No Direct Action to Secure Ruthenia Budapest, Nov. 23.
Facing the Chamber for the first time since the formation of the Cabinet a week ago, the Government was defeated by 115 to 94 votes today, on the motion in favour of the formal instruction of the 15 Deputies of the returned regions in Upper Hungary.
This was the first time in 20 years that the Hungarian Government had been' defeated in public session.
The opposition was mostly of a personal nature against M. Bela Imredy, the Premier, who, during the stormy session, reiterated that Hungary did not contemplate direct action to secure Ruthenia—Reuter.
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