Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-09

HNHB Russian army has invaded Hungary.
i 1t forced the passes of the Carpathlans
and in four columns It is pressing on.
What is curious is ths
Out of every three inhabitants of Hungary,
at least one is praying that the raid may
become an Observation-Disclosures and COM
plete. OF course I am referring to the
Croats, to the three million Rumanians and
the three and half millions of Serbs who
dwell in the land under the sway not al
ways gentle) of the Magyars. 1t Is fact OF
equal moment that all the Hungarians are
not of one mind regarding this war. The
men of AS are dead, it may be- but their
sons live. They remember the hope and de-
spar of that bloody revolution. The mem
ory lives-though 1t was long ago that the
last rebel was hanged and Hungary was de-
graded to a province of the Hapsburg en-
pire. And more than one Hungarian does
not know whether his hatred for the invader
is greater than his age-old hate for Austrian
tyranny.
If you doubt this fact ask the Hungarians
who have come, in their thousands, to this
country I've been talking to some OF them.
1t was last evening, and we sat at table,
and when the slivovitsa was sent out in tall,
pale bottles we talked of these things. They
made me one of them because they remem-
bered sin of my youth-what time 1 lived
in their land and translated (for notable
occasion) that "Szozat" which is the soul of
Hungary. And we sang it once more:
ITO the Motherland, unfaltering
Thy faith be, Magyar"
And drank out of tall pale glasses.
1 did not hear one good word for the de-
crepit feudalsm of the Austrian Emplre
few Hungarians-saye those who are in one
way or another In its pay or tied to the
wheels of government-would weep at its
downfall
Victory in Defeat
For in the defeat of Austria they see
new and free Hungary-the hope and dream
of '4S come true-the splendid dream of Kos
suth Lajos made reality
'And how many Hungarians are there?"
/ asked.
There was a dispute The Magyar with
the heaviest voice said nine millions; an
other said there were less than eight, and he
added: even in our own land we are in
minority"-which led to ample discussion.
Geographically the country is a basin, ringed
round by mountains. In this hollow a half
dozen nationalities are shut up 1t is the
Magyar's land, but he does not sit at the
head of the table. The German immigrant
sits there. Then in the south of Hungary
are the Serbs-three millions and half.
Naturally enough their eyes are on Servia in
these heroic days; and their hearts are
there They would fain be a part of that
ancient kingdom.
How many Croats there are in Hungary
no one seemed to know; perhaps there are
million or two, and their dream Is of
greater lllyrla, which shall unite Bosnia,
Herzegovina, Montenegro and, it may be,
Daimatia-a splendid dream. Then in the
north Of Hungary are the Moravians, who
hope to found-with Bohemia-a new Czech
State. The Rumanians OF Pennsylvania
have their dream. too. 1t is the old dream
Of union with their brother Rumanians Of
the Balkans of Bessarabia and of Mace
don. And so there is not In Hungary one way
of thinking-sinee there are six But all
these races are one in their hatred OF the
Austro-German lords of the land.
What we Magyars want is simple thing
we want our own government. We want
Magyar rule And we've fought for Il for
over thousand years, Wen get it. too
that is what we shall pick up out Of the
ruins of this war"
Heads or Tails They Win
And another Hungarian said; ''Whether
Austria loses or wins-we win"
"How can that be?"
"A victory viii leave her as weak as a de-
feat. You can't haul an old totterins strue-
ture about as Austria has been hauled about
ia this war" he explained without knock
ing II to pieces"
$50 that Is why a million Magyars have
been doing the heaviest lighting for Austria
why they have indeed done the only real
hghting2p
u don't think any one reasoned it out IN
advance" he said.
simply went 20 war?'
You see they had 20. The Hungarians
had no choice. They were ia the army. or
they were drafted into It with on chance
70 revolt as buiiocks Ia a yoke. And then
he vent on, "at nrst the war was popular
# vas q HuFreh. hoyzl war The mur-
defed Archdake Haa lo be avenged. ssraa