Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-08-03

Budapest, Hungary, Aug. 3.-Hun-
gary is face to face with a crisis
graver than any in its history since
Hungary in 1867 became again a con-
stitutional country.
Efforts are being made to set aside
the laws and constitution of the land,
and the people are faced by a govern
m that, finding itself without any
support in parliament, yet seeks to
exercise the right to rule. Baron
Fejervary, the premier, is not sup
ported by any party, nor by public
opinion, and is not able to bring for
ward in parliament any bill that can
be passed into law. The present cab
met is simply an expression of the
will of the sovereign, King Franz
Josef, and is combating the basis of
all constitutionalism, viz: That a
country must be ruled by its majority
in parliament.
The government cannot even pass
its budget bill, and to all intents and
purposes Hungary now is a country
without any government recognized
by the people as the head of it's af-
fairs. Baron Fejervary has attempt
ed to resign office, but the king will
not accept his retirement, knowing
that no parliamentary cabinet to re-
place the present one could be form
ed, so that the tragedy of a whole ma
ton guided by a government on which
1t has passed a vote of no confidence
continues.
The local authorities of the country
are bound by law to disregard all
orders of the government not consti-
%tutionally sound, and the Fejervary
cabinet is very likely to employ force
so as to keep the machinery of the
government running. Should this be
done, time alone can tell what is in
store for the Austro-Hungarian mon
archy.
This situation has been brought
about by the refusal of the King to
agree to the natural and legal de-
mand of the Hungarian people that its
army, which is recruited among the
Hungarian people and maintained by
them, shall be distinctively Hun
garian. At present, the army Is com
manded largely by Austrians, the Ian
guage of command is German and the
colors are those of imperial Austria.
Only IL per cent of the people of Hun
gary speak the German tongue, while
the Hungarian language is used by 60
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of the Hungarians are insulted.
The army, such as it is now, Is a
standing threat and menace to the lib
eTty of the country. 1t has the APP
pearance of an army of occupation,
as If Hungary were a conquered coun-
try, while in fact, Hungary is an in
dependent kingdom, united to AUS
tria only through the fact that the
same man is king of Hungary and
emperor of Austria.
There is no law that can support
this permanent offense to Hungary's
national feeling. Though the Hun
gaTian constitution gives to the king
the post Of commander in chief of the
army, this right cannot be stretched
to mean that the king has authority
to suppress, by his own will alone,
the official language of the country
over which he has a right to reign
as a strictly constitutional monarch.
This abnormal state of affairs has
been tolerated by Hungary since 1867,
but now a demand is made on the
monarchy for a considerable increase
in the size of the army. and for an en-
larged expenditure amounting to APP
proXimately 800, 900 900, and the Hun
garian nation is resolved to exercise
Its just rights. 1t will decline to au-
thorize the raising of more men and