Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-22
REVOLT IN CROATIA
Celebration at Agram Culmi-
 mates In Conflict.
CITY UNDER MILITARY CONTROL.
Peasants Try to Destroy Railroad and Stop Concentration of Troops. Race Hatred Between SIavs and
 MaHyars Disturbing Cause.

Race Hatred Between SIRvs and
 MaYyars Disturbing Cause.
 VIENNA, May 22.-The revolt in Croatia is spreading to every part of the titular kingdom and threatens to extend to Dalmatia.
 The celebrations at Agram of the an- niversary of the death of Jellacihich von Buzin, the former ban of Croatia (who died at Agram, May 20, 1S59), cul- minated in a fierce conflict with the police, who attacked the crowds with sabers, wounding many persons and making $50 arrests, including several students and women. The city of Agram is now completely under mili- tary rule. The principal streets are closed by cordons of troops. Four reg iments, fully equipped for war, have been ordered to proceed from Oeden- burg to the Agram district 1-
 At Buccari and Meja thousands of peasants attempted to destroy the rail road in order to prevent the arrival of troops. They tore up the rails at five different points. and when the military arrived the peasants pelted them with stones, injuing several soldiers. The troops retaNated by shooting and bayo- netting many of the peasants.
 The Slavs resident in various parts of Austria and Bohemia are holding indignation meetings to protest against the proceedings in Croatia, where, as already cabled, over 2,OOo persons have already been imprisoned.
 Tn Dalmatia important demonstra- tions have been planned for May 24. when protest meetings will be held in twenty different places.
 The disturbances in Croatia are pri- marily due to the long standing race hatred between the Slavs and the Mag vars.
 The present outbreak has two main sources-first, the general discontent of the peasantry arising from the extreme poverty prevailing everywhere and from the fact that in some parts of the country the peasants are on the verge of famine; second, the indignation aroused by the alleged tyrannical rule of Count Khuen .Hedervary, the pres ent ban of Croatia. The Croatians at tribute much of their poverty to the financial methods of the Hungarian government, which is accused of draw ing from Croatia money in excess of its legal proportion of the taxes in spite of the protests of the inhabitants.
 Consequently throughout Croatia there is increasing hatred of Hunga- rian rule and language. The recent at tempts made to introduce the Magyar language in Croatia has especially aroused popular indignation. The Hun garian-Croatian agreement of 1868 ex- pressly provided that Croatian should be the official language of Croatia in all affairs with Hungary, but now the Hungarian government is placing tue Hungarian coat of arms on the Croa- tan railroad stations, official buildings, letter boxes and elsewhere, thereby oc- casioning riots at Agram and other towns, as since the riots of 1888 the combined Hungarian and Croatian em- blens had been used up to the present.
 As evidence of official tyranny the Croattans point out that there is ab- solutely no liberty of the press. Scarce ly a day has passed for many years without opposition newspapers being con6scated, and latterly they were all suppressed The people have not the right to hold public meetings, not even at election time, and the government is accused of absolutely controlling the elections. In support of this accusa- ton it is pointed out that in spite of the anti-Hungarian sentiment through out the country Afty-four of the eighty eight deputies in the Croatian diet are supporters of Hungary. Only per cent of the population is allowed to vote, and many Opposition voters and even Opposition candidates have been imprisoned on the eve of election day. The Croatians, in brief, enjoy absolute i ly no rights of citizenship
 The present agitation covers the en- tire country, from Essegg in the east to the districts on the Adriatic coast, its immediate cause varying according to the different localities.
 | Tn the districts around Kreutz the disturbances have socialistic origin, the peasants attacking the HunGarians not on account of their nationality, but because they are wealthy.
 Tn the towns of the Agram district generally the language question is the l principal cause of the troubles.
 Tn the coast districts the hatred of public officials has caused the out breaks.