The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-03
POLITICAL SlTUA-
TON IN HUNGARY
from first paue,


populations last year appropriated $780,,
900 900 for national defense and contracts
for much of this sum have already been
given out, yet the money cannot be had
until the Hungarian parliament gives It's
consent to the appropriation. And the
parliament practically says to the crown:
I'VE will do nothing until you agree to
our army demands to which the crown
replies You may have anything in rea-
son except the use of the Hungarian
language in my army; that you never can
have"
The condition which have led up to the
present conflict are these. Under the
premiership of Coleman Sell the govern
ment made demands upon the Hungarian
parliament for a considerable increase In
the quota of army recruits to be supplied
by Hungary and a proposal to augment
the annual grant to the crown These
demands the Hungarians declined on
what to them were good deasons' and
finally their opposition to them develop
ed into obstruction They made counter
demands upon the crown, which were re-
fused, and with intervals of comparative
peace the conflict between parliament and
crown was maintained with energy
through several ministries and for sew
eral years Each side gained minor
points, and the strong weapon OF the
mouse was always oDStructlon
Rules Are Liberal.
The standing rules of procedure for the
Hungarian lower house are very liberal;
they evidently were drafted with the
purpose of facilitating parliamentary re-
sistance to the pretenson Of the crown
Last October Premier Tisza made sue
cessful attempt to tbrogate the rules OF
procedure under which there could exist
this obstruction which was very trying
to his patience In other words he APP
piled the cioture and took away from
the house Its strongest weapon OF de-
fense Parliament was dissolved very soon
after this occurrence, and on January 70,
1905. the government went to the coun-
try in a general election. The result was
unexpected. The ministerial. or so-called
liberal party YVES overwhelmingly routed.
and there came into concrete existence
the combined opposition of today, the
Independence party This party Is com
posed of various minor factions with
various programmes and tendencies out
all united over the one bone of conten-
tion-the military demands-the use OF
the Hungarian language and the Hun
garian flag in the army in Hungary.
These demands the crown has peremp-
torily and convncingly refused. ana the
newly elected parliamentary majority had
10 choose between relnquishing its prin-
ciples or abandoning its prospects Oh
power. It decided to hold to its principles,
and It is apparently as hrm IN its de.
mNnds as the crown is In It's retusal OF
them.
The man who would have said last
February when the designations of the
Tisza cabinet were placed in the hands
of the king, that this cabinet would be
In office in May would nave found no
one to believe him.
nH,irs Turned Over.
The new eiec,,oiis' Will Nv - va
dered because tne mouse eoua as nos "e 81,
on methods OF p roeeuuie, 49, 80
clusiveiy Tor tne opposiuon .na' n' ~
thought the oniy 'nins 'r'ai,,,.s a. ~ 90
done was to turn over tne auii'i,,'s.,a-
ton OF aHairs 10 .ne "a US
The establishment Oh an aain,,i,s.' W,
the basis OF the Veraict gwen AT me
poiis seemed eol,pala.ise,s ~ ~, '.,,, 10
ter. the crown hau recossi'esu ',e eon,
s,i,ut'oiisi y.p,'.,,, 40 Erancis I[os.