COUNT TISZA'S DOWNFALL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 28 May 1917, Page 5

COUNT TISZA'S DOWNFALL.

CZECHS DEMAND A CONSTITU-

TION

A SIGN OF TURKISH UNEASINESS,

LONDON, May 25. The Daily Chronicle's Milan corres- [ pendent states that Count Tisza's downfall is the result of the Emperor's refusal to accept his Reform Bill, which proposed to extend the franchise to 30,000 men only, which the Emperor realised was ridiculous. Count Tisza held sway over the Hungarian Chamber by a, compact majority of 300, mostly bribed. AMSTERDAM, May 26. Some 150 prominent Czechs, authors and professional men, Have issued a manifesto to the Czech Deputies insisting on their obtaining a constitution and guarantees. It declares that many Czech representatives have been imprisoned and even condemned to death It also demands an amnesty for alii political prisoners. " ■ Emperor Carl gav e an audience to the Hungarian Opposition leaders. The lat-1 ter suggested that General Archduke Josef Should be entrusted with the formation of a Cabinet. i [The Czechs are a Slavic people settled in the extreme north-west of the Austro-Hungarian Empire]. PARIS, May 26. Le Matin states that Talaat Bey, during a recent visit to Vienna, deposited' the archives of the Committee of Union and Progress, also a large part of his! personal fortune, in an Austrian bank.