The sun., 1910-06-25
a PEACEFUL REVOLUTION IN
HCNGARH.

A new Hungarian Parliament convened
al Budapest last Tuesday. June u. Ths
members og Il were ohosan In a general
election held from June 70 June u. the
results of which were nothing short Of
revolutionary.
The outcome Of the election Il the COM
Plets destruction of the old party Of Hun
garian Independence. The Ministry q
Count Khuen-Hedsrvary finds itssli
lacEed by a strong majority In the nov
Chamber Of Deputies. The immsdlats
result ol this will he suroeass Of the long
WnnGie hetween Budapest and Vienna.
which at one time seemed 20 threaten dis
riptton Og the dual monarchy.
A detail a law Of universal suffrage
will unqOestiOhably BE- enacted for Hun
gary. This means the end q Magyar
pFeponderance In politics and iniersntially
The suppression Of separatist citation, and
10 the drawing toEsther oi the empire.
Another dstail will no doubt BE- the ssttle-
ment Of the Hungarian bank question on
a reasonable hasis hslore the end Of 1910.
This was the question which caused the
crisis OF last year. The Hungarian Ma
iiOnalist party. Of which Franois Koasuth
was the real head. set up the demand that
when the charter Of the AusirO- Hungarian
Imperial Bank. WHICH has It's hsadqlMrters
at Vienna, expires this year Il should not
he renewed. but separate banks should hs
set up. with equal status. at VisnnA and
Budapest. The Ministry Oi M Wekerle
and the Liberal coalition supporting it
Identified themselves with the demand.
Naturally the AustriAns and the
Imperial Government smphatically ~
fused consent. The proposal amounted
10 this. they said. that Austria should
give Hungary the benefit Of her credit
and at tho same time should assume
all the responsibility FOR the oOnse-
qOences Of Hungarian State banking.
After an insistenoe OF months. stormy
and threatening both In Parliament and
among the people. Kossuth In last NOvsm-
Der suddenly reoOgninsd the reasonable
ness Of the Austrian position, or at least
the futility Of tho Hungarian demands.
Ne withdrew in tho name Of his follow
ing the demand for the sspants Hun
garian bank.
instantly more than half his follow
ing fell away from him. Under the lead-
ership Of a nOn-Nagyar named Justh. a
radlcl whose persOnal platform was
universal suffrage. the majority OG tie |
Nationalist deputies refused all comprO-
mise, denounced Kossuth as a traitor, and !
sWore they would fight TO the last ditch |
for the Independent Hungarian bank The
split was the coup de- grAcs 10 the |
Wekerlc Ministry The Cabinet had been
trying 20 resign since April Now tho |
Rmperor-king took Il at its word and |
Count Khuen-Hedervary was invited to |
form a new Ministry.
The Count formed not only a Ministry |
hut a party TO back IL up. The basis was |
found in the Parliamentary factions
outside tho Wekerha- k0asuth cnalition.
To the~s were addsd all men q modera-
ilOn and common sense. Then he recon- !
mended a dissolution and election. Ho
appealed n all the 2, lsonable elements .
in the country 20 support a policy by which .
AUSTRIA and Hungary could continue as
partners. pointing out the frantic peril
of the ultra-Nat.ona"st or separatist
movement
A long and exciting campaign was
Waged There nre as constituencies in
Hungary, and the improvissd Hedsrvary
party, which has adopted the title q Ma
tional Labor party. placed $50 candidates
in the field OF these it elected no fewer
han zee. The JiIsth extremists put I'D
IN candidates ana elected leas than forty:
,he KOssuth faction had IsS candidates
ind won barely hfty ssats The rest og
he neE House is divided up among such
groups as the Old Constituti0nalists. the
clericO-Pop'ilists. the AndFaasy foliowinE.
lhe Independents and the Democrats !
Thus the Government not only has = fol-
owing Of go to isI. but he vote is solid
md fairly reliable. while the Opposition Il
divided
OF course this condition does not mean
nillonnial peace to the realm Of Francis
Joseph The Justh faction in the new
Parliament threatens 10 pursue Ohstr,lc-
ionist tactics 20 the point of prsventins
my iegislation. = threat which of course
'annot he literally made good. and in both
divisions of the empire all the old racial
md linguistic fights are sure 10 he Waged
nth the old acerbity; but the msnaoe of
SEPARATION or revolutionary movement in
he direction of separation seems to have
lisappeAred. az least for the time being.
rom the politics Of the realm u 10 need
M 20 say that there is great JOY At Vienna
,ver the new situation.