Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-16
SUPPOSED TO BE ENDED
TROUBLE BETWEEN THE CROWN
AND THE HUNGARIANs.

Special Cablegram to The Star
VIENNA, April 16-Just what the treaty
of peace between the crown and the Hun
garians and the appointment of Alexander
Wekerle as premier will amount to It is
difficult TO forecast. DR.. Alexander Wekerle
is man of considerable breadth and force
of character and IL any man can form a
cabinet that will in measure concliate
Hungary this ought to be the man.
Now that the trouble is supposed TO be
at an end, 1t is worth while at least to
call attention to the manner in which the
present condition of affairs was brought
about. While Col. Sell was premier Of
Hungary In 1901 1893 the Austrian govern
ment asked the Hungarian parliament to
make a considerable increase in the quota
of army recruits to be supplied by Hun
gary, and augment the annual money grant
to the crown. The Hungarians declined to
agree to the Austrian proposals. and
eventually their opposition to them in
the Hungarian parliament developed into
obstruction and later into complete dead
lock. The Hungarians also made counter
demands on the crown, which were refused.
In October, 1900 the then premier of
Hungary, Count Tisza made a successful
attempt to abrogate the rules of procedure
under Which the obstruction was carried
on. He applied the closure. Soon after
this the Hungarian parliament was dis
solved and In January, 1905 the Hungar-
Ian government went to the country in a
general election, with the result that the
ministerial party was everywhere over
whelmingly defeated and there came into
existence the combined opposition of today,
known as the independence party Of Hun
gary, whose members insist on the use of
the Hungarian language. and the Hun
garian flag in the army of Hungary, which
the crown has 'peremptorily refused to
agree to.
Fortunate for Both Countries.
1t was, perhaps, fortunate for both coun-
tries that matters ended just where they
did. For the liberty of the press had
been suppressed, the right of public meet
ing had been limited and an edict had even
been issued by the minister of commerce
empowering the courts and the police to
control the dispatch of the letters, docu-
ments, postal packets and kilograms OF
certain persons The opposition Is being
suppressed with a stern hand. Apparently
quiet prevails.
y significant symptom in connection with
the movement leading up to the present
condition of affairs has been the participa-
ton of women in a country where women
seldom found mixing in politics Aris-
tocratfc ladies' for instance, at whose head
is the Countess Batthyany, daughter of
the late Count Andrassy, formed a society
called the Tulip League" The task of
the Tulip League" was to oppose the
present government everywhere. Every
thing coming from Austria was to be boy
cotted by the women of the league. This
boycott striking right at the heart of the
commercial interests of the two countries,
is supposed to have had more to do with
bringing about the end of the crisis than
any one thing
The sympa thizers of the boycott, openly
wore tulips; the tulips were everywhere
seen. and Baron Fejervary openly declared
that the women of Hungary were giving
the members of his cabinet more trouble
than the men were. This declaration was
he hold f,Nfr nf I'm
mense meetings in which all of the women,
rich and poor, offered their jewels in case
they should be needed to continue the
struggle with the government. Demon
STATIONS of this sort convinced the central
government that the Hungarians were in
deadly earnest.