A Parliament Stormed.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7721, 25 January 1905, Page 4

A Parliament Stormed.

£ SPEAKER HANGED IN EFFIGY S» BY THE OPPOSITION. " - CHAMBER WRECKED. BUDAPEST, Doc. 13. i - Scandalous scenes occurred in the £. Hungarian Parliament to-day in conI ..sequence of the new rules of proce- £ dure being introduced. * W A hundred members or the Opposit Eon met by appointenint this mora- ?■ ing and inarched through the streets &>■ to Parliament House, where they L 'Viae met by the town captain of jK. police and some inspectors, who £~" intornicd thnn that members only £- would be allowed to lpnter. This was r,' -misunderstood by the members, who ■• "* Attacked fchk captain and threw him -' down the steps. !"'~ Then they rushed wildly, shouting t*- imprecations into the building, where fc they found a new Parliamentary ps- ..Guard consisting of stxtscn men postjg- ed near the President's seat. Many !&,, at the members commenced insult'-ng P,' Hfe guard, and suddenly Father p., a priest.-who is nkon depuW ty, boxed a soldier's ears. This was |f. Che sig-njl for a general attack*. The fe' balustrade leading to the President's S platform was torn down and the jp;,. pieces of wood used against the %.- guards. p Deck-lids were torn off, and the ?;., codes of the law were hurled across | the room' Eventually the guards refej' tired, having received orders only to |U defend thoiiisjelvcs. One man who be- ££. came separated from his companions £ was surrounded by the infuriated R» legislators, thrown down;, aad tram- &" ;pted on. jl~ The Pnesidvnt's stand was then and the benches, chairs, Kg books, boll, and everything else &T, movable were thrown into the room Egi below. ,■ Sjj - About ten o'clock the: President apfcfpeared with a few oi" the Ministers, fcf and looked on the wreckage with folded arms. Suddenly one of the j£< deputies waved a handkerchief, shout- ?■> tog " Now we can vote," whereupon ffi' the Ministers withdrew. Several of esp the Opposition and live guards were |K- Injured during the disturbance. m. Two Liberal members who were jp"< discovered looking on were received Kj|7 ,with a shower of insults and small j| - change, the money toeing thrown %■ wirh the words, '* Here you have Jf" the money. We can also pay." ' A model oS a gallows'was conic;' structed with the broken benches, and a caricature of the President £? was hanged amid cheers. Some of S* the members collected, autographs fyi an parts of the broken desks as me--1(f mentoes. %', Later information states that a % " battalion of infantry is being held 'fn readiness near the Parliament St, House, each man being provided gt wiUt a few ball cartriages. jpv. At a conference of the Liberal par-Sjjj-jn power under, Count Tisza and the ET"" Premier, said that no mediation be- &, Jween the Government and the Op%L~ portion would present any prospect &.j ,of success until the disgrace" of tog£'day's proceedings in Parliament had Jgp*-bcen wiped out. —Reuter. &-;£- The stermy scene described above ST .was- the culmination of "the long ■jF, struggle between the Liberal Party jf-' 4 •iin power under Count Tisxa and the t'= Opposition groups under Count ApgT f ponyi and M. Franz Kossuth (son of ft the great Hungarian rebel of 1849), EgL„who for a long time paralysed the »,business of Parliament by systematic ruction. K|£. Finally Count Tisza lost patience, Bprand gave notice to a number of al-n£-locations in the rules of procedure jjg-ealculated to frustrate the tactics •! gap the Opposition, which :1s in a minorim ty of atxrot sixty. The result was yesterday's outbreak, which is unfs r paralleled in the annals of HunP Baty " ——_»__ -