The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-04-07
HUNGARY AND
THE HUNGARIANS

Hungary has a population of TO-
100000.
The area of Hungary is about
equal to that of the State of New
Mexico.
Hungary is unusually rich in it's
mineral deposits. It's 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 in
vaded the region from Asia and con-
quered it, they have controlled the
government.
Self-government through parlia-
ment in Hungary is of ancient origin,
being founded upon a charter called
the Golden Bull, which dates back
to 1922, and is thus almost contemp-
orary with the Magma Charta of Eng
land.
Budapest, the capital city of Hun
gary, consists of the sister towns Bu-
da and Pest. Lying on either side
of the Danube, just at that point
where it definitely sets south. Pest
spreads itself out over the fiat sandy
plain on the left bank, while Buda
occupies a series Of small and steep
hills on the right bank.
|, Empress Marie Theresa German
lied Hungary as completely as she
Germanized all her alienated Aus
trian provinces, and German flourish
ed as the official, bureaucratic, scient-
ific and society medium in Hungary
until the Magyars broke loose from
Austrian thraldom and secured their
political emancipation. Then Ger
man went to the wall, and today there
are millions in Hungary wholly ignor-
ant of the German language.
The central regions of Hungary
are watered by the Danube and The
ISIS 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
vegetables grow in great quantity;
choice fruits are produced in every
part; it's vineyards yield the most de-
licious grapes in so rich an abund-
ance as to supply larger amount of
export wine than in any other por-
ton of Europe.
L. Of
gary was Louis Kossuth, whose men,
DRY is revered by Hungarians as that
of Washington is revered by the peo-
pie IF the United States. Kossuth
visited America in 1851 and it is a
matter of history that no foreigner
save Lafayette ever received at the
hands of the American people such
marks of esteem as were bestowed
on the Hungarian exile.
After the failure of the Hungar-
ian revolution, of which he was the
leader, in 1849, Kossuth sought re-
fuge in Turkey. Austria and Russia
demanded his extradition, but the
Porte, resisting all threats, declined
to give him up, in which attitude Tur-
key was supported by England and
France. At length the intervention
of England and the United States Sc
cured his liberation, and at the be-
ginning of September 1851, he was
permitted to avail himself of the in
vitation of the United States to come
to America as the guest of the nation.
In New York, where he landed, he
was enthusiastically received. He at
tended meetings and received deputa-
lions in Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington, Boston and numerous
other places. At the national capital
a great banquet was given in his hon
or by the members of Congress,