Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-05-28
INTENSE HATRED.
Crotians Revolt Against Hum
garian Methods.
Numerous Instances of Official Tyr-
amy People Not Allowed TO
Hold Public Meetings and
Only Per Cent. Per-
mitted TO Vote.

10 Otes
Vienna, May 22.-The revolt in
Croatia is spreading to every part of
the kingdom and threatens to extend
to Dalmatia. The celebration at
Agram on Wednesday of the anniver-
sary of the death of Jellacihich Won
Buzim, the former ban of Croatia,
eliminated in fierce conflict with
the police, who attacked the crowds
with sabres, wounding many persons
and making $50 arrests, including
several students and women. The
city of Agram is now completely un-
der military rule. The principal
streets are closed by cordons of
troops. Four regiments, fully
equipped for war; have been ordered
to proceed to the Agram district.
At Buccari and Meja thousands of
peasants attempted to destroy the
railroad in order to prevent the arri-
val of troops. They tore up the rails
at five different points and when the
military arrived the peasants pelted
them with stones, injuring several
soldiers. The troops retaliated by
shooting and bayoneting many of the
peasants.
The Slavs resident in various parts
of Austria and Bohemia are hold
ing indignation meetings to protest
against the proceedings in Croatia,
where over 1000 persons have already
been imprisoned.
In Dalmatia important demonstra-
tions have been planned for May "a,
when protest meetings will be held
in 20 different places.
The disturbances in Croatia are pri-
marily due to the long standing race
hatred between the Slavs and The
Magyars.
The present outbreak has two main
sources. First, the general discon-
tent 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 present ban
of Croatia.
The Croatians attribute much of
their poverty to the financial meth
DDS 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. Con-
sequently throughout Croatia there
is increasing hatred of Hungarian
rule and language. The recent at
tempt made to introduce the Mag
var language in Croatia has especially
aroused popular indignation. The
Experimentation ausgleich of 1865
provided that Croatian should be the
| official language of Croatia in all af
| fairs with Hungary. but now the
Hungarian government is placing the
Hungarian coat of arms on the Croa-
| tian railroad stations, official build
| ings, letter boxes and elsewhere,
| thereby occasioning riots at Agram
and other towns, as since the riots
of 1888 the combined Hungarian and
| Croatian emblems had been used up
! to the present.
As evidence of official tyranny the
| Croatians point out that there is alb
solutely no liberty of the press.
| Scarcely a day has passed for many
years without opposition newspapers
being confiscated and latterly they
were all suppressed. The people
! have not the right to hold public
| meetings, Hoi even at 6letliOH llllc,
and the government is accused of alb
solutely controlling the elections. In
| support of this accusation it is point
ed out that in spite of the anti-Hun-
| garian sentiment throughout the
country 81 of the IS deputies in the
! Croatian diet are supporters of Hun
| gary. Only per cent. of the popu-
| lation is allowed to vote and many
| opposition voters and even opposition
candidates have been imprisoned on
! the eve of election day. The Croa-
tians. in brief. enjoy absolutely no
rights of citizenship.
The present agitation covers the
entire country from Essegg, in the
east. to the districts on the Adriatic
coast. its immediate cause varying ac-
cordin9 to the different localities.
In the districts around Kreutz the
! Disturbances have q socialistic origin,
the peasants attacking the Hungar-
! ians not on account of their national
| ity. but because they are wealthy.
Count Ehuen Hedervary. who has
been ban of Croatia for 90 years, is
! the object of special detestation on
! the part of the Croatians. Although
he was born in Croatia and educated
| at the University of Agram, the ban
is intensely Hungarian and he is re-
! garded by the people as being
proud aristocrat, seeking only per-
sonal power regardless of the well
fare of the country.