Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-12-22 | Page 7 | Accepts Royal Decree

ACCEPTS ROYAL DECREE velch wilt aid greatly in clearing the hungarian government of vienna dec 19 the fact that tha hungarian parliament today accepted tho royal decree ot prorogation will apparently do much to clear the dual monarchy of the possibility 0 international difficulties confronting it as a result 0 tha prolonged political crisis in hungary new commercial treaties ara pending with russia italy switzerland and the balkan states but that with germany already has been ratified by the austrian halt 0 the dual monarchy and must become operative by january 3 now that the parliament has prorogued the emperor king can sea his way clearly to concluding cheso treaties and having them promulgated by his governments representatives at budapest and vienna even without parliamentary ratification it is certain that tho hungarian would nave refused to ratify the treat les had they been submitted to it emperor kings authority to act independently of parliament probably will not be questioned by tha countries concerned tilte step will practically continue Angs lelch which regulates the fiscal and commercial affairs cc the two countries automatically for another decade the period at ufa of cheso new commercial treaties will tend strongly to baom austria and hungary together for at least that length ot time tor any economic separation by hungary during tho period ot tha treaties would necessitate heir repudiation dia tion this lessening 0 ehg danger 0 in complications lor the alm being reduces tho austro dissensions to practically a hungarian affair la which the language ct com anad to be used in tho army the gaea alon ot taxes and that ot recruits still remain the principal features