Karl Peyer, Socialist deputy in the Hungarian parliament, banged his desk with his fists last week.
"Does the government intend," he shouted, "to delay remedies until the populace begins to storm the bakers' and butchers' shops? Yes indeed, hunger revolts in the provinces have already started. Continue your present policy. Just continue! You won't have to wait long to see the results."
Prime Minister Count Stephen Bethlen de Bethlen banged his desk too.
"Drop that language!'' he roared, his big mustache fluttering like an angry brown moth on his upper lip. "Such words...
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