Evening star., 1919-05-04
|RUMAN|ANS TAKE
BUDAPEST, CLAIM
People of City in Panic, Fear
ing Massacre Before
Arrival of Allies.
MANY FLEE TO AUSTRIA
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May s.-The Rumanian
army is reported to have occupied
Budapest, according to an Exchange
Telegraph Dispatch from Berlin.
COPENHAGEN, May 3.-The Ru-
manians yesterday effected a crossing
of the Thesis river at Szolnok and
Tisza- Polgar. according to advices
from Budapest. Misskolcz. ninety
miles northeast of Budapest, has been
evacuated
Czech forces have advanced near
Banreve, the main cause Of this mill
tary success being lack of discipline
by the Hungarian troops.
Massacres Are Feared.
BUDAPEST. May Amy hour may
see change in the ministry from
soviet to social democratic, in order
to save the city from occupation by
the advancing Szechs. Rumanians and
Serbo- French troops. objected. 1t II
stated, by Gen. Berthelot.
The city is quiet. but there Is 9
feeling Of panic lest tho reds engage
in massacres Of the bourgeoise befor,
the allies reach tho city. and entire
families are fleeing.
Tho last train for Austria, whicf
now Is tho only frontier open. lef'
Wednesday afternoon. crowded to thu
utmost with men, women and childfer
standing in all the cars, and reached
Kamorn at Z o'clock.
Immediately after the departure ol
the train Czechs crossed the Danube
ana cut OF the possibility OF any more
trains leaving.
Surrender Demanded.
BERLIN. May SIT is learned here
that the soviet government at Buda.
pest has been In communication will
the French mission at Vienna. from
which 1t has received conditions de.
manding the Immediate capitulatior
OF the soviets and the surrender Of al
arms and ammunition, and that Buda.
pest be occupied by democratic ad.
ministratiop.
The soviet envoy replied that h.
was empowered to accept all thes(
that the personal safety Of the mem.
pers of the government and tteil
families be guaranteed was rejected
Blames Entente Policy.
VIENNA. Friday, May (by the As.
sociated Press), fHungarian)-"Co
munism is the only logical result OF
the policy OF the entente toward Hun
gary ana also. perhaps, it is the only
economic salvation left to US under
present conditionG yet the allies are
aston.shed that we have gone Dol.
shevik"
This statement was made to the
correspondent few days ago by
Count Michael KaIolyi who estab.
iished a republic in Hungary last oc-
tober anu played prominent part IN
her politics until few weeks ago II
no Is not mixed up In them now. Th.
count received the correspondent ir
the only home left.to him out Of q
dozen which he owned until recently
The man who a few months age
was. rated millionaire, with thou.
sands OF acres Of land; admitted tina,
At present he was writing a book ir
English on Hungary's communist ex.
pertinent In the hope OF earning suf
ficient money to stave OF hunger
There are. plenty OF people like
me-. the count continued. who wei.
COME the communist government be.
starving to death, which was not tn.
case when we were employers. II
going over the books Of glass fac
tory which I forme erfy owned I dis
covered that my total income from al
sources was being eaten up to pa,
the wages Of the workmen in thi.
particular factory