M. Tisza, for fifteen years Premier of Hungary, has been
compelled to resign at last. He still possessed a majority, and his Government was unbroken; but a section of his own party, headed by Count Apponyi, had begun to dislike him, and his supporters outside accused him of want of Home-rule feeling. The struggle raged in appearance round a proposed statute to exempt Louis Kossuth from a law which de- nationalises all exiles of ten years ; but its real base was the desire of the younger Hungarians for a separate Army. The new generation is, in fact, displaying a recrudescence of Nationalist feeling, leading, especially among students, to constant displays of violence. The Emperor, who for reasons indicated elsewhere, is greatly moved by the retirement of his old friend, is said to have invited Count Apponyi to dinner in order to rebuke him for intriguing against M. Tisza, and his severe language has greatly cowed that section of the majority. The Liberal Party will therefore at first support M. Tisza's successor, Count Szapary ; but already signs of dissensions are frequent, and it is known that the Emperor expects a troubled time. Hungary is fairly faithful to the League of Peace, but wishes it directed rather against Russia than France, and any quarrel with the Hungarians would greatly impair the Emperor's position.
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