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 Francis Varga. royal family told him he had thrown away Hungary; they deposed him and crowned in his stead the son of his brother, Francis Joseph, who still governs over Austria and Hungary.

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soldiers; we were defeated by Russian bay onets. Terrible atrocities were committed; the Austrians and Russian soldiers ravished and ravaged; children and old men and women were put to death; unborn babes

FRANCIS VARGA.

"Then came the revolution; my country demanded her rights; the Emperor had promised them; we fought for them. What did we ask? A responsible ministry, abolition of the feudal system, equalization of taxes, extension of the franchise, freedom of the press, complete religious toleration. Those are what we fought for. "We were defeated, but not by Austrian

were cut from the bodies of their mothers. The atrocities were terrible. They were so great that when the Austrian ambassador was presented to the Queen of England she turned her back. "Kossuth made me his Judge Advocate General; martial law had been established; it was war, war everywhere. The Court was established; I was the judge, and from my