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Show COUNT TISZA AND CABINErjESIGN Last Survivor of Emperor Francis Joseph's Close Followers Fol-lowers Steps Down. LEADER PRO-GERMANS Premier the One Great Obstacle Ob-stacle Preventing Freedom From Prussian Dominance. LONDON, May 23, 11 '15 a. m. A Central News dispatch from Amsterdam Amster-dam says that the Hungarian cabinet, of which Count Tisza was premier, has resigned. Count Tisza, "the iron man" of Austria-Hungary, has been for many years the leader of the pro-German party in the dual monarchy and was tho last survivor of the little group of statesmen states-men who surrounded Emperor Francis Joseph when the European war began. be-gan. On the accession of Emperor Charles the majority of the officials of the previous regime were either dismissed or resigned. There have been persistent reports from many sources that Emperor Charles keenly resented the dominance of Berlin in Austro-Hungarlan affairs and that Count Tisza was tho ono great obstacle obsta-cle which prevented him from free ing his empire from the influence of Potsdam. Budapest Telegram. AMSTERDAM, via London, uMay 23. A Budapest telegram received hero by way of Berlin says it is reported Premier Tisz.i submitted to the king proposals for franchise reform. The king reserved his decision upon which depends whether tho cabinet will resign re-sign Count Tisza, tho dispatch says, is leaving for Vienna, whero ho will be received by tho king. VIENNA, Tuesday, May 22, via Berlin. Ber-lin. May 23, 12 20 p. m. Among tho lifo members appointed to tho Austrian Aus-trian house of lords by Emperor Charles, in addition to Dr. Constantin Thcodor Dumba, former ambassador at Washington, and Field Marshal Von Hoctzendorff, aro Moriz Benedikt, publisher pub-lisher of tho Neuo Freie Prosse and Baron Skoda, director general of tho arms and munition works bearing his name. All told, sixty new appointments appoint-ments to tho upper chamber were announced. an-nounced. oo |