Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-26

The Hungarians are reported to
be trying to spread bolshevism to
that part of the Adriatic coast
which they controlled before the
downfall of Austria.
The Hungarians are credited with
aiming to seize the portion of the
former Austrian feet held by the
Jugo-Slavs.
DR.. Wekerle Arrested.
The new Hungarian communistic
government has arrested DR.. Alex
ander Wekerle, former premier and
finance minister, dispatch from
Budapest says.
In official circles here the fall of
the Karolyi government in Hun
gary is ascribed to both internal
and external causes. Internally, it
is Known that the extremists have
been steadily increasing in power
from the day of the armistice. On
the other hand, with regard to ex-
ternal relations, the early hope of
Hungary for a rapproachment with
the allies had not been realized un-
til recently.
Two events likewise occurred which
are felt " have direct bearings on
the crisis. The first was the order
by the allies that the Hungarians
withdraw toNthe Roumanian bound
ary fixed by the Rounlanian treaty
of 1916. The second was the allied
order to deliver to the Czecho-
Slovaks their privately owned ships
on the Danube.
It was known here that Count
karolyi's opponents were prepared
to take drastic action in the event
that these expected orders actually
were issued and Karolyi himself
had declared that he would surren-
der the government in such eircum-
stances.
~Lemberg Still Held by Poles.
The city of Lemberg, recently re-
ported captured by the ukralnians
from the Poles, is still in Polish
hands, according to Vaida Voevod,
Roumanian cabinet member, in an
interview in the Matin.
The Roumanian minister made
statementin in the course of talk re-
garding what he considered to be
the aims of the Russian Ukrainian-
Hungarian-bolshevik alliance. which
has developed within the last few
days. This aim was, he considered.
to storm the remaining centers OF
entente resistance to bolshevism
and secure its penetration into west
ern Europe.N :.
1t would not require a great ct
fort to Illustrate this plan, M. Voc
vod declared. He pointed out that
it had already met with a serious
setback in the heroic resistance OF
the Poles at Lemberg. When the
Maygars decided to throw i'll their
lot with the bolsheviki, he said,
they based their hopes on the false
news of the fall of Lemberg, which
city was still in the hands OF the
Poles.
The Iiaison between the Ukrainian
and the Hungarian forces was still
most precarious one, he pointed
out, and the allies should take ad-
vantage of the situation and adopt
energetic measures. -
The Polish-Rumanian barrier,
(which isolates Europe from Orien-
tai bolshevisnn," the minister de-
| clared, must be fortified first of all
Allied Missions Interned.
Vienna, March 25.-All members
| of the allied missions in Budapest
have been interned, including Col
onel Vix. the chief of the French
| mission, according to travellers arrlv-
ing here by automobile from the
Hungarian capital
Except for official messages, there
IS no communication by telephone
between Budapest and Vienna.
Refuse to Fight.
Harbin, March 25.-(By Asso-
| ciated Press. )-Rather than serve
at the front against the bolshevlki,
$500 Roumanian prisoners of Var,
| who had been released by the ALI
Russian government at Omsk, have
surrendered their arms and returned
to prison, a dispatch from 1rkutsk
says. The Roumanians also refused
% r,,rJ the 70 a;tu,vS in Siberia