3-077-796 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

M. Tisza, late Prime Minister of Hungary, 1890. 'The politics of the Kingdom of Hungary...have undergone a sudden crisis, attended by the resignation of M. Tisza...Koloman Tisza...is said to be of gipsy parentage, there being many respectable families of that race in Hungary. He was...for some years an exile. In 1859 he came forward as a champion of Hungarian Protestantism, was elected to the Parliament, and became leader of the Left Centre or Moderate Liberal Party, which coalesced with the Constitutional Party of Francis Deák. In 1875 M. Tisza became Minister of the Interior and President of the Cabinet; he displayed great financial skill...Indeed, the services he has rendered to Hungary, which he saved from bankruptcy, are not greater than those he has rendered to the Empire, in whose foreign policy he has had a leading share...He is a staunch supporter of the Austro-German and Triple Alliance. His successor could not hope to wield the same political influence, and Count Kalnoky would miss his support at critical moments; while, as Leader of the Liberal Party, M. Tisza, with his great experience, would hold the fate of Ministries in his hand, and continue to influence the policy of future Premiers and Foreign Ministers'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.