The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-09-21

~ "ANs ~h|~~
the fact that the late Empress Eliza
beth. his wife. did live there and low
ed the place, has enshrined il in the
heart of the entire country. Today
no n is allowed ven TO tread in the
garden where Elizabeth walked.
In Budapest the west and the east
cOne together as in no other city. and
the spell Of the Magyar is over the
place. Fierce and loving, cruel and
kind. passionate, childish, prone to
anger ana quick TO forgive, proud Of
his and and his race, and easily car
ricd away by the wild music that de-
scribes the mar and the race. 10 those
who can hear, more than all the books
hat ever can be written, the spirit Of
the Magyar would get ahold Of a visit
ing mayor from the west and make
him a true Hungarian and q bitter en-
envy Of Austrls, the OppreSsOr. France
Is on one side Of the street and Turkey
IS around the corner. 1t j. an aIIUr-
ing city by gaslight.
Budapest has a subway that is cool
and we'll ventilated. The visiting
a would be reminded Of New
FORK, for the design and the thing Of
the underground stations, to say Moth
ing Of the mechanics, which are not
visible, were the model for the New
CIR al lltIt. ne lIlC' VI q rue IL
, cents.
In this matter Of the statue to
Washington the Hungarians are far
sighted. In the fighting of AS a GER
tain Hungarian defended a fort with
great success against Austria, and was
only d~is1Odged with h help of the SOL
diers sent in by Russia. He became
popular in Hungary, and in Budapest
they erected a statue to him on a hill
top. He was made to face Vienna.
Austria did not like his, and after a
few years the statue was taken dOwn
on orders from Vienna. Hungary wait
ed, and this time it is pretty safe to
assume that Vienna won't ask them to
remove the denknal to Washington.
The word a be fairly translated to
read: Think on this man. and 1t is
not the first time that Washington has
been the slogan of the oppressed, or
Of the aIlegedly oppressed. There We're
the Filipino rebels, for instance, who,
in the early days in Manila, used to
wear buttons bearing the head Of
Washington, much to the annoyance Of
General Otis and certain of his staff.
This was an idea of the astute AgOn-
clio. And later in the same cam
paign a Filipino newspaper in Manila
persisted in publishing every day.
without comment, across the top Of its
front page quotations from the Dec
laratiOn of Independence, to the effect
that all men We're born free and equal
and were entitled to the pursuit of
happiness. This was allowed for one
| week, and then the American military
authorities suppressed the paper and
| fined the editor. The fine was paid by
an American, who now treasures cop
les of the DaDprS.
I know of no nation with more pride
of race than the H~ungarianS, and it is
a bitter thing to them that so many
people identify them as subject to Aus
tria. Not long g a good Hungarian
III to me:
I implOre you to do Your utmOst in
your writings to eradicate the i'm
preston Of your cOuntrymen that
Hungary is a province of Austria. We
are not. We are about as independent
of Austria as you are of England. It
so happens that the king of Hungary
is at the same time emperor of Aus
tria. and v~ice-versa. n at the invi-
tation of Hungary; please put that in
too. Beyond this, we are as i~ndepend-
emf as any nation on earth. Tell the
people in your country this, and you
will earn the deep gratitude of every
true Hungarian"
said I would, and now my good
Hungarian friend is satisfied.