Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-08
SITUATION IN HUNGARY
HOPE OF PEACE Is GROWING
STRONGER.
Special cablegram to The Star.

VIENNA January Tine hope or
peace in Hungary is growing stronger.
1t is too much to say that the final set
Element Of the crisis is in sight. but
IL Is hoped that common ground for the
meeting of all of the interested and warning
factions is in sight. 1t is conceivable that
a modus vlvendi might be attained and the
country given breathing space to ponder
over the realities of It's position. This IL
has been said, would be an immense gain
in itself The alternative would be abso-
| lut.sm. lasting perhaps for years.
Rumor indicates the ex-premler. NJ de
Smell, the coming man of the hour. If
il be true that he has associated himself
even secretly with the promotion of a pro-
vlsional understanding between the crown
and nation measure of optimism would be
justified. or all contemporary public men
in Hungary he probably stands the nearest
to the traditions OF Deak, and at time
when other would-be Deakists have shown
a surprising capacity for fanaticism and
rancor. he has held aloof from the strife
and has been compromised by none of the
vicissitudes of the crisis.
The first sign OF impending change was
an article by NJ. kossuth accepting the idea
of universal suffrage. providing the king
would remove the unparia mentary Fejer-
vary cabinet and providing the reform were
constitutionaily accomplshe The anger
of the clerical elements at the coalition
against NJ. kossuth is 50 great that the
Magyar Orszag. the organ of the clerical
wing of the independence party, actually
refused to print the weekly article which
NJ. koSsuth is accustomed to contribute
toward Its columns, because In II he set
forth the reasons for his previous pro-
nouncement. More than any other journal,
the Magyar Orszag is undoubtedly respon-
eli n % fnr bn I n plra al hinh
| has prospered exceedingly. NJ kossuth
finally published in the Budapest, the Of
fetal organ of his party, a statement in
which he said:
Kossuth's Position.
81 do not deny that Immediately after
election / recommended a line of conduct
other than that which the coalition followed
IN order to maintain it's unity. My view
was then that the opposition ought at once
to take office after obtaining majority in
parliament, and ought to carry out its pro-
gram as party in a constitutional way in
opposition but not in opposition to the gov
eminent. l do not claim for myself infall-
bilty. but l believe even today that l was
not mistaken then. / was obliged, however,
to dutifu1y subordinate my view to that
of the coalition. 1t is a serious drawback
in the present situation that the nation
has not at its disposal great and conspicu-
GUS leader like Louis Kossuth or Francis
Deak. AS head of the independence party
1t was my duty as soon as the standpoint
of the king In regard to universal suffrage
had been made public to define the prin-
ciple that when the king offers a right to
the people the people and its represen tatves
cannot oppose the realization Of that right.
And in order to avoid misunderstanding I
added that this right could only be realized
by constitutional legislation, which. how
ever, would presuppose the removal of the
Fejervary cabinet. l wasted no words in
saying what the program of the coming
parliamentary government must be. In
principle ! hold 1t to be absurd that the
address of the coalition to the crown
should be regarded as the ten command
ments, immutably craven in stone and In
tangible. however much the situation itself
may change. OF course 1t can be changed
with the consent of the coalition"
M. Kossuth adds that the independence
ton and accept its decisions. and will not
think of abandoning the national demands,
but will, as a party, define its standpoint
in conference and will defend that stand
point within the coalition. In other words,
the independence party, which is twice as
large as all the other coalition groups put
together, ought henceforth to determine
the coalition tactics, and may be expected
to depart from the principle recently enun-
ciated by Count Apponyi that the address
to the crown, which he wrote on behalf of
the coalition, must be regarded las It's
bible"
The situation in Austria has been affected
by the almost unanimous hostility shown TO
Baron Gautschs franchise reform scheme
of the upper chamber.