The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-20
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DOWNRIGHT. 1919. by thu Press Pub Coz
9Th" y. Y. World.)
Especial Cable Dispatcho
BUDAPEST. Jan. l9---tNia NicnnaD
Irrnrary's condition demands prompt
attn,iou from the allies. After talking
with prominent Hungarian statesmen
Of all parties with leading hnah'lc7N
and with humber folk. feel IL m!
duty to warn Americans against neg
i,.ct oC the Hungarian danger.
I'ni"Ss Budapest !:iaE. he put Nnurr
strong and disintcrcstcd control ms
one" prosperous country will seriously
menace. thu fruits of victory.
Hungary is fast detrrlorating into
second Russia. Her S"lf-g"r"rnmrnt ~
weak morally and politically and 1t is
inexperienced. 1t is unbaiancrd IN"
wholly inrnrahlr of coping with the
Rolshcviki. who arc rapidly gaining adj
hrr"nts.
l, is no cxagEcratinn tn say that
Huncarv's IN" feature just now ia
chaos Austria despite far scVrr"r
food situation. is n political Paradise
compared with the great Magyar plain.
"Comml ssion" Spread Propaganda.
Bulshrvik imperialism began I" In
wade -Ihis land soon after L"ninc hrcam"
RuSsia'S dictator. when his agents.
cumnunaGrd as Russian mission for
tho rXrhauE.. Of war prisoners, entered
budapest aud other large cities sup
Piled with rnnrlnouS sums OF money.
and started an int"nsir" campaign.
The danger did not become apparent
until last July. II has mad" appalling
progress sine" tho arnistic" was signed
and suldi"rS came troOping home. RrIhrd
by BolSh"VIk money. pouring" In from
Russia; large numbers of peasants
have followed tho example OF tho Rus
sian rnouiiks. and have refused To till
or SOW tn" land. Thousands nl them
have seized the estates OF the mobiles
which. however. they will n"t.cultlVatc.
Soldiers returned from defeat have
refused To work either in town or
country. because Of promises OF IN"
present government that all tho rich
would soon u" forced to part with %
per cent Of their property sn that the
poor may live in wealth and Idl"ncss
for tho remainder Of their lives.
The bulk of III" peasants arc TOO
ignorant to understand the disastrous
consequences Of tho whnlcSrl" dcStru"-
ton Of industry. commerce ana land
some Of tho large landowners hav"
ho"n impossible t" obtain labor except
NJ r,iinous wages. TIL" inrvItabi" result
~ this state Of affairs will be Il famine
next spring
Budapest Needs Water.
Since the signing "f the arnisticH.
Tho t'Z"chs hav" annexed the northern
coal fields Of Hungary. and Rumanians
occupy the portion where iron is mined.
Tho mills Cannot grind corn. wing 10
III. coal shortage. and railway trans
nnrIation has hc"n reduced - Il mini
mum. Budapest is alm"*; without
water oven now. lplcss tho Czechs
and the Rumanians Ht coal pass this
city Of 1000 600 persons will face a
water famine within three weeks.
Tho S,irinc Sncia!is; Democratic gov
eminent. with Premier Karolyi as III"
flgur"h"ad has further complicated
matters 10y granting allowances OF IS
to $40 day To all the unemployed. III"
government paying IS per cent and
forcing manufacturers To pay tn" re-
maindcr. Manufacturers ar" thus fast
spending all their war profits fer the
benefit IF men Who r"fus" to work.
oven in places where th"T" IS sufficient
coal supply TO reopen and run III" fac
tories.
1lliterate Blackmnilers Busy.
TIL" budapest Soldiers Council is
composed mainly Of m"n unable Ia read
or write They go tn" rounds Of thr
state departments armed. turning out ~
Office cabinet members and others VINO
have tho hrmn"ss ~ stand on, against
them and Matchmaking the government
for larp" sums Of money.
\ prominent iinanri"r informs m"
that since October |. when tn" r"v"lu-
iionary movement began. III" new GOV
"r1lnIcnt has spent more money than
did it's nr"i"""ssur in f"ur years Of war.
without meeting any portion Hi IN"
public d"ht. f'inancicrs say HunGary'S
only possible course. after such mad
sGuand"rng. viii he I" proclaim tho
state bankrupt. and call upon tn" on
tent" 10 send IN an administrators
council.
The normal annual budget In years
nr peace was S3nn. ma. 600. Interest on
war loans now amounts To SSUh.nh0.hnh.
Salaries of III" ministers have been
quadruplcd. the numb.a' Of officials has
been increased t"nfold. and enormous
sums have h.rn Hsrl in So-Callcd tenn
porary payments Ia invalid soldiers. in
stead Of holding tn" money for pcr-
man"nt pension fund.
TIL" government is paying IN young
single mon. only slightly inCapa"itatrf.
the sam" ALLOWANCE" as tn Older mon.
Totally disabled and with dofrndc1t
families: tho older men cannot 70
around the cities rIoiinE, and probably
would not if they could.
Anarchists Rob at will
Neither life nor property is safe.
Those who har" anything I" los" must
carry arms after dark. or risk murder