Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-28
THE CABINET CRISIS In HUNGARY

The cabinet crisis i'm Hungary. which
eliminated April 1 in the resignation of
the premier, Count Khuen-
Temporary Hederyary, and his min
SIT. listers, has been solved at
SoAosAon' least temporarily. Never
theless the circumstances are unusual,
and, inasmuch as the question promises
recurrence. it is interesting as we'll as in
structive to mark the incidents which
finally led Francis Joseph, the emperor
king, to threaten abdication. do not
persist in asking things that are impos-
sible,' said the emperor to Count Khuen-
Hedervary, or else =" And Fran
cis-Joseph made his first minister under
stand that If he was further pushed he
would leave to his successor the difficult
task of solving the unsolvable conflict.
In the presence of such a menace Count
khuen was startled and stood aghast at
the perspective. The emperor. confident of
the perfect loyalty and devotion of his
premier. refused to accept the resignation
which was promptly offered, and insisted
upon his maintenance and that of his cab
met.
and the cabinet are made clear by the
special rescript which Francis-Joseph ad-
dressed Count khuen- Hedervary in the
following sense:
1t is with profound regret that the king
learned of the divergence of views as to
his sovereign rights which We're guaran-
teed by law and which had led his pre-
mier and colleagues to address him their
designations. During all the period of
his reign which followed the welcome re-
eSt9 hltShmQnf nf in,
Hungary the king had watched with
care the maintenance of law and constitu-
tonal order. The Hungarian nation pos
sessed all its constitutional rights, includ-
ing the right to vote the recruitment.
and nothing was farther from him than
to touch that right or restrain it. On the
other hand he should hold to his sover-
eign rights which were conferred by the
eighteenth section of the law of 1888, by
virtue of which the king could call for
and maintain under the colors the re-
servists mentioned In that law when par
ticular circumstances rendered it neces-
sary.
The emperor-king had the firm inten-
ton to maintain the rights of the Hun
garian nation, but 1t was
M0n0rch'S necessary at the same
r4x:. time for him to guard
tional rights as sovereign. and 1t was not
possible for him to peri rm his royal du-
ties If he could not also fulfill his consti-
tutional obligations.
Also. 1t was with full confidence that he
invited the Hungarian nation to aid him
in the accomplishment of his duty in a
way compatible with his conscience and
thus guarantee the continuation of con-
Of the sovereign and the nation.
This rescript constitutes a veritable
manifesto to the Hungarian nation. and
has produced a profound impression at
Budapest.
The Khuen-Hedervary cabinet in
countersigning the rescript necessarily
abandoned the project of parliamentary
resolution which 1t was arranged with the
moderate opposition should fix more pre-
cisely in the law of 1888 the right of
the monarch to call out the reservists.
The governmental majority. entirely
homogeneous and well disciplined. ac-
coded to the views SO clearly expressed
by the emperor-king.
What will be the attitude of the Andras-
sy and Kossuth groups and the moderate
opposition? Will these listen to the APP
peal for peace of the monarch? Will
they understand how to read between the
lines. and above all. in the two last
phrases Of the rescript? What will the
Justh group do with its projects, which,
it is said, will combat the Khuen- Heder-
vary cabinet with great violence than
formerly?
The Peter Lloyd, commenting on the re-
script. declared that it possessed infor-
nation to show that the king considered
the divergence of views on the sovereign's
rights concerning the appeal Of the main
tenance Of the reservists not only a con-
fiict between the Hungarian nation and
the king. but also a conflict Of conscience
on the part of the king.
The venerable monarch had threatened
that if he were obliged to proceed to ex-
tremes he would abdi-
Threat of dictate, and it was easy
a,,A to see what effect that
Apu1catAon. would produce upon
that patriot Hungarian Count Khuen-
Hedervary.
The chief of the cabinet acted with
all the energy required by the extraor-
dinarily grave situation. The premier
notified all his colleagues to go to vien-
ma. and in accord with them he drew up
the royal rescript.
The attitude Of the Kossuth group in
the chambers for years has been any
thing but conciliatory upon the subject
of the call and maintenance OF reservists
under the colors. The emperor has thus
been denied the exercise of his legal pre-
negatives. To do away with this obstruc-
ton it was necessary for the emperor to
have recourse to the rescript.
A correspondent from Budapest tele-
graphs that the Khuen-Hedervary cab
met resumed its functions April = in the
chamber which accorded 1t an ovation
that is. the governmental party. From
the beginning of the seance the presi-
dent of the council, paraphrasing the
royal rescript. added that the government
in the presence Of the Soyereign's scru-
Piles relative to the military prerogatives
Of the crown had judged it to be its duty
to eliminate the cause. The cabinet in re-
Stunning power had not changed its opin-
ion of right in the matter of the reserv-
lists. 1t renowned only it's attempt to
insist upon its opinions, and If 1t acted
thus it had the most serious and de-