Századok – 1937

Pótfüzet - HEGEDÜS LORÁNT: Lord Beaconsfield politikai ügynökének jelentései gróf Andrássy Gyula és Tisza Kálmán politikájáról a keleti válság idejében 576–616

[65] BE ACONSFIELD ÜGYNÖKÉNEK JELENTÉSEI. 587 referred could be carried through only by the resolute and persistent attitude of the majority of the Legislature. If that majority approved his views, he counted upon support of this nature ; — if not, let them say so frankly, and give that support to someone else. Let the individual fall, if need be, so long as the wellbeing and the prosperity of the Country remained assured. His Excellency's speech was received with enthusiastic approbation ; and although as a matter of fact he confined himself to generalities, recent circumstances attach to his words a significance which they might not otherwise possess. The tumultuous demonstration made against him three weeks ago in Buda will not easily be forgotten or forgiven by this proud, reserved, and sensitive nature. M. Tisza knows that his hold on the Country is not so firm now as it was two years ago, and betrays his apprehensions by the language he employs. He must be conscious also that no one believes in the sincerity of the pretext for his recent journey to Berlin ; and that however unfounded may be the suspicions entertained as to the rectitude of his views on the foreign policy of the Empire, they are not likely to be allayed by the visit he has chosen to pay, at a critical moment, to the German Capital. I have the honour to be, Sir Your Excellency's most obedient humble servant Edmund Monson. (Hátirat :) 1878 Buda Pesth Jan. 5. Mr. Monson to Sir A. Buchanan. No. 1. Ree. Jan. 9. By Post. Domestic & Foreign Policy of Hungarian Govt. —Speech of Premier on : The Queen 0 B. Lord Beaconsfield circulate. No. 5. Buda Pesth, January 18, 1878. Sir, The Tribunal has this day pronounced judgment in the case of M. Miletics, whose trial for High Treason has occupied more than a week ; and has sentenced him to five years imprisonment, •— the eighteen months confinement which he has undergone since his arrest in June 1876 being reckoned as part of the term. M. Miletics being a member of the Lower House, the sentence will be communicated officially to the Diet. The Prisoner on hearing the sentence made a solemn asseveration of his innocence, and gave notice of appeal. Your Excellency is aware that M. Miletics has long been the irrepressible representative of the Omladina ; and that the Hungarian Government has, after much delay, put him on his trial for conspiracy against the Crown. The charges against him referred chiefly to acts and speeches alleged to have been committed and delivered at Belgrade ; and rested upon the testimony of witnesses whose credibility is more than doubtful. The progress of the trial was frequently interrupted by unseemly wrangling between the various counsel,