The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-20
HJINGARIANS HONOR
 FOUNDER OF THEIR s MONARCHY TODAY


 Iungarians will celebrate today the national holiday of their. country. which comm enorateS4 the name and fame of St Stephen. who achieved the independence of Hungary and be- came the king of that land in the tenth century. Although the Hun garians are fighting bravely on the side of Austria in this war, their as piratjons for nationalism and inde- penAence are not forgotten, and be- meath their apparent loyalty to the 5IapsbuTg dynasty the old hatred, which has so often 1aned up in re- bellion,s still slunbers. The restora- ton of the old monarchy founded by St. Stephen ist the dream of all Mag vars, and it's realization may be one of the fruits of the present titanic conflict.
 Racially the Hungarians come of the same stock as the Chinese and Nfongols, the Turks and Tartars, but their long residence in Europe, and their intermarriage with the Slavs, Teuetans and other peoples, have som ewhat diluted their Mongolian blood. Strictly speaking, however, the Magyars belong to the yellow rather than the white division of mankind. The Hungary of today. with it's subject Kingdoms of. Crotia and slavonia, includes in its popula. ton 10,000,000 Magyars, 2,000, 900 Germans, 5000. 900 Slavs and 3,000.- 900 F'umanians. The division along religious lines includes Il. .Oo 1000 Ro- man Catholics, 3,00O,000 Eastern Catholics. 2, 100000 Greek Uniats, and smaller numbers of Mohammedans and adherents of other faiths As the descendants of the ancient Huns number only about half the popilIa- ton of Hungary, the establish ne ent of a Kingdom under Magyar domina- ton would not be hailed with joy by  and the new government would inn sfnediate1y be confronted with many problems certain to cause internal dissension.
 The original home of the Huns was the Tartary plains, near the boundar- ies of China, where they dwe1t centlr- fes herofe the Christian era. They were fierce and warIfke race, and the great wall of China. was built as a protection against their aggressions. Later the Huns split into two nations, the northern and the southern and the former made their way gradually westward to the Vo1ga- Tn the. fifth century. after they had expelled the Goths from what is now Hungary. the Huns Followed. their leader Attilas to Rome, committing terrible ravages before they were defeated at Chalons. After that the Huns were broke up into separate tribes. and it was not until the ninth century that the Mag yars who were of Finnish origin, again became powerful in Hungary.
 In the latter part of the tenth cen tury St Stephen established the Ro- man Catholic religion in Hungary. and received from the Pope the title of Apostolic King of Hungary "a title still borne by the Austrian Emperor, in his capacity of Hungarian mon arch. The dynatsy founded by Arpad, to which St. stephen belonged, came to an end in 1901, with the death of. Andrew H., The latter was a son. in-law Of RodolpIl, the Hapsburg Emperor of Germany. After that the Hungarian throne was held by princes of Iohemia, Bavaria and Anjou, and in 1342 Louis the Great, who was later elected King of Poland, suc- eeeded to the title. He gave way to his daughter, who was called King Mary In 1526 Hungary became sub- ject to Austria Hungarian discon- tent with Austrian domination has been prevalent ever since. and in 184S the Nagyars made a. gallant attempt to throw off the Hapsburg dornina- Hon. but were ruthlessIy qneIled by Francis Joseph when he ascended the imp perial throne in December of that year