American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-04-18
Hungary in Grip of Bolshevism
and Other Parts of Central
Europe in Ferment.
PEACE DELEGATES STARTLED
speed Up Work on the Treaty, Which
Germans Say They Will Not Sign
League of Nations Covenant
Being Amended.
By EDWARD w. PIcKARD.

Matters in Europe last week lloFeu
swiftly toward a climax. Bo~ishevisIn
was gathering itself for Its greatest
efforts, and made a start in that a
that alarmed the civilized world. 1t
fastened it's clutches on hungary, or
at least on the government and on
Budapest, the capital, and soviet rule
was established in place of the repub-
lie that was header by Count karolyl.
Revolution broke out in Galicia, start
ing In the oil districts; a soviet gov
eminent was set up, the Lemberg
soviet declared a general strike, ana
Polish troops sent to combat the rev.
olution Joined in the movement. Bes-
sarabia was proclaimed a republic and
les directorate began military opera
tons against Roumania's army, de-
feating q part OF 1t. h B~essarabian
movement undoubtedly was directed
By the Russian bolsheviki and support
ed by the Ukrainians, the idea being
TO establish communication between
Moscow and Budapest by breaking
through Roumania. Efforts to turn
Cxecho-Slovakia and German Austria
oyer 10 t1p DOiSllGfihl huNC bNth oc
far unsuccessful.
Frank critics of the peace confer
ence lay the blame for much of this
on those idealists who undertook TO
remodel the entire world and bring
about the millennium at once in
stead of first making peace and per
hitting the belligerent nations to re-
sumo the ordered activities of civil
iyed existence. That the gentlemen
gathered in Paris have recognized
their error is apparent In their present
haste to complete the peace treaty
and have Il signed. They will, accord,
ing TO reports at the time of writing
include in the treaty a formal state
ment concerning the league Of nations
because Germany will be required by
the treaty TO surrender her colonies
to manufactures of the proposed
league, but II is not unlikely that the
adoption of the full constitution OF tbs
league win he deferred. The frs
treaty, which was being considered
hast week by Wilson, Lloyd George
Gcmeneeau and Orlando, 1t was said
was sufficiently firm in its terms Il
insure o lasting peace, would simplif!
ire international food problem an'
peve the way for industrial ant
financial reconstruction. The princi
pal aims of the proposals under con
alteration were: ~ To insure ampl'
security for the future protection 0
France, especially on her eastern
frontier; t2) to establish a stronI
Italy, with o formidable northern bar
rier against aggression t3) to Great,
q strong Poland az TO found a leagu
of nations pledged. on material a
wei as moral grounds, to the preseI
walton Of world peace.
The mig four" as they are GALE
w Paris. were said TO have decided I
make pence with all four of the enem
nations al once. This plan present
come difficulties. one of the least O
which rs the fact that the Unite
States never was at war with Turke
and Bulgaria. Most troublesome wi
be the fair assessment of the pre-wa
debts of those two nations and 9
Austria Hungary among the variou
provinces, and the fixing of tn
boundaries they must accept.
II is believed Germany's new bount
aries have been virtually fixed by IN
o delegates, though no announce
nsenf has been made. A inancii
commission has been working fast I
settle the reaprordenment of &c
nnsny's psbaie debt. the question {