The sun., 1919-03-26
BUDAPEST SOVIET
HOLDS ALLIES MEN


Continued from First Pdpe
northea stern Galicia in Its march toward
Budapest. Brody is fifty miles from
Lemberg. The army was reported yes
terday to have crossed the Dniester
River south of that place.
Information raching Paris Is to the
effect that 800 Hngs rians. former prison.
ers of war in Russia, are crossing the
Carpathians daily and that these men
are under the influence Of the Bolshe-
wiki. II also Is asserted that two
British monitors have arrived at Buda-
pest and that they were under fire on
the trip up the Danube from Belgrade.
Other French and British vessels are re-
ported near at hand to give assistance IL
called upon. A British patrol boat is
reported to have been seized by the
authorities, but later was returned with
apologies by the Government.
Reports that Hungary had declared
war on Rumania, Czecho -Slovakia and
Jugo-Slavia are doubted. according to
information reaching the Associated
Press in Paris.
An order for all soldiers to rejoin
their units without delay has been Is
sued by the Hungarian commissioner
of military affairs.
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the Hungarian Soviet Republic is
doomed" he added. Tho revolutionary
Government requires discipline and It
will create an army we'll equipped and
disciplined"
A despatch 10 the Nete Freie Presse
declares that all the non Socialist parties
in Hungary will support the new govern
ment for the reason, II IL said. that II
has decided to act against the Entente.
The rural population Is reported to have
gore over to the Communists.
THE phrase The Entente nations WOO
the war but lost the peace may come
foot and dismember the defeated ma
tions," says the Neue Frcie Presse.
victors Their Enemies.
The Executive Committee of the Work.
mems Councils of German Austria, re-
plying to the proclamation of the Hun
garian proletariat, says II too, Is ''of
the opinion that after the collapse of
imperialism in Germany and Austria
Hungary, the imperialist victors are our
chief enemies. II the Paris conference
seeks to offer violence to entire nations
and violate the right of self-determina-
ton. It will meet with determined re.
sistance from the working men.
follow your example cannot be complied
with. for the Entente has cut Off our
supplies. We would starve before the
Russian Soviets could help us. We,
therefore, are in a worse position than
you, as VIC are completely dependent
upon the Entente"
Copenhagen hears that the claims set
up by the Soviet Government in Hun.
gary are not true. A despatch received
by the Achtuhr Abendbldu In eopen-
hagen says a panic prevails in Budapest,
but that the country has not yet re-
solved itself into a Soviet republic.
The reported voluntary surrender Of
arms by French soldiers in Budapest be-
cause the men were alleged to be in
-ffreted with Bolshevsm Is incorrect, the
.uulll1slu 50 e
There Is rumor in Copenhagen that
the Entente commission at Budapest
has been detained by the Hunsarians.
The capital, 1t Is added. has been her
medically sealed by the Government
against foreign countries
Denies Troop Movement.
The correspondent also says that the
rumored advance OF Russian Soviet
troops toward Hungary under Gen.
Georgy has no foundation. He adds that
the report received from NJ. Tchitcherin.
the Bolshevik Foreign Minister. on the
military situation of the Russian Soviet
Government greatly disappointed the
Hungarian Government,
Extra editions issued at O'Clock
Friday night. accoding TO the Aoerd-
blatts correspondent, announced that the
Communists had occupied nil important
positions and that nervousness was IN
CT easing hourly. Some rioting occurred
in Budapest late Friday evening and
several persons we're wounded.
Early Saturday sailors with machine
guns occupied the streets In which are
situated the Czech Consulate and the
Offices of the British and French mis-
stems.
The measures taken by the new Gov
ernment to preserve order were carried
out energetically. and Saturday passed
without disturbances.
An official statement from Budapest
dated Monday. March "a. declared that
reports from the provinces showed that
peace and order were prevailing. The
statement continues:
I'm most of the large towns like
Gycer, Debreczen. Szombathely.
Szentes, Kis-Kun Felegyhaza and
Beregszasz. the Socialists have taken
over the administration. A peasants
council has been formed at Kecskemet
and revolutionary government has
been formed at Kassa, which has
been occupied by the Czechs. accord
ing to the Government Commissary's
telephone message
Count Karolyi. in taking farewell OF
the Derinkoy Cabinet on Sunday, is
quoted as saying:
What has happened is natural re-
suit OF the blindness and i'll will with
which II was sought to assasinate Hun
gary"
Personally. said the retiring Provt-
sional President, he would support the
leaders of the people with all his
strength and was willing to work and
serve as a private soldier.
II realized" he added, that Hungary