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Show H M Prco Roligion foi Hungary. -H Iludiipestli,l)ec 10. Thcro wbh n H sccnoof unparalleled oxciteincnt i 'he B itolclmtng to-day when Dr. V'ul.crle, tho H l'rlmo Miuieter, unro'inctd tliaiClngof Ht ' Ilungaiy (Kmpcior l'raucla Josoplu Bj has given hia sauelion to the ccclKslasU- H callllls. The tnenibors rov in a bol) ' -H and cheered for several -minutes Th H house rapidly emplUd,und tl o mcinbcr Hj paesod aruiiud and oongrtul.ltul l)r B "Wekerlu and Iho lluiigarlnn 5( aUttii of Bj tholuten ir, who lusgouto the lobbies- H Tho llbirals havo tho htghtud hopes that BJ tho firm position they havo maiiitiiuiid Bj ' on thu ecclesiastical mu.iiiros will Bj enable thuui to carry out 'nrther n- Bj forma. Bj Tlio cccicsiustical bills U wbjch the IB royal junction haa been given, include measures legalizing clUI marriages, allowing al-lowing the conversion of Christians to Judnirm, granting religious lllierty to Hebrews and removing tho restrictions with regard to the children of mixed marriages. In fact the bills provido for complete religious freedom In Hungary. All tho measures, with the exceptions oj that in regard to children of mixed marriages, were bitterly opposed by the clcrlcnls. Not only the lloman Catholics Catho-lics but Iho Greek orthodox bishops fought against tin adoption of the measure. x |