New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
Hundreds Held as Hostages
to ''Pay With Blood for
Every Step Rumanians
Take Within Frontier
Soviet Troops Withdraw
Former Army Officers in
Budapest Shining Shoes
On Streets to Get Food

COPENHAGEN, April 2e.-Hundreds
of intellectuals are being arrested at
budapest, according to a Berlin dis
n2tch to the "Berlingske Tidende." 1t
Is reported that one of the peoples
commissaries has explained that thew
would be held as hostages and would
pay with their blood for every step
the Rumanians take within the from
tiers of Hungary"
further withdrawal of the Hun
garlan troops to Bekes and Csaba
iabout 120 miles southeast of Buda-
pesD. in the face of the Rumanian
aaaVance' is reported in dispatches from
Budapest under date OF Monday.
Mako (l1O miles southeast of Buda
pesD and Macy LAX (15 miles south
east OF Mako) were occupied by Ser
blan forces on Sunday.
Inc Ihelss River Bridge, near Czap
mas been blown up by the Rumanians.
Inc Rumanlan troops on Saturday
occupied the neighborhood of Puespok
Ladany, Ill miles east of BUDAPEST.
and on the railway line between Buda-
pest and Debreczen. Dispatches from
Budapest add that the Rumanians also
captured Bekes-C -Csaba.
A force of 1000 Bolsheviki march
ing into Hungary from Russia has
peen disarmed in Galicia by the
Okralnlans, reports to Vienna news
papers say.
BERLIN, April 26 (By The Associ-
ated Press) Martial law was declared
to-day in all Bavarian territory east of
the Rhine, and government troops be-
gan an advance on Munich from the
south and captured Murnau The Com
huhlsts Immediately threw reinforce
ments into kempten, west of Murnau
from MUNICH and Augsburg to ward off
Inc attack of the government forces.
sparticide Leader Shot
The spartielde leader in Nuremberp
Albert Schmidt, was shot to-day after
discovery hV the military authorities of
hlet TO denese the Hoffman cavern
meht' Fighting then dayelened he
tWeet' the government aud Communist
troops, resulting In the death Of a
number OF the Reds The other Shars
saeah leaders IA Nuremberg wefe az
rested and Quiet again feiens tembe.
fafilv.
oflleers of the I'd Army cetps an
,touitce .they nave established that
independent leaders had organized an
armed force to overthrow the Hoff
man go ernment and replace it hv q
Communist Dictatorship.
ne Communists yesterday sen+
emlssaries to Ratsbone and Landshut
IN an attempt to rasl 1000. 900 mark
! NS4ou,U0o). The agents we're arrested
together with the Communist Commits
sloner OF transportation, Herr Lukum
Inc commissioner confirmed reports
that the financial situation in Munich
was desperate, and that the Commu-
hlsts were unable to pay those out of
work, as they had agreed
BERLIN, April 30 (By The Associated
fress s)-tormer army officers are
SHINING shoes in the streets, and uni
versity graduates, lawyers and iudpes
are doing menial dutie in order to earn
enough to buy food This is picture
OF Budapest under Soviet rule. drawn
by Judge Soelling, of Kel, who has
Just returned from Hungary He saws
the propaganda of the Red Army has
ben total failure, and thew recruits
VINO are coming in are doing so out
Of sheer necessity to get food,
According to Judge Soelline. the
/ population is taking the hostilities be
tween the factions with dull apathy
and is waiting only for the Rumanians.
Czechs and Serbs to come to the
rescue. The government continues to
take hostages. They have locked Up
number of former members Of