The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-07-03

airy 2, it is powerless, every member
wants TO be relieved OF office and none
more than Premier TisEa himself. and
il is thoroughly discredited. Still ey-
cry attempt to appoint new ministry
has failed and until this is done the cid
ministry must remain in otlice,
Members OF the opposition declare
responsibility for the continuance OF the
present crisis rest with the Kings ad-
visors, who give him unwise council, and
while this may in measure he 50, yet
to certain extent it rests upon the
false meaning which il would appear
the leaders of the opposition give 10
their electoral victory, and by which
they have made it impossible for the
Crown TO name cabinet from the
ranks OF the new majority. The vie.
tory at the polls did not decide against
the continuance OF the Au>gleich o.
lS67, but il decide against the famous
lex" Daniel, the measure with which
the administration under Tisza desired
TO bring about eloture proceedings in
the house and to put stop to obs
striction. The only actual platform
upon which these elections were held
was the matter OF the lex" Daniel
Consequently the result OF the election
should not be taken as an evidence of
the desire of the Hungarian people for
radical change in the relations be-
tween the two states. In recognition
of the fact the opposition elected to the
post Of confidential agent to the Crown.
Prince Julius Andrassy whose duty it
was to guarantee the observance OF the
1867 Ausgleich by the new oppositional
cabinet. \ surprise followed the publ,
cation of the opposition's programme,
for in this announcement a separate !
customs tariff was urged, and measures
wherein the Grown perceived an attack !
on the unity of the army were demand |
ed The opposition is therefore charged !
with overstepping the limits Of its briet !
from the people.
From the very first moment the King !
made known his attitude clearly and
forcibly. II the two halves Of the
monarchy united in a modus yiyendi !
be would not oppose the establishment !
Of q separate Hungarian customs dis
trict, but he declared the army demands
OF the opposition to be quite impossible
Of acceptance.
The month of February saw the
calling to the Vienna Hofburg, to confer
with the King, of the leaders of the !
various Hungarian political parties In (
these conferences the King listened
closely but said little himself.
With the visit to the Hungarian cap.
ital Of the King in March. the scene of
action changed to Buia Pe,t,The oppo.
.ition still declared it must respect the
vote Of the people Of January 20, and
putting its own Interpretation upon
what this vote meant, it did not re-
cede from its position or withdraw any
of its demands. During March the
Crown made certain proposals TO the
opposition looking toward an ending OF
the crisis but not Teceding from its
position in any material way. The pro-
posals were refused, and when Parlia- h
lnent on April 4th there was no work
for it to take up. At this time the
only bindrance to the naming Of a cab 4
met were the unacceptable demands OF
the opposition, that still had hopes that
the Crown would make concessions to
it. During the latter part Of April,
however, it was realized that the Crown
would not recede one iota from its po-
sition, and at this time certain serious
results of the prolonged crisis came up
for active discussion. II
For some months Hungary had been
authorization for the budget. \,
parliament not having adopted the nee.
sssary bill. The constitution provides
hat the direct imposts under the bud h
ret do not have to be paid until this b