On Tuesday a remarkable scene occurred in the Hungarian Chamber,
on which we have commented elsewhere. An hour before the time fixed for the opening of Parliament a number of Opposition Deputies forced their way into the Chamber, overpowered the police, and reduced the furniture to frag- ments, piling it up in a heap in the centre of the ball. At 10 o'clock, the hour of opening, the Opposition leaders arrived, and were greeted with wild applause, photographs of them being taken standing around the broken furniture, while they autographed table-legs for their enthusiastic supporters. The orgies lasted till 2 o'clock, the hour when the sitting is suspended by law. Count Tisza did not attempt to force an entrance; but in an address to a party Conference later in the day be declared that such lawlessness must be repressed, by force if necessary, and that in the event of further obstruction he would appeal to the country. Popular feeling is said to be generally on the side of the Government.
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