Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-04-05
Hungary and the Hungarians

Hungary has a population of 90
IO00, 600,
The area of Hungary is abou
equal to that of the state of New
| Mexico.
Hungary is unusually rich in its
mineral deposits. Its mines contain
almost inexhaustible quantities of
gold, silver lead, copper, iron. coal
| and rock salt.
| Hungary, like Austria, is inhabited
by several distinct races, but since
the ninth century, when the Magyars
invaded the region from Asia and con-
quered it, they have controlled the
government.
.ment in Hungary is of ancient origin,
! icing founded upon a charter called the
Golden Bull, which dates back to 1922
and is thus almost contemporary with
the Magma Charta of England
Budapest. the capital city Of Hun
gary, consists of the sister towns of
Bu0a ana Pest. Lying on either side
of the Danube, just at that point
where it definitely sets south, Pest
spreads itself out over the flat sandy
plain on the left bank, while Buda oc-
cupies a series of small and steep hills
on the right bank.
Empress Marie Theresa German
lied Hungary as completely as she
Germanized all her aienated Aus
trian provinces, and German flour
lshed as the official bureaucratic,
scientific and society medium in Hun
gary until the Magyars broke loose
from Austrian thraldom and secured
their political emancipation. Then
German went to the wall, and today
there are millions in Hungary wholly
ignorant of the German language.
The central REGIONS of Hungary are
watered by the Danube and Thesis
rivers and from their valleys vast
plains stretch away to the mountains
| in the north and east, furnishing an
area particularly adapted to agricul-
ture. The region is one of the best
wheat growing districts of Europe.
Tobacco, flax, hemp and culinary veg
etables grow in great quantity; choice
| fruits are produced in every part;
| its vineyards yield the most delicious
i grapes in so rich an abundance as to
/ supply a larger amount of export wine
than in any other portion of Europ-.
| The great national hero of Hungary
was Louis Kossuth whose memory is
! revered by Hungarians as that of
/ Washington is revered by the people
| of the United States. Kossuth visited
| America in 1851. and it is a matter
of history that no foreigner save La
| fayette ever received at the hands of
the American people such marks or
esteem as were bestowed on the Hun
garian exile.
After the failure Of the Hungarian
revolution, of which he was the leader
| in 1S49, Kossuth sought refuge in
Turkey, Austria and Russia demand
| ed his extradition, but the Porte, re-
sisting all threats. declined to give
him up, in which altitude Turkey was
supported by England and France. AT
length the intervention of England
and the United States secured his lib
GRAFTON, and at the beginning of Sep
| TENDER, 1851, he was permitted to
avail himself of the invitation of the
| United States to come to America as
the guest of the nation. In New York
| where he landed he was enthusiast
J tically received. He attended meet
1 ings and received Populations in
! Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington
4 Boston and numerous other places
At the national capital a great ban
quet was given in his honor by the
members of congress.