New-York tribune., 1919-03-25

: of The Telegraph" , lie says the
3 communists OF Hungary have long
been the real masters OF the country
and have been only awaiting an oppor-
tunity to get rid of Count Karolyi,
: who is considered to have been never
more than figurehead.
The correspondent declareS there
are no elements In Hungary capable
of making stand against the cxtrcm-.
lists and that even in Czecho- Slovakia
there are strong Bolshevik influences.
He points out that experts agree there
is very grave danger of Bohemia fol-
lowing the example of Hungary. The
situation is attributed by the CORE
spondent to the failure of the peace
conference at Paris to recognize the
seriousness of the situation and occupy
Budapest with Entente troops. He
says the only way to save the situation
is to send American or British forces
there, but adds:
"Where a battalion would have suf-
feed formerly a brigade will be neces-
sary now.p
The Globe" referring to the stu
alton in Hungary, says:
THAT is the natural consequence of
the delay of the peace conference in
making peace, and if the delay con-
tinues we will have worse conse-
quences still. All this discussion Of
the league covenant before even a
preliminary peace has been reached
simply encourages the spread of the
Bolshevik disease and gives our chief
enemy opportunities for intrigue"
Shock to Conference
The proclamation of Bolshevism in
Hungary, says "The Pail Mall Ga
zette," has given a shock to the peace
conference, which is precisely what it
intended to do. The change in the
government of Budapest was effected,
not by violence, but by colluson. The
paper adds:
'lt is a rehearsal of the tactics by
which Ebert and Scheidemann think
of greeting the terms of peace"
The Westminster Gazette" strong
supporter of the league Of nations,
says that knowledge of what has taken
place at the peace conference is very
scanty, "but so far as we can ascer-
tain it has been perpetually losing its
way in thicket of details and allow
ing it's great decisions to be postponed
by differences on questions which
though intrnsically of great impor-
tance are yet subordinate to the main
issues"
"Cynics and miIitarists," it con-
tinues, "are blaming President Wilson
and the league of nations for this un-
happy state of things
: The paper argues that if the peace
conference had gone on in the old fash
toned way and imposed the terms as
victors the conference could not have
settled everything, but now the confer
ence, 1T adds, must remain in per-
manent session until it's duties are
taken over by the league of nations.
French Are Disturbed
Hungary's adoption of Bolshevism is
regarded most seriously by the Anglo
French press chiefly as endangering
the efforts of the Entente to build up
the Rumanian, Polish and Czecho-
Slovak states as bulwarks against
, German domination of Central Europe.
All these three states are menaced by
advancing Boshevik armies.
According to a Vienna dispatch it
was the establishment of the neutral
zone on the Hungarian Rumanian
frontier which the peace conference
had decided upon which precipitated
the crisis. This zone was intended TO
make the Hungarians desist from at
tacking the Rumanians and to close
the gap between Rumania and Poland.
The Entente note defining this zone
was dated March ~, the Vienna ad- |
vices stair. The zone was fixed as
belt 140 miles long and forty miles
wide, virtually shutting Hungary be-
hind the rivers Thesis, Szamos and
Mares, and including the towns of
Grosswardein, Debreczen and the en-
tire country behind them. The note
required the withdrawal of the Hun
garian troops behind the western
boundary of the belt within ten days
and authorized the Rumanians to adj
vance to the eastern boundary The
civil government of the neutral zone
was to be exercised by Hungarians
under Allied control, but the impor-
tant points would be occupied by
Allied troops.
Allies Are Blamed
Statements issued at Budapest ac-
cuse the Entente of forcing a revolu-
tlon, but the crisis is held here to be
more probably due to the occupation
of parts of Hungary by Czecho -Slovaks
and Rumanians, while commentators
declare the signs are not wanting that