Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-31
Bolshevik Agitation Gov
ers Country-Russians
Advance to Danube.

Paris. March 3i.--A small
force OF French troops station
cd in H. neutral zone between
Hungary and RUmania has been
attacked by Hungarian troops,
$50 OF the French being takeD
prisoner, according 10 official
report received here.
On demand of the French
general the release of the pris-
Oners has been promised by the
Hungarians.
Greatly disturbed conditions
are reported TO exist in HIM
gary.
Berlin, March 3l.-The diplO-
matte agent of the German gov
crnment at Budapest has ad-
yiSed Germans to leave Hun
gary.
Washington, March 31.--Industrv
and business is al a standstill in
Budapest according to advtces to
the state department made public
today by Acting Secretary Phillips
A dispatch from Vienna states tha-
all Industrial activities having been
stopped in the Hungarian capital
and that an inventory is being
taken by the new bolshevik auth
critics of all factory plants, bank
ing institutions and shops of every
variety
All property is being sequestered
both real and personal,
1t is stated also that the new
representative of the Budapest gov
ernment had been formally accepted
as Vienna and that the Budapest
authorities have ordered that full
respect be paid TO the flags Of for
eign governments.
Berne. Switzerland, Sunday,
March 30.--News of a serious small
pox epidemic was raging in the
province of-Apuiia, Italy. was re-
ceived here today in Italian news
papers, the fact having been sup.
pressed up to this time by the cen
sor. Thousands Of the poorer classes
in the privince died from the dis
ease. In the city of Bari alone L.
500 persons perished,
Communist troops invaded Ger
many West Hungary, but were re
pulsed after several conflicts with
the inhabitants. according TO a dis
patch from Berlin quoting the Nos-
sische Zeltung as saying a deputs
tion from West Hungary arrived
yesterday in Vienna to report to
Secretary of State Bauer concern
ing the invasion Many houses were
plundered and burned.
Riots Sweep Austria.
Paris, March 31.-Serious disor-
ders throughout Austria, the result
of Bolshevik agitation. were report
ed in Vienna dispatches today.
A mob at Deefing demolished the
town hall in a demonstration de-
manding the overthrow OF the gov
ernment.
In many Austrian districts the
people are demanding a proletariat
dictatorship. spurred by Russia
agents who are taking advantage or
the popular feeling against the gov
ernment created by the scarcity OF
food.
Russ Advance TO Danube.
A dispatch to the Temps says Dol
shevik troops in Bessarabia have
progressed as far as the region OF
the Danube river
A French force on the left bank OF
the Dniester has effected a junction
with Roumanian troops fighting the
bolsheviki, according to a Rouma-
niau official here
Allied troops defeated strong Dol
shevik forces in the region OF Maja
Niliska, he said. On the east bank
of the Dniestcr the French com
mander lacks proper support for
his actions against the bolsheyki
The Roumanians are advancing to-
ward Tiraspol and Rasdelnja.
U.timatum 10 CZechs-
Basel Switzerland, March 81
The Hungarian government Is re.
ported in Vienna dispatches 10 have
sent an ultimatum to the Czecho-
Slovak government This action, n
is stated, was taken because Of the
concentration Of CZecho-S -Slovak
troops and a rumor that there
would be a general mobilization in
Bohemia in the near future.
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