The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-30
HUNGARY'S POSITION.
Comments From the Point Of View OF
the Party Desiring Independence.

To THE EpiToE OF THE SUN-Sir' on
July Is YOU published a letter from the
Austro-HunCarian Consul-General in
New York, who challenged certain state
meuts made by the Hungarian CORE
spoudont OF the London Morning Post
and asserted that the Morning Post did
not at tho present time have a CORE
%SpoudCut i'm Hungary. called the at
tontiou Of the editor OF the Morning Post
to the Co~usul-ieneral's letter, and /
have now received a letter from the
editor. who informs me that the Morn
ulG Post can NouCh for the bona fides
Of the letters. No doubt they are very
d,saGrceahle to the Consul-General. who
S trying to make the American public
believe that Hungary is solidly united
with the Gernanic Powers. but II he
would make a few Inquiries among the
H%uuEarians in America he would find
that a largo percentage OF them are
members of the Independence party. who
see that Hungary Is the only nation TO
Wh"m victory would Ice a disaster. They
know that along lines Of absolute indie
pcudcuco lies tho safety OF their father
Land. \ German victory and the sub
ordination of Austria would reduce Hun.
gary to the Level of a German province.
II . difficult for Americans to under
stand the situation, May | infringe on
N'Nl Ndllil'4' TItiF nll'llA 10 eNnlAtn u.
based ON accurate knowledge II per-
haps seems strange to Americans that
an English newspaper Is able to receive
letters from the capital Of hungary
which may create the suspicion I'm the
minds Of Americans that there must be
something wrong about these letters, as
the hungarian authorities could so easily
prevent their transmission through the
mails, The remarkable thing about the
letters the Morning Post mas published.
which have been so freely quoted In
Europe and America, Is that they are
allowed to come through, and the per-
mission or tacit acquiescence, I am un.
able to say which it is. on the part OF
the Hungarian Government liz not tho
least extraordinary feature of the whole
affair.
The Budapest correspondent OF the
Morning Post is well known in Hunra-
rian political circles and equally we'll
known as the correspondent of the Morn
ing PoSf, There Is no concealment about
il whatever. lie IL a member of IN.
Independence party. which. according 10
the best information, is honestly desir-
GUS OF securing the absolute independ-
ence OF Hungary as ono of the results
OF the war. no matter which way II NAV
terminate, and 10 end the existing agree
ment between Hungary and Austria and
see Hungary an Independent State. Con-
~sequcntly tho party wishes to keen ON
good terms with England as an anchor
thrown to wlndward in the event OF the
victory of the N.ltcs. 1t has been pointed
out to members of the independence
party, both in aud out of the Hunga-
rian Chamber, that this is "A dangerous
policy, but the Hungarians are i'm an
extremely delicate position. HUNGARIAN
troops are fighting side BY side with
Austrian and German for the simple
reason that they cannot help themselves.
Should the Hungarians refuse to fight
against Russia, Germany and Austrl,
would undoubtedly regard that refusal
as mutlny and treat II accordingly.
A, MAURICE Low,
Washington correspondent of the Lon.
don Morning Post.
WARRINGTON, D. g., August 2S,