Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-08-10
PAWN
Of |NTR|GUER5
ANDRUNAN|AN5
Union Of Two in Dual
Monarchy, Rumor;
Plan for King F ails.
.EX-EMPEROR REFUSES
CROWN; 50 DOES PRINCE

Paris, Aug. 9.-The report that {
union between Hungary and Rumania,. IL
the form of dual kingdom, was being
planned. was contained in a dispatch re
ceised here, today.
Former Emperor Charles, of Austria
Hungary. was beseeched by Magyar
patriots to mount the Hungarian throne
when the fall Of the Peidll ministry was
determined upon, according to a dispatch
from Zurich. The former monarch re-
fused, on the ground that having been
emperor, he could not 60 down the
social scale and be content simply with
a kings crown The duke of Hohen-
berg, son Of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
whose assassination, i'll 1914, was the
immediate cause of the great war, aise
refused the crown, according to the
dispatch. which says the Hungarians
ended their quest by choosing Archduke
Joseph as last resort.
The new ministry at its first meet
ing Friday, resolved to.zrecognize Arch
assembly is elected, 80 that in these
unsettled times there may be one firm
center in the country.
The archduke then atered the cham
Der where the meeting was being held
and. after short speech by Premier
Friedrich. the ministers administered
the oath to the arehduke. He asked
them to do their utmost to support him
during Hungary's reconstruction.
Special Protection to Iews.
4 state OF siege has been proclaimed
in Budapest according to Vienna ad-
vices.
Il is reported that in view of the
pogroms which have been threatened In
Hungary menacing the Jews, the COM
mander of the Rumanlan troops has
issued an order that any crime against
Jews will be punished Immediately by
death
Anti-Jew feeling is of the strongest
III budapest Many Jews have been beat
en- in the streets after having been
dragged from cabs and tram cars.
Kumania's course in Hungary is to be
limited to maintain order it was said.
today, by the Rumanian delegation. ae.
cording to the Excelsior, and Rumanians
will withdraw from Hungary as soon as
Rumanian ulitimatum and their troops
are disarmed.
The Rumanjans have swept the coun-
try bare Of provisions for miles around
Budapest.
The American food mission at Vienna.
in response to urgent appeals has agreed
to feed the school children of Budapest.
The return of the Hapsburg dynasty,
he said he considered as a danger to
both the Rumanians and to the allies
Allies Warn RumanIans.
Several of the newspapers, reviewing
the Hungarian situation said series
of three notes were sent by the timer
allied supreme council to Premier !. !.
Cabrino, of Rumania. The first of these
invited the Rumania high command to
stop the advance upon Budapest: the
second advised the Kumanan cabinet
that the allied could not approve tho
terms of the proposed Rumanian arnfs-
tice ultimatum to Hungary; and ths
third expressed the hope Rumania would
confer amicably with the supreme co1ln-
ell. 1t was said no answers had been
received to any of the communications
King Not in Budapest.
King Ferdinand of Rumania, who was
to have arrived in Budapest Friday. has
postponed his visit to that city, accord
ing to Zurich dispatch arrived in
Budapest Thursday, quoting telegram
received there from the Hungarian cap
ital. There has been no confirmation
of these dispatches.
The inter allied mission at Budapest,
after a conference with Archduke JOS
epIl and Premier Friedrich has for
warded to NJ. Clemenceau, president of
the peace conference, report to the eff
feet that the entente representatives are
IN full accord with the new Hungarian
government. according to Vienna dis
patches received here.