New-York tribune., 1919-08-19
Supreme Council
Decides to Snub
Archduke Joseph
No Reply Whatever Will Be
Made to His Request for
Recognition: Hungarian
Labor Opposes His Rule

PARIS, Aug. IS (By The Associated
Press The Supreme Council has de-
cided it Will make no reply whatever to
the communication of Archduke Joseph,
Governor of State in Budapest. asking
for recognition.
The Budapest newspapers state that
the Rumanlans have presented new
armlstce conditions to the Hungarian
government, which has forwarded them
to the Allies, according to a dispatch
from the Hungarian capital
The Hungarian government has de-
clined to accept any modification of
the terms of the armistice of Novem ber
last, the dispatch adds.
BUDAPEST, Aug. 1s (By The Asso-
clated Press Hungary is boiling over
with the opposition of the labor ele-
ment to Archduke Joseph, the regent.
and also with anti-Jewish movements
started by the Help Hungary party.
The Czechs and Serbs have agreed to
the request of the Allied generals to
halt the advance of their troops.
Archduke Joseph, Governor of the
Hungarian State, denied to-day that he
had received aletter from former En-
peror Charles as charged in dispatches
from Budapest to Berlin newspapers.
The letter, it is alleged, ordered the
Archduke to take over the power in
Hungary and thanked him for his
service to the Hapsburg dynasty.
The letter. as published in Berlin,
according to those familiar with Hans
burg court documents, bears the stamp
of forgery.
1t was pointed out to-day on behalf
OF Archduke Joseph that the Archduke
could not exercise the powers of a
sovereign, but could act only as regent
Tor the interests of the former En-
peror and his eldest SON. According to
the law Of succession in Austria
Hungary, it is said, no archduke can
ascend the throne while a male de-
scendant Of a king is alive, or even if
the king has been banished.
The former Emperor it is added. has
been careful not to abdicate, because
such an act would jeopardize the posi-
ton of his son and heir, Archduke
Otto: Those in Budapest in touch with
the former Emperor in Switzerland saw
Otto continues to take instruction in
Eckartsau. The boy, it is said, also is
interested in collecting American flags.
The uneaslness of the Czecho- Slovak
government over the position of Arch
duke Joseph IN Hungary continues. The
Czechs say his new Cabinet is reaction
ary and is leaning toward a military
dictatorship under Admiral Horthv,
commander of the Szegedin army, who
is said to be pronounced monarchist.
King Ferdinand of Rumania accord
ing to reports from reliable quarters.
paid visit to Budapest last week in
cognito.
Four Hungarian monitors, manned
by British seamen, have arrived here.
The ships carried five-inch guns, and
were under the command of Vice Ad-
miral Ernest Troubridge
Brigadier General Harry H. Band
holtz, American member of the allied
military mission here, is urging his
colleagues to ask the peace conference
to act quickly in regard to the presence
of Rumanians in Hungary This action
was inspired by reports that the Ru
manians continue to requisition food
supplies.
Captain Thomas C. Gregory. chief
allied food administrator in Central
Europe, takes strong position regard
ing food, and will permit none to enter
Hungary as long as the Rumanians
continue their seizures. This food was
purchased by him with Hungarian
money which he secured in Vienna
when the Communist regime COLLAPSED
Herbert Hoover, chairman of the allied
relief organization, who is in Warsaw
has been asked to exert pressure on
the peace conference for immediate ac-
tion