SCENE IN HUNGARIAN PARLIAMENT.
Scenes of the wildest uproar occurred towajda the end of a sitting of the Lower House of the Hungarian Pa-rlia,-ment. The President set forth his views as to the way in which the business of the House should be conducted. He was, however, frequently interrupted, and several members of the Opposition, party ran up the steps of the Presidential Tribune and handed M. Navay a eheet of paper containing a written 'demand for a. secret sitting. The President, however, tore up the paper and threw it on the ground. A scene ef' indescribable tumult then ensued. The Government party broke out into frantic cheers, while the Opposition, hot with indignation, shouted at the President "You are mad ; you should be in a lunatic :■ When the uproar wa« at its- h vjit a journalist named Psilyi sprang num the Press gallery on. to the floor of the Chamber and rushed up to the President's tribune, as he thought, although erroneously, that the persenal safety of the President was threatened. M. Martin Lovaszy, of the Justh party, approached the tribune and demolished the balustrade. After the Houee had b«en, twice adjourned M. Navay acceded to the dema/nd of the Opposition for a. secret sitting. He expressed regiet for his brusque gesture and said he would take steps to deal with the conduct of the journalist, Palyi,
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 100, 27 April 1912, Page 10
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