The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-03

inc Hungarian language be used. for | ti.s word of command In the army in Hungary. by all ofieers holding the | of rank higher than major.
 That the Hungarian people have been animated by q strong and deep desire no further argument than the fact of ] the Mag revolution of 184S rendered notable by the appeal of Louis Kossuth
 to England ana the tnitsd ,s,ah States This that movement remained alive and Is | continual effort to obtain from the l existence independent of Austria. in
 constant battling in the arena of poli. ticai control against any and all effort
 % tas the % Of the peope
 the rights granted to the Hungarian
 nation under %nI.i IS c0n'situtiSn; 70. sisauS.s.
 In the words of a prominent Hunga.
 rian leader. the struggle is. in Its broader outlines, an energetic amrma-
 prevalence of royal prerosative. Every | opportunity to further the Hungarian ideal is grasped with avidity today and | the following reason certainly IS not
 Franz isasa An Ferdinand. and WRo Win become
 King of Hungary upon the death or | the present King Francis Joseph, Is
 is generally credited with being anti | Hungarian and if the Hungarians have l eventually to contend with him they | want to get into their hands just as to accept and observe the Hungafian
 Gonstitation and to the ast Msnsasaass ssaeaes
 old, ana 1t is consecrated in the blood
 of countless thousands of brave men Political strife between the Hun garian nation and the crown IS no new
 thing and interest therein ,hs cnree oetea of such strife. the constitution is threat | ened the nation awakens to defence
 and aggression. and when when the s stribe ,he possibility of independence of the nas
 iion comes to, the fore in series f of
 national demassds. s1ch demanas haam raeo1de are
 ed in the Associated Press dispatches. Since the efforts of the crown to force nority after the opposition was elected
 jority. since the crown has refused the
 demand of the majority TOT h. the rn,x use snd o5
 since the Hungarians declared thelr
 constitutional rights were being in
 9p9h by yocs fhe sTowa .arfe an ar,sng
 over the will of the Grown on one side id and the opposition and demands of tho
 on shs ohsT S An aas
 mPSr'ninst Nor mas.er Without its serious
 Say Ths pariiamens na
 today an imperative body The minis
 ter is discredited. the premier power
 countay 1essi and is sMitaoSs responsbie gov
 ernment, in a condition of ex legis, and
 there are important matters ahead Of
 co-operation of the Hungarian parlia- ment for their fullfilment There are
 several commercial treaties between
 ASen iapse on ana 1s5s | New commercial treaties with Ger: | many and Italy have been determined
 tive until passed by the Hungarian parliament, and other treaties. are
 bending with Russia, Switzerland and the Balkan states.
 | Parliament's Consent.
 priated $9O,O0O.eoO for national defense
 and contracts for much of this sum
 have already been given out: yet the l garian parliaments gives its consent
 to the appropriation. And the parlia-
 ment practically says to the Grown
 to our army demands" to which the Crown replies You may have anything in reason except the use of the Hun garian language in the army that you
 The conditions which have led up to
 the present conflict f. are these; :v.II nntSs tSs government made demands upon the Hungarian parliament for a consider
 able increase in the quota of army re,
 a proposal to augment the annual grant to the Crown: These demands
 the Hungarians declined on what 3, ,f0 10
 into ineor oSpptHraetion SpHstiO They made counter
 demands upon the Grown: whle9 cnme %rne
 parative peace the conflict between
 Parliament and Grown was maintalneo
 with energy through several l,nah ministries Iies
 gained minor points, and the strong
 weapon of the house was always ob-
 The standing rules of procedure for
 the Hungerian lower house are very liberal; they evidently were draIteo
 with the purpose of faciiittating t retsp- Psp-
 sions of the crown. Last October Ere. | mier Tisza made a suecessful attempt
 abrSgate the rules of spnst ibis ob
 patience. In other words he applied
 the cloture and took away rom d9onda the | Parliament was dissolved very soon af- | ter this occurrence. and on January 70.
 1905. the Government otnn went to Tba tne smit
 was unexpected. The ministerial or
 so-cailed Liberal Party was over | whelmingly routed and there came in l to concrete existence the combined op- position of today. the Independence l Party" This party is composed Of va
 grams and tendencies. but all united | over the one bone of contention-the | military demands-the use or the Hun l garian language and the Hungarian | flag in the army in Hungary: r,S', ineSe | demands the crown has peremptoriiy l and convincingly refused and the newly | elected parliamentary majority had to l choose between relinquishing its prin. 1 ciples or abandoning It's prospects or | power It decided to hold to its prin- | its demands as the crown Is In US re- | The man who would have said last | February, when the resignations of the | Tisza Cabinet were placed Tn the hands | of the King. that this cabinet would | be in office in May would have found | no one to believe him.
 l Decisive Victory.
 | The new elections, which had been l ordered because the House could not agree on methods of procedure, de | cfded so conclusively for the opposition that men thought the only thing re- maining to be done was to turn over | the administration of affairs to the | victorious parties. The establishment | of an administration on the basis or
 comparatively easy matter. The crown | had recognized the constitutional con 1 sequences of the electoral victory, Tor | on February 12 Francis Kossuth was | received in audience by the Emperor
 and King. in Vienna. Kossuth aP- | ficiaI head of the united oppcsitlonal | parties in the Hungarian house. Yet