The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25

There was no indication as to the ex- tent of the control of the new regime be- yond the capital and in the absence of this and other details officials were re- luctant to discuss the situation at length. It appeared from today's advices, how ever, that the crisis resulted from the line of demarkkation established by the peace conference in circumscrihing the territory O. Hungary and the general economic sit uation in Budapest. The recognition of the extreme claims of the Rumanians and Czecho- Slov aks and the establishment of neutral zones between these lines and the limits allowed to Hungary, which zone was to be held by the French until the final peace treaty was completed, was said to have been more than the old Hungarian government. was able to accept and remain In power. It was suggested that the fact that these lines were not to be the final Limitations of the new Hungarian state was not ap- preciated by the Hungarians, who ap- parently proceeded upon the theory that they were to lose even the neutral zone occupied by the French.
 The safety of foreigners was a feature of the news that appeared cheering to state department officials. A number of Americans are in what was formerly
 
 the peace conference and the inter-allied food commission. but most of them are in Vienna
 Senator Hitchcock, chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, in a statement referred to the situation in Hungary and said he believed it would do much to wipe out differences between the nations represented at the peace confer ence and would aid in bringing about final adoption of the league of nations plan. A N ' SURPRISED AT SPREAD
 State department officials who are fla miliar with conditions heretofore existing
 in Hungary were surprised by the rap dity with which bolshevisn swept Into control in Budapest and were inclined to doubt that 1t had succeeded in reaching out of the cities to include the peasant |agricultural class. The peasants were said to have been vel. satisfied with their treatment under the land owning class and consequently would not be fer tile field for the propagation of bolshevik theories. One official suggested that the inclusion of peasants in the new govern ment, called the revolutionary govern nient of workers, peasants and soldiers councils" instead of, as in Russia, the government of the "workers' and soldiers councils" might be an attempt to per- suade the peasants to join the movement.
 
 Berne and Copenhagen, and related to diff ferent features of the movement Eachs ht wever. referred to the revolution as an accomplished fact. The Serbian advices declared that the new Magyar govern ment had announced that hostilities. would begin last Friday night. but they did not state against whom the hostilitic8 were ordered or whether they had ac- tually begun.
 The Berne dispatches threw some light on the personnel of the new government. The appointment of Belakun as minister of foreign affairs was particularly dis turbing to officials, as he was for some time an aide-de-camp of Leon Trotzky in Russia. s}The new minister of war was described as having been an orderly in l the second army who was once punished for indiscretion in military affairs. SUMMARY OF ADVICES l The state departments advices wers summarized in this statement: | The state department has received 1 a dispatch from Belgrade that the Hun | garian government was overturned by l the communist revolutionary element I under bolseyist leadership in Buda- pest on Friday. While telegraph and other communications were cut off, and there was some shooting and other dis orders all the foreigners in Budapest l are believed to be safe.
 Through Serbian sources, informa- 1 tion has come to the department that the Hungarian government has resigned and that the new Magyar government announced hostilities would begin 1t 2 l o'clock last, Friday night. Budapest
 time. The resignation of the old Hun garian government came after the 1 French authorities now in Hungary had directed the Hungarian government to l withdraw it's army forces to Szegedin- Debreczen boundary, the Rumanians to hold the Aradszat-Marnement line and
 the French to occupy the territory in | dispute.
 "A dispatch from Berne, referring to the press reports concerning the sit uation, says that Alexander Gorbai, who l has assumed the presidency of the rev olutionary government of workers. peasants and soldiers councils, accord ing to the press, is a workman. who I at first . conservative socialist has now 1 moved to the .sft Joseph Pogony 1 (Pagany), minister of war. formerly was president of the Soldatenrat, and was an orderly in the Second army and once punished for indiscrstion in an army matter. Bohm. who has become commissioners for social affairs. was once minister Of war and has lately foreign affairs. used to he aid-de-camp 1 for Trotzky. in Russia. serving as such 1 four years and described as a very l radical bolshevist. t The state department has received q dispatch from Copenhagen stating that Count Karoiyi, heading the Hungarian lprcvtsionaI government at Budapest in . memorandum received at Cop enhAgen. claimed that Rumanians, Csechs ani Berbs started rumcrs in entente coun tries that bolshevisrn Is ceveaopins in Hungary and claimed that by these irumors the Rumanians, Cxechs snd 1 Serbs hoped they might be allowed to occupy disputed districts Of Hungary on ths pretext of restoring order and | defending their nationals"
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