The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-20
SOLDIERS CLEAR
 HALLS BY FORCE Hungarian Parliament Dissolved by Emperor'S Order LEADERS CALL 1T ILLEGAL Count Apponye Says They Will Assem- bIe Again Wednesday, But He
 Does Not Anticipate
 Disorder.
LEADERS CALL IT ILLEGAL

Budapest, February 19.-The Hungarian parliament was dissolved this morning with the use of force. The floor and corridor of the building were cleared by the police. There was no resistance and no disorder. The members of the coalition party declared that the dissolu- tion was unconstitutional and Illegal and that they will hold meeting Wednesday in the parliament building unless pre- vented by troops, In which case the meet ing will be held elsewhere.
 The session opened at 10 o'clock sharp. The vice president read letters from General Nyirl, the royal commissioner, and Herr Justh, president of the lower house, and declared that the royal rescript dis solving parliament forwarded by General Nyiri was unconstitutional and illegal and energetically protested against it. The vice president proposed that the house ignore the rescript and return it to the Emperor King. The house unanimously accepted the proposal with prolonged cheers Thereafter the minutes of the meeting were adopted, the deputies were notified to reassemble on Wednesday and then the house adjourned.
 Soldiers Read Rescript.
 The royal reserpt dissoIving parlia- ment was left lying unopened on the presidents desk and the members left the house singing the Kossuth hymn. The floor was almost cleared when captain of Hungarian militia at the head of five soldiers with fixed bayonets and a large number of policemen who had previously entered by a side door, entered the house. The captain and the soldiers mounted the presidents tribune and the policemen occupied the floor. The captain then opened and read the rescript amid con- stant interruptions from the galleries and some of the deputies who returned to the floor and all present united in singing the Kossuth hymn with the result that not word of the rescript could be heard. The police escorted several of the noisy mem bers from the floor and then slowly clear ed the galleries and corridors. A large crowd of cheering deputies escorted Francis Kossuth, Count Albert Appony and other leaders from the house, which was surrounded by five squadrons of cav airy one regiment of infantry. bat talion of militia and thousand police men.
 Speaking to the Associated Press this afternoon Count Albert Apponyi, who, with Francis Kossuth, leads the coalition parties, expressed himself as highly grati- fled with the events of this day. He said he considered that the coalition has gain ed a signal victory over the crown as the result of the crowns method of attempt ing to dissolve the parliament which he characterized as illegal. Count Apponyi declared that the deputies would proceed to the house on Wednesday, but if pre- vented from entering, they would retrace their steps without disorder.
 Speaking of Hungary's insistence on the use of the Magyar language for the words of command in the army, Count Apponyi explained that this was not sim ply a matter of national principle and pride.
 Hungary Is Crippled Nation.
 Hungary" he said, lis a crippled na- tion without her own army; she is like a man deprived of one limb. Obligatory military service of all Hungarians for three years service in an Austrian army under the Austrian flag tends strongly to denationalize them and counteract at their most impressionable age all instruc- tion and training along the lines of na- tional institutions and patriotism received up to the time they entered the army. Military service in an Austrian army tends strongly to Pan-Austrianism and to destroy the feelings of nationalism in our young men. This is why we demand Magyar command words, and the use of the Hungarian flags and emblems in our army It Is our army, we pay for it. Our army Is an institution of the state, not the body guard of the King"
 In conclusion Count Apponyi said:
 We Hungarians expect that the sym pathies and moral spirit of every friend of liberty through the world will be on the side of a nation which Is making a firm and peaceful stand on behalf of her constitution against experiments of arr bitrary power"
 Comparatively few magnates were pres ent In the upper house this morning when the president read to the ma gnates the royal rescript dssolving the house. The house protested but accepted the rescript and adjourned.
 IL was resolved this evening by the in- dependence party that the members should proceed to the parliament on Wednesday for a session, but retire if entrance to the building was barred. No disorders are feared. The lower house apparently is in a curious dilemma as the trend of the animated discussion at the club of the indepndence party tonight semed to show that if the party refused to recognize and accept today's dissolu- ton it will not accept the possible new otootiopS xrifbont Aaprant inponsiSfanpV