Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-22
Hungarian Government Has a
Serious Situation to Deal
With There
MILITARY RULE PROCLAIMED.
Four Regiments of Troops Occupy City
of Asram and 1000 Persons Have
Been Thrown Into Prison-conflict
of Peasants and PoIice-cause Of the
Trouble.

Vienna, May 22.-The Hungarian
government is confronted with a SER
ious revolt in Croatia. The city of
Agram has been occupied by four regi-
ments of infantry. supported by artil-
lery, and fully equipped for war. Mil
itary rule has been proclaimed, and the
principal streets are closed by cordons
of troops. More than 1000 persons
have been thrown into prison. The
troops and peasants have been in con.
tlict at several points.
The observance at Agram Of the an
niversary of the death of Jellacihich Won
minated in a conflict with the police,
who attacked the crowds with sabers,
wounding many persons, and making
$50 arrests.
AT Buccari and Meta 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 mill
tia arrived the peasants pelted them
with stones, injuring several soldiers.
The troops retaliated by shooting and
bayoneting many Of the peasants.
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 dis
content Of the peasantry arising from
the extreme poverty prevailing every
where and from the fact that the
peasants are on the verge of famine.
Second, the indignation aroused by the
alleged tyrannical rule of Count Khun
Hedervary, the present ban of Croatia.
The Croatians attribute much of their
poverty to the financial methods of
the Hungarian government, which is
accused of drawing from Croatia money
in excess Of its legal proportion of the
taxes, in spite of the protests of the
inhabitants.
The recent attempts made to intro
duce the Magyar language in Croatia
has especially aroused popular indig-
nation. The Hungarian Croatian aus
gleich of 1868 expressly provided that
Croatian should be the official language
of Croatia in all affairs with Hungary,
but now the Hungarian government is
plaCilies Tie hungarian coat Oh aFHiS
on the Croatian railroad stations, off,
cial buildings, letter boxes, and else
where, thereby occasioning riots at
Agram and other towns, as since the
riots of 1883 the combined Hungarian
and Croatian emblems had been used
up to the present.
The Croatians declare that there is
absolutely no liberty of the press. The
people have not the right to hold pub
lie meetings, not even at election time,
and the government is accused Of abso-
lutely controlling the elections. In sup
port of the accusation it is pointed
out that in spite Of the anti Hungarian
sentiment turnout the country fifty
four OF the lightweight deputies in the
Croatian diet are supporters of Hun
gary.
Only 3 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.
The present agitation covers the en-
tire country, from Essegg in the east,
to the districts on the Adriatic coast.
In the districts around KreutZ the dis
turbances have socialistic origin. In
the towns of the Agram district gen.
orally the language question is the
principal cause of the trouble. In the
coast districts the hatred of public
officials has caused the outbreaks.