The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-07
PEACE NTHE EMPIRE
AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY ARE NOW
 AGREED.
Grown Claims That Victory is Conn pIete, but t0fA Others it Ap-
 pears to He in Nature of C0mpromise.

| Vienna, April 6.--After fourteen months of controversy. always of an acute and often of bitter nature, be- tween the throne and the coalition par
 ties, the Hungarian crisis finally has been settled. Both sides express sat- isfaction with the result, which on the one hand is declared to be a complete victory for the crown but appears to
 be a really in the nature of a compro- mise.
 | The news of peace is received with | rejoicing in both halves of the mon- larchy; everyone being heartily tired of the struggle which has had such a
 disastrous effect on the financial and
 economic situation in Hungary. The
 compromise. which came unexpectedly, was chiefly due to the efforts of the
 coalition who feared at the last mo- ment the advent of a period of abso- lutism which was inevitable if the elections were not held before April
 9. as predicted by the constitution.
 The Fejewary cabinet welcomed the overtures of the coalit n and thus
 an agreement was speedily reached. Hungary can now return to her normal political existence. The elections will | be held within the proper time and parliamentary government established: i the crown will get the recruits want service will be voted and the customs tariff and commercial treaties will be ! ratified by the Hungarian parliament. The commercial union with Austria is | assured until 1917.
 Francis Kossuth, the coalition lead sr.- today declared himself satisfied. 1 He said the result vas not victory | for either party. He announced that | he would not enter the cabinet. but would remain the leader of the tnde- l pendent party.
 Count Apponyi also will not enter the I and Herr l Kossuth today had an audience of Elm peror Francis Joseph and afterwards l conferred with Premier Fejervary. The Emperor approved of the proposal thas | Alexander Wekerle be entrusted with | the formation of a new government. It Is expected that the appointment of | a new premier and proclamation of the
 elections will be oficially announced | April g..
 Under the terms of the agreement | the Emperor-King assents to the for nation of a new cabinet by the coal | ition to carry out the elections under | the old limited election law this month | and to hold a session of the Parliament in May. The government guarantees ] to pas the budget of 1905-o6. and also | the recruiting, military and investment bills and international commercial trea- | ties, and to maintain the status quo between Austria and Hungary. The new Parliament will be asked to
 pass a bill adopting universal suf- frage and will then be dissolved. all lowing the election of a new Parlia- ment under a universal suffrage sys- tenn to deal with the military demands
 and rights of the crown under the con-
 stitution. The government, after the
 universal suffrage election will be formed in conformity with the desires
 of the majority of the Parliament. It Is probable that the ng-Emper- or, after a years absence. will visit Budapest on April g, in order to swear
 in the Wekerle cabinet.