New-York tribune., 1919-08-06
Ru1nanians in
Budapest Loot,
lake Hostages
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military mission in Budapest. which 10
ordered to effect withdrawal of +hn
Rumanians from the Hungarian canitaj
as soon as the Hungarian Red Guard
is disarmed.
copy of these instructions has been
forwarded to Serbia and Rumania. and
the Serbian army has been requested
to cease its advance on Budapest.
The new Hungarian government,
through Lieutenant Colonel Romanelli
chief of the Italian mission in Buda.
pest. has sent Premier Clemenceau. as
president of the peace conference. q
communication saying it is willing to
observe the terms of an armistice and
asking that each of the great powers
send regiment to Budapest.
IT is impossible for the Allies to COM
ply with this request, as the troons
are not available. Small detachments.
however, probably will be sent with
the generals composing the inter-Allied
commission to arrange the armstice,
to give an international complexion to
the military forces as guarantee that
the Rumanians are not directing Of
fairs.
British May Send Monitors
British monitors in the Danube, it is
believed. will be sent to Budapest to
steady the situation. General Graziani
probably will be designated as the
french member of the armistice com
mission.
The new Hungarian government. ac-
cording to Budapest dispatches re-
ceived by way of Copenhagen to-day, is
determ med to maintain unaltered the
suffrage law introduced by the Karolyi
government and to call elections i'm
medlately for the Constituent Assembly
which would determine to what degree
landed property should be socalized.
Until the National Assembly is
elected the present administration pur-
poses to continue the present order of
things so that production may not be
disturbed
The Hungarian Cabinet has decreed
the restoration Of the old courts for
the administration of justice and the
reinstatement of the old court stats.
Brigader General Harry II. Band
holtz former chief Of the Philippine
Constabulary, has been appointed bv
the American delegation to the peace
conference as American representative
on the lnterAllied Military Commits
sion, which will go to Budapest to ar
range the terms of an armistce. Gen
eral Bandholtz will leave France at
Once for Budapest, the English and
French representatives being either in
that city or on their way thither
Ferdinand Going TO Budapest
BUDAPEST, Aug. ) BY The Assoc-
ated Press king Ferdinand of Ru-
mania is expected to arrive in Buda
pest shortly, so that the already acute
bo ~Lo L
Count julius Andrassy. former Austro-
Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs;
Ernst Garami and DR.. Wilhelm Vaszony
have arrived in Budapest from Swtzer-
land
Count Andrassy had conference
to-day with Hungarian politicians and
expressed his preference for a purely
bourgeoise government. He said, how
ever, that he recognized the necessity
for a coalition ministry, which he prom
ised to support, though under no cir
cumstanccs would he participate in it.
Less than coalition government,
it is stated, is impossible under the
present state of mind of the pro-
lctariat. The people, it is asserted.
were glad to see the Bella Kun Sovic.
losing all the Offices the proletariat
once had. They are bitterly resisting
disarmng, especially since the Ru-
manans arrived, preceded by tales Of
terrible cruelty.
The Communists have disappeared
entirely, but it is feared that they are
merely lying low and Will appear
actively if the new government is too
reactionary.
10000 in Rumanian Force
Thirty thousand Rumanian troops
including infantry, cavalry and artll-
lery, entered the city yesterday with a
blare of trumpets. The Rumanian
forces, led by General Merghascu
passed through Andrassy and other
sire cts.
Captain Gregory, the chief Allied
food administrator in Central Europe
has come here by automobile from
Vienna in order to see to the re-
establishment of communications and
secure coal for the hundreds of loco
motives tied up with miles of idle
freight and passenger cars. 1t is de-
sired to set this rolling stock in mo-
tion so that food may be moved from
the Banat region to Vienna and to
enable trade to resume its normal
routes.
The Cabinet, which derives its
authority from the workers organiza-
tions, has appoined business men to
posts in it's membership. Among them
Max Fanyu has been named for the
Department of Commerce and NJ. Lo-
vassy for the Department of 1nstruc-
ton. The latter has just been released
from communist prison, where he
had been held as hostage.