Two significant declarations have been made by leaders of the
Coalition in Hungary. On Saturday last the Premier, Dr. Wekerle, addressing the House of Magnates in support of the Quota Agreement, while attributing the disastrous financial condition of Hungary to misrepresenta- tions of the Magyar attitude, went on to say that "economic independence and the right of separate action .must not be considered all-important." Suffrage reform was generally recognised to be a necessity, though he maintained that the question had been raised as a political weapon rather than from its intrinsic necessity. Simultaneously Count Andrassy issued a circular in which he enjoins on administrative county officials to learn the languages of the inhabitants of their districts, so that they may be able to understand the desires of the inhabitants and to make administrative measures corn. prehensible to them. All true friends of Hungary will welcome in this speech and circular indications of a desire to abandon the uncompromising policy of Mag,yarisation and to return to the saner and more generous principles laid down by Deik.
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