The Archive · 1912

Angry Scenes in Parliament

Budapest, Sept. 17.

In spite of the olive branch held out on the 15th instant by the Pre mier, Herr Lukacs, who announce that he would submit to Parliament a Bill providing for measures whied would render police intervention in Parliament unnecessary, and also foreshadowed a distinctly democratic franchise, when Parliament opened this morning an intense feeling prevailed. Count Tisza, the President of the Lower House, was received with a torrent of abuse, and an earsplitting din developed into almost free fight.

Herr Andrassy and others separated the infuriated member. but the tumult continued unabated although Count Tisza left the chair and his place was taken by the Vice President. At four o'clock a strent body of police appeared and Count Tisza declared in the Lobby that he would employ them to quell the disturbance if necessary.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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