The Dickinson press., 1915-04-03
Roman Emperor.

Roman Emperor.
The history of Hungary reaches
back to 895 when Arpad, the semi
mythical founder Of the Magyar
dynasty, led his savage hordes
through the passes into the region
now called Hungary. This dynasty
lasted for four hundred years. 1t
gave the Magyars an established
home in central Europe. Stephen I,
who reigned from 997 to 1893, is
recognized as one of the great con-
structive statesmen of history. He
firmly established the Hungarian
| church and the Hungarian state.
1t was in his reign that the fam
Gus county system, which still plays
so conspicuous a part in the national
life, was established. The state was
divided into counties, as at the be-
ginning, covering the settled part of
it. AT the head of each county was
placed a count, or lord-lieutenant,
who nominated his subordinate Of
ficials; the castelar,, chief captain
and "hundredor." The lord-lieuten-
ant was nominated by the king, whom
he was bound to follow to battle at
the first Two-thirds of
the revenue Of the county went into
the royal treasury, the remaining
third the lord-lieutenant retained for
administrative purposes. In the
county system were included all the
inhabitants of the county save two
classes: The still numerous pagan
clans, and those mobiles who were at
tached to the kings person, from
whom he selected his chief officers
of state and the members of his coun-
Gill;"
It was in Sigismud's reign in the
fifteenth century when feudalism
seems to have gained it's foot hold in
Hungary.
1t was about 1866 that the Catholic
ization of the land was made practi-
cally complete, but the court of
Vienna was not satisfied with VIM
ming the Hungarians back to the
church but was also jealous of the
political liberties of it's subjects. The
divine right of kings found it's ex-
preston in the Habsburg repression
Of the Magyars in the latter half of
the seventeenth century.
Hungary suffered with Austria
from the invasion of the Turks, and
with and against Austria her hopes
fluctuated in the centuries of bloody
history that led up to the forming of
the Dual Monarchy. The great
struggle for independence was made
in 1848, but through internal dissen-
sions and the alliance of Russia with
Austria, the Vienna government was
victorious. Hungary Jared better
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later years Austria's foreign relation
ships made it seem wise to be more
%lenient in her dealing with her prov
inces. With the loss of power in
Prussia and Italy, it really became
necessary for Austria and Hungary
to live together more tremendously.
So the compromise" of 1867 COM
pleted the establishment of the Dual
Monarchy.
POLITICALLY, the principle underly-
ing the agreement was that the en-
pire should BE- divided into two por-
tons: in one of these the Magyars
were TO rule, in the other the Ger
mans; in either section the Slav
races-the Serbs and Croatians, the
Czechs, Poles and Slovenes- were to
be placed in a position of political in
feriority."
Francis Jospeh I.
The present emperor of Austria,
King of Bohemia and Apostolic King
of Hungary" is Francis Joseph l.
He was born in 1880 and came to
the throne upon the abdication of his
uncle in 1848. He came to the throne
in the midst of revolution in Italy and
Hungary. He has seen much of war.
He has not been a stranger to the
tragedies that bring their sorrow.
Five years after his accession he suf-
fered a serious wound inflicted by the
assassin's knife.
Yet "Francis Joseph l is n of the
most remarkable figures of Europe by
reason of his great age and ability
to hold together the diverse races of
his empire. He is distinguished by
his personal love for his people, his
sterling sense of justice, charm and
frankness of manner, his sense of
duty and responsibility to his people,
and the democratic manner with
which he receives the visits of prince
and peasant alike. His love for and
generosity to the poor have won for
him the title of "Our Franz"
Notwithstanding the honor of the
present ruler of Austria-Hungary, one
of the recent prominent historians.
in summing up an account of the
Habsburg-Lorraine House says:
with the exception of Charles ".
the Habsburgs have produced nc
statesmen Of great ability, while sew
eral members of the family have dis
played marked traces of insanity
Nevertheless, they secured, and fol
$50 years they kept, the first place
among the potentates of Europe; q
dignity in origin and theory elective
becoming in practice hereditary in
their house. This position they owe
to some extent to the tenacity with
which they have chung to the various
lands and dignities which have passed
into their possession, but they owe it
much more to a series of fortunate
marriages and opportune Deaths"