The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-08-11
LENIENT TOWARD
RUMANIANS|
Peace Conference Changing
Attitude-Won't Ask
Withdrawal Troops.
DESPITE EARLY REQUEST
Ferdinand's Government Will
Defend Activities in
Hungary.

Paris, Aug. 11.-(A. P.)-The peace
conference, 1t became known today
is changing entirely its attitude to.
ward the Rumanian army in Buda.
pest. The conference, 1t is learned
Is not disposed to ask the Rumanians
to leave the Hungarian capital i'm
mediately, despite the fact that the
supreme interallied council asked the
Rumanians not to enter Budapest.
While the supreme counc N|ts in
dignant over Rumanian 81 OF
supplies in Hungary prey { Y tc
shipping them to RUM many
delegates to the conferer Z of the
opinion that it will be sary for
the Rumanian troops : emain in
Budapest to steady : .uation, at
least temporarily. IS
The council too {: g still with
out direct reply - the Rumanian
government to the ultimatum which
it sent Rumania last week.
Soviet Measures Abroeated.
Basle, Aug. 11.-Hungarian COM
munist measures aboltshing private
property have been abrogated in a
decree issued by the new Hungarian
government, according to a dispatch
from Budapest. All owners are en-
Joined by the government to resume
the direction of their properties and
to continue agricultural activities.
Count Paul Teleky, who will rep
resent the Hungarian government at
Szegedin in conferences with the new
government at Budapest, arrived at
Budapest today and had long talk
with Archduke Joseph. Count Teleky
will have conference with Premier
Friedrich tomorrow.
Recovering Stolen Goods.
Paris, Aug. 9.-(By Telegraph From
N. Y. World, Copyrighted THAT Ru-
mania means vehemently to defend be-
fore the peace conference her activities
in Hungary is the belief now prevailing
In French circles here.
King Ferdinand's government, it is
understood, Will contend that the con-
ference's failure to compel Bella Kun
to observe the armistice terms and
other allied edicts made armed inter-
yention against the Magyars necessary.
Rumania will claim, according to these
reports, that it is merely acting as
gendarmerie for the entente and that
in bringing from Hungary the booty
demanded in their ultimatum, the Ru-
manians are simply recovering stolen
goods-in other words, making the Hun
garians restore property illegally re-
moved from Rumanian territory last
year. Moreover, they are expected to
argue that the small nations, failing of
effective support by the league of ma
tions. are obliged to protect themselves.
In this attitude the Bucharest insur-
gents are likely to have the support of
the French nationalistic press, which
despite the changed sentiments of the
French government. continue strongly
pro- -Rumanian. French public opinion
generally is doubtful of the conferences s
power to enforce obedience to it's de-
creeS and the council of five's threats
to exclude Rumania from the league of
nations are regarded as unlikely to have
much weight with King Ferdinand's s
statesmen.
lenlne Spreads Report.
Meanwhile, ominous reports of the
propaganda uses to which the overthrow
of the Peidll government is being put
by the Russian bolsheviki are reaching
Paris. Lenine is spreading broadcast
the idea that while the entente could
do nothing to Bella Kun, its Rumanian
ally was able to substitute reactional-
ism for democracy as soon as soviet
rule was abolished by the Hungarian
proletariat