Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-08-04
Bella Kun Out,
Predicts Coming
white Terror

W1lte Terror
v.saa1 9ataFsey, Aug. 1~fDy ths 4.
P).-Ths dovptail Of 1sle Kun. virtual
Dictator es tAs old Huasasiaa Soviet
sovsrnmsat and he Asht be made Al.
most alone to maintain the power that
had causs4 the Aliiss - much tFeuble
for ueaths. n 6ssssjtp4 IN dispatches
reessvsd here today and BY refugees
frsm 1uAapeet.
Final actian r. VSeatting the Com
sapnist goveEaMaAt teek place on Fri
4ey at the Deettng of the Central
Council Of EAvelpt,pAaSy workmeu and
sold:ess at Hudacsst zotan Ronay. tor.
mar Niaistsv oG 1aeticA, announced the
gsvassnsats ssGagasticn. He explained
that thu dlstatsrship Of 1eia Kun, sf'
fsstive sn March !. vss based on three
s&gump<aeas. namely:
World revolution. military aid froM
the Russian Soviet and the Hungarian
prolstaria&'s capacity tor ssif.saeFinee.
These oendttiens. he said. had not been
fuldIsA.
Bsla Kua then appeared before the
council. With tssr-stained face and N
a eheking vcice hs admittad the hope
lssaness Of the situation.
speakere pt the meeting told how the
Rumanian troops were within 70 Sile'
metres Of Budapest and that the All'es
th1sateasd to tighten the blockade.
Jacob waltnsT, president Of the Sol
disyx' and workmsn's Soviet, ana Dr..
Peter Asoston. than minister ef justice
who conferred with the allied repre-
seutativss at Vienna and had been told
plainly that Kun mus. 90 and new
government be formed. got UP IN the
council meeting and stoutiy demanded
Dsia Kun's resignation. They asked
him is hs wished Rudspest's pitiful
plight to be made worse by the hatsd
RumaniaAs.
Then Bella Kun yielded. He predicted
the coming Of q white terror rop'
bing ths workmen Of their freedom ana
means Of productioA, which he deplered.
He added that the people would return
to him.
The formal decision to demand the
Ajc&ater's resignation was made on
Thufsday at . meeting OF the Trades
Union Council after President Samuel
JasN gave 4 vivid description OF the
desperats political. economic end mill
tary s.tuataen. The couReil voted ss to
3 TOT the ipmsd!sts resignation Of the
Soviet cahiAet.
At another meeting at midnight
Of the cabinet and trades union
cespsjl, N. vaFga, Soviet minister Of
soetal preteetion. and o.. Eugene
Saadiers. ieader Of the Hungarian
Socialists, stubbeFnly defended Kun.
asserting confidence in his ability
to resestablish his power. Their ar
gumelts were unavajling, however.
and the dictator was informed by te!-
ephone that the crisis had been
ysacbad.
These who knew the fallen leader.
said that 1t probably was his impend-
ing defeat that caused his wife to
appear so sad and that his wife's
suffering haa much to do with his
linal decision to yield.
While the allied representatives
here were said to FsgAyd 6elA Kun
~ q fsastic ana IN opportrnist, they
heer witness to his cleverness 'H
s4YiFmiRg out Of diplomatic corners
His fearlesspess and his ability ts
be theatrical were considered assets
He came 10 the cenclvsion early
in kis eaFeer, thosA who knew htir
said, th&s be would Jose his life In
the work but that with the spirit OF
Q true Fsyelptieaist he snapped his
ApFers IT danger and possibly was
eeMfefteA ny jHagining that hs
would ~ down In history as one 81
tho NncyeWHe1 kings Of Hungary.
Eyen up te Thursday morning
when It was apparent to all that tha
Soviet army was not showing fish,
in the cAygpaisn against the Ruma.
mans, he mt the conference al
BrQek, on the frontier vhere he wal
given the sliieA terms and Refused
to resign. He then sent out a wire.
less message Declaring that the So.
Wet wepid fight on and the proleta-
Fiat which had thrown of the yoke
Of the bsurgeoisie and the Rebies
weaia net PerAit tAsir FstuFn t.
It e estimated tia. between Ic,oAt
and F,60o Hungafians who sought
Fefuge here intend to return to Bp-
aapest to save their EsHsatniag pos.
sessions.
Bella kvn In tisnna
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