The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-03

1867, but 1t did decide against the fa- nous lex Daniel, the measure with which the administration under T1sZa S brns Hnsa apHu and o pn sop obstruction. The only actual platform upon which these elections were held was the matter of the rex Daniet, 1an s,ection SG should not be taken as an evidence of the desire of the Hungarian people TOT
 radical cnapgs n the e reeosnton of this fact the opposition elected 10 the post of con nfidential agent to the Crown Count Julius Andrassy ns hsrxanc wnose aofy of inc 1867 Ausgleich by the new oppositionsal cabinet A surprise followed the pup lication of the oppositioEs program. TOT toms tariff was urged. and measures wherein the crown perceived an attack the unity of the army wsTs brief from the people u,
 From the very first moment the k.ngg forcibly. If the two halves ..,,ood of f, the he would not oppose the establish estabiishment d,s't, or but he declared the army. demands or the opposition to be quite impossible Of acceptance.
 Kins Called Conference.
 The month of February saw the call ing to the Vienna Hofburg. to confer with the King, of the leaders of the va rious Hungarian political parties. In closely. but said little himself.
 With the visit to tho Hungarian capi. tai of the King in March. the scene Of posith position stiff declared 1t must respect and, putting its own Interpretation upon what this vote meant It 6id not pS reSeos ns its demands. During Marchlthe crown made. certain proposals to the opposi-
 9n an frnm eaang or tion in any material way. The. prop sals were refused and when Parliament met on April ath there S, was , no Work h n9v 1Gr hindrance to the naming of q cabinet were the unacceptable demands of the opposition. that still had hopes that the During the latter part of April. how ever, 1t was realized that the crown would not rocede one iota from its po- sItion, and at this time certain serious results of the prolonged crisis came up for active discussion.
 For four months Hungary had been parliament not having adopted the necessary bill. The constitution pro- vides that the direct imposts under the this bin is passed The opposition as- sumed the attitude that the voluntary payment of direct imposts would be
 o % mase as o5 of s a ms n hs the dfffSn of P Pnte see oP gary has been able to find means to they fell due and to provide enough money for the payment of official sal aries. but the income of the State is falling off even. now and 1t could be reduced by one-fourth on the legal re- fusal to pay direct imposts. Attempts of the crown to collect these payments I-N .-lN lN,.,~, ary Legislation. would cause outbreaks of violent resistance and disorder. The yearly recruiting bill also has not been passed and as the matter stands to- day the common army will soon have to go short of its regular yearly quota of men from Hungary. or the crown will have to adopt one of two meas ures. first. to retain in the service the men whose time expires this year or. second. to attempt to get recruits from the various Hungarian counties with of these measures would be unconstl- tutional and their enforcement would be most unpopular and result in very strong protest. not to say disorder and revolt.
 The above outlines some of the weapons in the hands of the opposi- They would seem to be methods by which the opposition can force the crown to take some steps contrary to stitution and the moment the crown should do this the feeling of the whole country would rally to the side of the opposition. For the constitution must not be violated. The weapons of the crown against the opposition are linn ited; one of the strongest of them Is to obstruct. to obstruct parliment, to make the country suffer from the ex legis condition in which parliament and the crown are keeping :t. Tho use of the weapons of the opposition will have and are having already. distressing effect on the country at