a peculiar
interest. Armor and other implements
OF warfare used by the brave Magyars
who Comprised the army of the invading
| Prince Arfad, when he defeated Eva
! topuk king of the Slavs, will be shown.
! Later on Arfad whose fame as a war
/ rior made his will the law even outside
| of his own domain, purchased vast ar
! cas- of land. the nominal price paid be-
ing seven white stations. All the stall
/ lions of the world-white, brown. black
and of every other color-would not buy
one hundredth part of that territory to-
/ day.
1t will be graphically shown how the
| hardy Mortimer of Europe overran Ita
| ly, Spain, Hungary Austria and the
! NtNl VI COlLilCiA IIuIoDe Ill lDe IllluUlt
ages, conQuering principalties, humil-
/ ating the mobiles, levying tribute right
| and left and tearing the whole country
| wide open with the ravageS of merce-
! nary warfare.
An historical fact of considerable in
terest is that the exposition will be held
on the same ground where a thousand
years ago the Magyar parliament met.
! The site is in part of Budapests park
| land and lies just east of the city prop
| er The exposition grounds cover an
area of 4;50o,000 square feet, and will
contain 169 buildings and pavilions,
! erected at a cost OF 10, coo, 600 florins or
| 81 0000 600.
| Another feature of more than usual
note is that the new house of the Hun
! earian parliament will be opened. 1t
| has cost 600 forms ($6, 400, ,000) and
| taken twelve years to build. Five hun
dred new primary and technical schools
in various parts Of the country will be
opened, and the Iron Gate" which, like
Hell Gate in East river has always
| been menace to the naVigat tion of the
, lower Danube, will be dedicated. This
enterprise was commenced by Count
Szechenyi and finished by Hungarian
engineering skill and capital
Many of the exposition buildings will
| be permanent, also grand triumphal
| arch, which has been erected in the
| city. On it have been placed statutes
| of the men who figured prominently in
| the affairs of Hungary during the past
ten years. Scores of patriotic memori-
, ais will be dedicated in the form of col
I umns and tablets erected at the seven
| points in and around the city occupied
! by the horsemen of Arfad when he made
| his great conquering onslaught.
The sultan of Turkey has emptied his
| accumulation of relics into the eXposi-
| tion buildings. Centuries ago his pre-
! decessors on the Ottoman throne had
| much to do with influencing the desti-
| MES of Hungary, and everything illus
| tratiVe of the political, military, social,
| religious and private life Of the people
! viii be shown.
| The architectural display promises to
! be unique, as it covers a period of years
! not often attempted by similar eXposi-
| tions. j viii practically be a review of
| the architecture Of the country for 1000
| years, showing the hut of the peasant
and the castle of the nobleman in all
| their changes from the time of Arfad
| to the present
The exposition will continue for five
! months, closing on October 1st.