Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-29
BREWING
IN NEW EUROPE
STATES, CLAIMED
Changes Must Occur in the
Governments of All of Them
Intrigue and Struggle for
Power Found Everywhere,

tsr MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wlREl
Paris, oct. 2S Cby the Associated |
Press) An intimate view of condi- |
tons in eastern Europe is given by !
an American official just back from
a tour through Poland, Czecho-Slo- |
vakia, Austria and later visit to the
capital at Budapest. lie
says:
1T seems inevitable. that changes
must occur in the governments of all
these new states of Europe. None Of
them is stable. Everywhere IS the
and struggle for power and
place on the part of cliques and in
dividuals and beneath is the unrest
and discomfort of the masses. Ma
tional independence has not brought
Utopia and constitutions do not fur
nish bread.
IN Poland a strong opposition to
Mr.. Paderewski has developed Be
sides this Poland will suffer from
acute hunger this winter. Her people
are supporting an army out of all
proportion to the population to guard
her frontiers and any incident may
bring a clash with the Czechs or Ger
mans. The Teschen question is acute
and both countries are aflame. /
doubt if plebiscite will settle it sat
isfactorily or permanently.
Jealousy of Slavs. ,.|
I'm Czecho-Slovakia there is strong
opposition to the present government,
which lacks strength in its personnel.
The danger there lies. however, more
in the growing jealousy of the Slavs,
They have been very thoroughly sub
ordinated and resent the arrogant at
- - to-
Again, the drastic anti-German policy
of the government is a source Of dan
ger. Czecho-Slovakia. in a physical
sense, is better off than any other
country over here. She has ample
food and fuel and is thus in q COM
handing position. Her industries can
resume with little outside help. With
a strong government that country
should survive and prosper. Her
danger seems to lie in probable racial
antagonisms with resulting political
confusion.
"As for Hungary, few people here
believe it will survive as an independ-
ent country. Eventual union with
Rumania seems now inevitable, either
with its own king as vassal, or simply
as part of the empire.
THE Rumanians were quick to see
the powerlessness of the allies and
simply disregarded the communica-
tons from Paris. The so-called inter
allied military mission, unhaclied by
anything real, is a farce. The other
day a letter was sent to the Rumanian
commander by this mission. written
in English. and he handed it back
with the remark to communicate with
him in a language understood by civ
ilized people. Another Rumanian
parsonage remarked that the Paris
conference had sent them very inn
polite note to which they were forced
to reply in kind. These are merely
illustrative of the conditions there.
Hungary win Starve.
Hungary will starve this winter.
1t is beginning to starve now. The
Rumanians have stripped it utterly,
from seed wheat to the printing
presses. They control and censor the
mails and wires and are in fact and
deed conquerors.
Among men with whom / talked
in Budapest there is a conviction that
if Hungary survives it will be only
under a monarchy. The peasantry
| want a king and the old reactionary
| crowd is powerful. acute and busy
| The great landowners are still the
| great power and with the church
! form a powerful organization. Re.
! Gently one of the great dignitaries OF
| the church approached the Interval.
! lied mission with a proposal to place
| the Duke of -- on the throne Of
! Hungary, In fact, there are any
| number of royal candidates in Tho
| offing waiting to see what will hap
pen.
''As for Austria, every provinc,
and every district is a separate gov
eminent by itself. acting independ
| entity and often in defiance of thu
/ Vienna government, which is actual!
| controlled, as far as any control goes
by these workmen and soldiers coun
| ellis. Neither the Christian socialist
nor the social democrats have ma
jority in the assembly. so that the all
4 German party with its membership
of about thirty-nine has the balance
of power and throws its vote to sui
its own ends. There must be terrible
suffering this winter. The countr,
will be practically without fuel, an,
it is a rigorous winter climate. Foo,
! already is scarce and poor and dali
increases in price. The hospitals ar
Sllll WllllOul supplies, the uedln rat
! is high, and the streets literally file
] with begging men and women an
] children. Highway robbery is preva
lent, smuggling rampant and Their
are signs of revolution unless condi
tons quickly mend.
Austrians Want Monarchy.
There, too. the body of the peopl
Z seem to want a monarchy. The
have had enough of republicansn
Well informed people say a coup {
Z etat is not impossible. 1t would nc
take much to place king back if h
: were a strong man with quality c
: leadership. In any event the reac
! tionary element Is. strong and grow
: ing stronger in the absence of lead
ership, in the present government.
! 1.-THE Austrians are hopeless re
garding their future and see only
union with Italy or Czecho-Sl
: If they are to survive. The countr
is bankrupt, stripped of its resource
Z by the peace settlement and the pee
Z pie are too worn out to fight.
! spite of the treaty there is a feeln
= eoyoo xrat. will hn 4t.iaJ m hrp