Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-11
Stern Words
IN Allied Note
to Runania

r1riA. A1E. 1n.-(Dy The AsspciA1-
ID FrNA,-Ihs nnts the Supreme
Council nf the Fsacs cunesr.uce Sect
10 RumzniA ON August 6 resa15ve 70
tine armisface the .Rnn1ansans sought
tn impose On Hungaxy. was much
sfrunGar than II drst supposed Il
stztsd thax fhe PsRcs conference was
cuWpellsd 10 helisve the Ruuania
government defermined 70, defy the
cunference and separate itself from
the allied and associated governments
and requested RumRuia To deny by
acts md not by words the charges
made against her. The text Of the
note follows:
'Following the fall Of the Bella Kun
government and ITS displacement by
a SociaIist1r government. the SUI
preme Council an August sent 20
Budapest a commission Of four al
lied generals 10 enforce the a-mis-
tice OF November, 1913. and also To
meet the heads Of the Rumanian and
Serbian armies II order To prptecr
the occupied territory and regulate
the conditions Of occupation. These
decisions ware brought to the aTIHn
rl0n of the Hungarian government by
telegram and at the same time To the
RumariAn generals. the Rumanlan
Enveruneut and the Serbian govern
ment-
"Cn August the Supreme Council.
having heard that the Rumanian au-
tnnriries at Budapest proposed I'd i'm
pose ON the Hungarian government
al a-misrlce contrary To the armisfice
concluded IN November, with Hun
gary In the name of the allied pow
ere and IN violation Of the general
rights Of the allies insofar as rep
arations are concerned advised the
Ramanian government that II refused
To recognize the right Of the RQ-
maniRn generals To conclude an arm
istice without the authorization Of
the allied powers.
at the same time the Putnam IN gnv-
eminent was placed On it's guard against
taking any action cnntrorv 10 humanity
ur 10 its authority which might De conn.,
mitred by RnmaniRn troops. the cuun-l
also demanding that the Rumnnian
generai-in-chisf be given orders To CON-
fnrm 10 the directions OF the commits
sinn Of generals re PRESENTING the confer
ence and acting by deiegared authority.
''The peace conference has not vet re-
ceivef direct reply from the Ruma-
MAN -puerrment- Il learns that tne
RumnniHn generals refuRe u comply
with the instructions OF ii allied gen.
era's and have prevented publication Of
the telegram addressed by the president
of tina peace conference To the Hunga-
rian guvernmHnt They alEn are permit
TINS -zhniE Snidian- "a ;pia1nr pclrz1a prnp--
Gty and requiaifanned. md are sanding
intn RumnniR livestock and ruling
sfnck, submitting Buiapasr to an TN
necessary blockade which In starving,
the CITY. They are destroying the rail-
way lines. IN particular one frum Bud
apazt co vienna In fact they are CAM
nttting a series az actinns which are
n much IN viniarlun nf the decision IT
the conference am Of the rights Of the
ailfed and associated powers, and like
WISE. primarily. Of humanity.
The supreme council learns AT the
anEme time that the sncialisfic Hunga-
rim government was overthruwn by a
cunp dstat, IN members arrested and
TN government replaced by one having
Archduke JusSph Al ITS head. In view
OF THESE facts. the conference lis CON-
pazlad IN helieve the Rumanian govern
meuf determined To defy the conferences
and separzte herzeif frum the allied
and aasnciHtad POWERS.
I'm the event thzt the conference er1
In This ballet. II requests the Rumanian
government d1ny THESE statements at
once. mot by words. hut by actions
which can publicly prove that Rrmania
acrspts and in rsadr u execute in gnpd
fntth tim policy decided upon by the
cunxerenre."
American Delegates stated tunight
thnf the conference was stiN without a
direct rspfy num the Rumanian govern
msnt.