Q2 1903; AGRAM
-- On the occasion of the national festival, a crowd of Croatian peasants made a demonstration against the
Hungarian authorities, hauling down and burning the Hungarian flag at the railroad station of Zapresic Junction. The authorities quickly gained control of the
situation and hoisted a new flag with much ceremony.
This simple act of defiance caused a revolt to spread to every part of northern Croatia, and threatens to extend to Dalmatia. The celebration of Josip Jelacic in Agram culminated in a fierce conflict with the police, who attacked the crowds with sabres and wounded many people. The city of Agram is now completely under military rule. The streets are closed by cordons of Hungarian troops.
Thousands of peasants at Buccari have destroyed a railroad leading to Agram, preventing the hasty deployment of any more troops from the west. Troops which arrived after heavy damage to the rails shot and bayoneted many of the peasants.
The disturbance is due to the long-standing race hatred between the Slavs and Magyars. The present outbreak has two main sources- first, the general discontent of the peasantry arising from the extreme poverty prevailing everywhere and from the fact that in some parts of the country the peasants are on the verge of famine; second, the indignation aroused by the alleged tyrannical rule of the present Ban of Croatia, who has blocked a number of bills the Croatian legislature has sought to pass.
This simple act of defiance caused a revolt to spread to every part of northern Croatia, and threatens to extend to Dalmatia. The celebration of Josip Jelacic in Agram culminated in a fierce conflict with the police, who attacked the crowds with sabres and wounded many people. The city of Agram is now completely under military rule. The streets are closed by cordons of Hungarian troops.
Thousands of peasants at Buccari have destroyed a railroad leading to Agram, preventing the hasty deployment of any more troops from the west. Troops which arrived after heavy damage to the rails shot and bayoneted many of the peasants.
The disturbance is due to the long-standing race hatred between the Slavs and Magyars. The present outbreak has two main sources- first, the general discontent of the peasantry arising from the extreme poverty prevailing everywhere and from the fact that in some parts of the country the peasants are on the verge of famine; second, the indignation aroused by the alleged tyrannical rule of the present Ban of Croatia, who has blocked a number of bills the Croatian legislature has sought to pass.



