Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27
HUNoARYs INDEPENDENCE.
Historical Sketch of the Ancient Mag
var Kingdom and Its Po-
htical Struggles.

Ancient Pannonia was occupied by
Romans, Huns, Goths. Avars and
Elavons, but these peoples did not sue
coed In holding 1t long. The Magyar
Prince Arpad founded there 1000 years
ago the constitutional Hungarian state,
which. says Emil Zerkowitz, editor OF
the Budapest Export Review, became
in the year 1000 the apostolic kingdom,
which has held together all Its terri
tories and populations through ten
centuries In the same boundaries, the
tame national character, nay the same
political organization Until 1926 this
kingdom had an Independent life, and
under the kings, Saint Stephen, Louis
the Great and Matthias Corvinlus 1t was
a leading state of Europe. In the six
teenth and seventeenth centuries the
invasion of the Osmanlis compelled the
country to ally itself with Austria, but
It never abdicated its national indie
pendence sanctioned by treaties and
laws. In the war of Rakoczy, the Mag
vars rallied to the princes of Transyl-
vania and fought against Austria for
religious freedom. From 1890 to 1913
the whole nation struggled for polit-
zeal reforms, and the glorious war OF
Kossuth in 184S and 1S49 was fought
for the liberal constitution obtained
by those struggles. The offensive pow
er Of Kossuth was broken down by
Russian Intervention, but until 1866
the nation displayed an indomitable
passive resistance, and succeeded in
1867. by the wisdom and prudence OF
Francis Deak, in restoring its indie
pendence.
In that year the relations between
the Austrian empire and the Hunga-
rian kingdom were fully regulated by
the compromise of 1857 According to
this agreement the two states are per
fectly independent of each other, pos
sessing each It's legislative power and
its executive departments.
The close political connection sub
sists through the identity Sf the SOW
ereign and the community of foreign
affairs, military and naval affairs and
finances relating to these common af-
fairs.
In the sense of the compromise the
two states freely agreed to have the
same system of coinage, of weights and
measures. a joint issue and common
commercial representatives (consuls)
abroad. Legislative power relating TO
common affairs is exercised by the par
laments OF both states, the delegations
being only committees of the two par
l.aments, having The right to fix the
expenditure for common affairs.
IN all other matters Hungary is an
Independent state. living under the
reign of its own kirg, having its own
government. its own parliament; this
latter being rot die, but legislature
coordinate to the Austrian reichsrath.
The customs union with Austria is
the freely consented treaty of two in
GeDendent states. similar to the Gus
tC--s union which the German states
I'D before 1865. The Austro-Hunga-
rian customs union, freely renewed ev-
cry year, failed to be contracted anew
in 1899 and has ceased in principle
Tor certain political and economical
re- sons It has been in fact maintained
as It SEEN ed not wise in the present
critical safe of the general economi-
cal re,ltic0s to try re bold experiment
Of ploc'nc hungarian economical life
upon wholly new terms