Evening star., 1919-03-25
American Peace Delegates
Hear That Conditions
There Are Serious.
ENTENTE COMMISSION AT
BUDAPEST MAY BE HELD
Vienna Report Declares Soviet Is
Not Dominating Hungary Out
side of Capital.
BY the Associated Press.


PARIS, March 25.-The conditions in
Hungary seem to have affected Ger
man Austria. Advices to the American
peace conference delegates from pr;-
vate agents in Vienna indicate the ex-
istence of threatening state of affairs
there.
One of these agents, who has Just
come from Vienna, reports that even
the date has been fixed for some time
in April for the transformation of the
existing government into soviet gov
ernment which will cooperate or
merge with the government of the
Hungarian soviet.
Soviet's Power Denied.
COPENHAGEN, March 25.-The
claims of the Hungarian soviet gov
ernment to power, as set forth in its
wireless communication. are largely
untrue. according to Vienna dis
patch to the Achtuhr Abenblatt A
panic prevails in Budapest. but the
country. it is declared. has not yet
resolved upon a soviet republic.
The repeSted voluntary surrender
of arms by French soldiers in Buda-
pest because the men were alleged to
be infected with bolshevism is in
correct. the message states.
There is rumor that the entente
commission at Budapest has been de-
tanned by the Hungarians The cap
a ic od1 1nI
~ sealed by the government against
foreign countries.
The correspondent says that the
rumored advance of Russian soviet
troops toward Hungary under Gen
Georgy has no foundation. He adds
that the report received from NJ.
Tchitcherin. the bolshevik foreign
minister. on the military situation of
the Russian soviet government
greatly disappointed the Hungarian
government.
Events Preceding Revolution.
Describing the events preceding
the revolution, eye witnesses who
have reached Vienna from Budapest
report that the streets in the Hun.
garian capital were very lively FRI
day afternoon. There were large
crowds on all the street corners and
shops were hastily closed. When the,
tension was at it's highest. heavily
armed soldiers appeared and an
nounced that Count karolyi had just
retired as head of the government.
Extra editions issued at o'clock
Friday night. according to the Abend-
blatt's correspondent, announced that.
ho mn a
portant positions and that nervous
ness was increasing hourly. Some
rfoting occurred in Budapest late FRI
day evening and several persons were
wounded. Early Saturday sailors,
with machine guns. occupied the
streets in which are situated the
Czech consulate and the offices of the
British and French missions.
Energetic Measures.
The measures taken by the new
government to preserve order were
carried out energetically and Satur-
day passed without disturbances.
dated Monday, March "a, declared that
reports from the provinces showed
that peace and order were prevailing
I'm most of the large towns like
Gycer, Debreczen, SZombathely, Szen-si
ties, Kis-Kun Felegyhaza and Bere-
the administration" the statement
continues. "A peasants council has
been formed at Kecskemet and a
revolutionary government has beenf
formed at Kassa. which has been
occupied by the CZechs. according to
the government commissary's tele- &
phone message"
Calls Soldiers to Units.
BASEL. Switzerland. March 25. -
The Hungarian commissioner for
military affairs, says a Budapest dis
patch today. has issued an order in
structing all soldiers to -rejoin their
units without delay. s"If the soldiers
do not do their duty, the Hungarian
soviet republic is doomed" he adds
1.-The revolutionary government re-
quires armed discipline and it will;
create an army well equipped and
disciplined"
Count Karolyi. in taking farewell
of the Derinkoy cabinet on Sunday
is quoted as saying:
what has happened is a natural
result of the blindness and ill-will
with which it was sought to assas-
sinate Hungary"
Personally. said the retiring pro-
yisional president. he would support
the leaders of the people with all his
strength and was willing to work
and serve as a private soldier. =
"I realized" he added, that Hun
gary could be saved only by the in