The sun., 1905-09-24
HTNGARIANS ARE DEFIANT.
,rJrCT THE EMPEROR'S PLAN
or REFORMS.
,..ders GIVE Prompt Answer TO Francis
Jo,cph's suggestions, but Remain
IN vienna for Another Conference
.-.ruropr Considers the Outlook Grave.


sp,rli Cuth DrSpatehts 10 THR SUN.
ynsSA, sept. 23.-The Emperor received
..day ,hr leaders of the Hun garian Inde-
ondepc, party, Francis Kossuth, Count
porop Banfy, former Hungarian Premier;
Coun, julius Andrassy and Count Vichy
orovd assembled in the courtyard Of the
..,acc greeted the leaders with shouts Of
Ellen
eys minutes, The Emperor handed Kos
~,b the program Of reforms, saying that
CHANCELLOR Goluchowsky trusted that no
S,rher negotiations would be necessary.
TIM. Hun unsa-!ans then vent to Count
co,uchowski, the Austrian Chan cellor, and
,sfused definitely and ;categorically his
Msiesty's program. They declared they
xo,)a speak only with Hungarian and
xould allow no one but q Hun garian to
,nteryene between them and the Emperor.
After this refusal the Hungarians wished
10 leave Vienna. but Kossuth received by
;mperia courier request to remain with
his colleagues, us the Emperor after hear
inc Of their conversation with Count Golu-
obowsN had telegraphed that the Hun
oarian Count Bella Cziraky WAS coming to
Vienna in order to confer with them In
the position Of a royal representative.
LONDON, Sept 2s,-The failure OF the
meeting to-day between Emperor Francis
Joseph and the Hungarian leaders to bring
about working arrangement renders
the outlook most grave. 1t Is true that
there is still one chance left, as Ia shown
IN the despatch from The SUNS corre-
spondent at Vienna.
1t is possible that the Emperor will be
able to persuade the Hungarian coalition
to listen to reason, though it can hardly be
said that this is probable at present. Men
such as Lengyel, famous as an inventor.
whodemand that Magyar words Of command
shall be employed by the Hungarian
army which remains the chief feature Of
the dispute dictate the policy Of the coali-
ton and have the ear Of the rank and file
Of the people. What hopes there are OF
.necting a compromise with men Of this
,tamp may be calculated from Or. Leng-
wells proclamation three days ago that
there was but one solution Of the situation
that the Emperor should renounce his
dream Of q unified monarchy as an alb
surdity
Dr. Lengyel's position in the matter
Of words OF command is shown even in
Count Apponyi's newspaper, which yester-
day admitted that even If the use Of Magyar
words Of command was granted they
couldn't be used because there were not
enough officers who knew how to give
them The same paper admits that the
prolongation Of the present state OF affairs
will lead to complete anarchy, yet the
leaders of the coalition have hitherto not
submitted any practical proposal for bring
Ing this state Of affairs to an end.
Meanwhile the best that can be said is
that Europe at any rate has escaped one
danger, for in the minds Of many Of the
most competent judges there is no doubt
that had the scheme Of universal suffrage
proposed by the Fejervary Hungarian
Cabinet passed into a law tie first step
would have been taker IN struggle OF
nationalities which wotld have. drenched
the Continent with blood Universal suf-
frage in Hungary must have led to uni
versal suffrage in Austria. Then what
could have prevented the German Empire
from rushing to the rescue Of her kinsman?
Little on this subject has appeared in the
German press, for the simple reason that
the crisis is regarded as too serious for
popular discussion but what the German
feeling is on the matter cannot be dis