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who, on Jan. 27, of the same year, replied in anything but 
a conciHatory tone. 
The answer arrived a few days before the catastrophe at 
MeyerHng: as soon as the news of the latter was published, 
the strong movement which the confessed readiness of the 
Crown Prince gave rise to suddenly ceased. 
It seemed that the Congress had been indefinitely post- 
poned. 
But the request made to Dr. Blasius in 1887 had not 
yet received any answer; and it was his decision, which 
arrived on March 31, 1889, sub No. 185, that again set 
things moving. 
The scheme offered by Dr. Blasius also adapted itself to 
the 7 points (1887) of the Hungarian Committee, only there 
were other points as well, already sanctioned by the Crown 
Prince, — e. g. the necessity for a draft of statutes and by- 
laws etc. 
The last moment of this period was when the corporation 
of Budapest voted 4000 florins — 8000 crowns, for the ex- 
penses of the Congress, a sum which, together with the 
1 2,000 crowns offered by Government, was sufficient to secure 
the material basis. 
Meanwhile the chances of the Congress fluctuated, for 
the simple reason that the Vienna secretary continually made 
difficulties and actually gave the Hungarian Ministry of Public 
Instruction occasion to think of dropping the affair alto- 
gether.^ 
But Hungarian experts could not reconcile themselves to 
^ In the official minutes of the Congress will be found the reason 
for the peculiar conduct of the Vienna Secretary : at the closing meeting 
the Congress did not vote its approval of the way the money entrusted 
to him had been spent. 
