New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Ru1nania Told
To Stop Loot
OF Hungary
Supreme Council S II d
Note to Bucharest Declar-
ingReparationMust Await
Decision From Paris
Settlement TO Come Later
Official Denial Is Made
That Archduke Joseph Is
Supported by Rumanians

PARIS, Aug. 16 (By The Associated
Press .-Rumania will not be permit
ted to strip Hungary, according to the
draft of the Supreme Councils reply
to the last note from Bucharest, which
was completed at yesterdays meeting
of the council.
The Bucharest government is in
formed that the fixing of the amount
of reparation to be made by Hungary,
as we'll as it's distribution, is a matter
under control of the Allied and asso-
ciated powers, and that until final de-
cision is reached, all war, railway and
agricultural material now in Hungary
and subject to distribution will be un-
der the common administration of the
Allied powers.
The text of the reply follows!
Accept Rumanian Pledge
"The peace conference, without re-
verting to a certain number of points
which call for correction on its part,
notes with satisfaction the Rumanian
declaration that it intends to work in
agreement with the policy which the
terepts this declaration as an indica-
tion that Rumania, as state participate
ing in the peace conference, intends
to conform to the decisions of the con-
ference communicated through the
military mission delegated to Budapest
by the Supreme Council.
CORRECTIONS sent three times by the
conference to the mission of Allied
generals and communicated to Bucha-
rest have defined explicitly and in de-
tail the present policies of the Allied
powers toward Hungary, the disarma-
ment of Bulgarian troops, the main
tenance Of order with the smallest pos
sibe number of foreign troops, the
revictualling of Hungary and the
;bstention from all interference in the
internal politics of Hungary, preserv-
ing for that country a free expression
OF the national will.
Reparation Coming Later
The Supreme Council insists on the
fact that final recovery Of war, rail-
way or agricultural material, or of
cattle, etc, cannot occur at present.
according to the principles of the peace
conference, accepted by all the Allies
and applied in particular in the treaty
Of peace with Germany, it is the right
# the assembly of the Allied and asso-
.ated powers alone to fix the repara-
ton to be made by Hungary and de-
termine upon It's distribution among
Interested states. Neither the Ruman-
!aA army nor the Rumanian govern
lent has the right itself to fix Ru-
manla's share, assets Of all kinds be-
,onglng to Hungary being a pledge held
by the Allied powers IN common"
Delivery Of the Rumanian note. in
which the Bucharest government said
ne Rumanians in confscating property
IN Hungary were "merely getting back
their own property" and insisted that
The armistice of November 1918. "no
longer exists" was delayed, according
10 a statement made by the Rumanian
delegation, because of its great length
ana the dItilcu.ty experienced in de-
coding 1T. The Rumanian delegates de-
clared they wished it TO be understood
mat no amendments to the note were
"aded following It's arrival here.
Rumania Against Joseph
A formal denial that the Rumanian
government favored the advent to
mower in Hungary of Archduke Joseph
vas ISSUED yesterday by the Rumanian
Press Bureau. The statement saws in
part:
THE Archduke's violent hostilitv
toward the Rumanians is very we'll
known. AS commander of the Austro
hungarian troops in Pennsylvania he
permitted the soldiers to commit
atrocities on the Rumanian population.
hen there was talk of deposing King
Fcrdinand. the Archduke was the prin
clpa! Austrian candidate for the Ru
manlan throne"
BUDAPEST, Aug. 16 (By The Asso-
GATED Press).-Paul Garami the So
clallst leader, and other Socialists an
nounced to-day that they would refuse
TO enter the new government of Ste
phan Friedrich, unless Archduke Jo