Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-03-25
Bolshevism Dominant

OVA0kSVvA0AlI OV1SI1AG0AtV
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Senator Hitchcock. chairman OF the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
in q statement referred to the sit
uation In Hungary and said he be-
lieved It would do much to wipe out
differences between the nations rep
resented at the Peace Conference and
would aid in bringing about final
adoption OF the League or Nations
plan.
State department ofhcials who are
familiar with conditions heretofore
existing In Hungary were surprised
by the rapidity with which Bolshev
ism swept into control In Budapest
and were inclined to doubt that 1t had
succeeded in reaching out OF the cit =
les to include the peasant classes. The
pea SAINTS were said to have been well
satisfied with their treatment under
the land owners class and consc-
uucntly would not be a fertile field
for the propagation of Rolshcvik
theories One official suggested that
the inclusion Of peasants In the. new
government. called the Revolutionary
Government of Workers. Peasants
and Soldiers Councils" instead pf. as
in Russia. the government Of the
Workers and Soldiers Councils.
might be an attempt to persuade the
peasants to join the movement.
TOdny's adviues came from Bel
grade. Rerne and Copenhagen and re-
lated TO different features of the
movement. Each. however. referred
10 the revolution as an accomplished
TACT. The Serbian Advices declare" thal
the new Magyar government III. IN
uounced that hostilities would begin
last Friday night. but they did not
state against whom the hostllitlc"
were obtained OF whether lheE """
actually begun. The B"rnc dispatches
threw light on the pcrSonncl OF Tue
new government. The appointment OF
Beln Kun us minister vi foreign AZ
fairs was particularly disturbing 10
otfi,.iuls MS he was for some tim" an
aid .d..rnmp of Leon Trotzky in
Russia The new minister OF war was
described as having been an "ruct\
in the Second Army, VINO was once
punished tor indlsrreti"n IN military
affairs.
Tho State Department hdNl''S
we're summarized in this statements
"'rhc state Department has re-
ceivcd a despatch from He'sra"'
tina, the hungarian government WAS
oyer,hrowr by the communists rev
dictionary element under BolsheNlS'
leadership IN budapest ON frlda\
While telegraph and other rommhh-
,.,s,ious were cut of. and there was
some shooting and other disorders
nh tho foreigners in Budapest are be
lieved TO he safe.
"Thro, gh Serbian sources. lhl"'
nation has come TO the department
that the hungarian goNe' nmehl mas
resigned aud that the new Magyar
government announced hoS' '"t"S
would begin at six O'Clock last ttl"aH
n,yi Euduucst time. The rrsi2na
ti,n of III, old hungarian govern
mrrt came after the French author-
tiles nov IN Hungary Ii! u're''e"
the Hungarian government To """-
draw it's army forces I" SIeSr"lh
pthrcrxer boundary, the kounhani-
ans, to hold he Arau>Zda Ma'hruth'
line and the French I" occupy the
territory in dispute,
"a DESPATCH from Sernr. reftrri' 80
!, tn, press reports concerning the
situation. saws that Alexander Cor
Inn. who has assumed tho presidency
Of the revolutionary government OF
Workers, Peasants and Soldiers
Councils. according Ia the press Is
a workman who. AT frs, a 'onSerN-
.ti>, Socialist, has now moved To tie
left
Joseph rcsony ,fasanNn min's-
ter Of WAL. formerly was president
of the Srldatcnrat and was an order
|, IN the Second Army and once pun
ishcd for indisrrction IN AN army
matter Eohm. who has become
commits Toner for Social Affairs. was
once minister OF War. and has lately
zone 10 the Lett. Bella Nun. mn
lister of foreign AFFAIRS. used I" De
aide. a. camp for Tro,@ky IN Russia
serving as such four wears and de-
scribcd AS a very radical HolsheNiSt.
"Th, State Department mas re-
ceiycd a despatch from Copenhagen
stating that Count karolyi. heading
the hungarian provisional govern
mcnt at Budapest. III II memorandum
received n, Copenhagen. claimed
that RumanianS. Cxerhs and Srros
started rumors IN Entente countries
that Ho,shcvism is developing III
Hungary and claimed that by these
rumors the EumanianS. tIeths and
Serbs hoped they might be allowed
To occupy disputed districts OF Kun
gary on the prctcNt Of restoring or
.,,r and defending their nations"