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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21

patent. AS a result Of the war
Hungary has become a mere frag-
ment, without frontiers, indefensl-
BILE, economically impossible, all it's
outlets in the hands of enemy tribes.
Nothing is more certain than that
Hungary will follow the road of
Austria and in it's turn become a
member of the German Confedera-
ton unless European craftsmanship
can substitute more favorable
course, and such a course can only
be discovered in a restoration of the
old economic association with the
Austrian, the Czech and the Hun
garian.
Finally, even an economic asso-
citation between the Czechs, the
Austrians and the Hungarians
would be incomplete unless the
Southern Slavs in their turn should
also be enlisted. Only in this way
can sure access to the sea be Of
fered to the other three peoples.
Only Two Alternatives
Are Open for Success
It seems to me almost automatic
that the next two decades must see
either some form of restoration of
the union between the territories
and the races included in the old
Hapsburg monarchy, with the pos
sible exception of the Poles and the
Rumanians, or the establishment of
that Mitteleuropa under German
control which will mean, in fact, the
domination of the European CONT
rent by Germany, together with the
possession of the land routes into
Asia and Africa through Turkey
and by Suez.
Is it possible to reconcile the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21

economic and then into political as
ISOLATION with the German.
The first indication of such an in
evitable drift is disclosed in the
Austrian demand to be permitted to
enter the German Empire. This
has been momentarily refused by
the Paris Conference, which has
compelled the Germans to amend
their new constitution by removing
provisions for the. admission of
Austria and by compelling the Aus
TRANS to renounce their desire for
such amalgamation.
But the Paris Conference cannot
permanently prevent six or seven
million German speaking peoples
from deciding their own desti-
MES, even if the decision carries
them into the German Empire and
thus adds new strength to that en-
pire. This is pretty clearly recog-
nized already in many Allied quar-
tiers.
But if Austria presently joins
Germany the position of Czecho-
Slovakia becomes instantly impos-
sible. This state will be inclosed on
three sides by the new Germany;
all it's practicable exits to the sea
and to the outside world will be in
German hands, while the fact that
it includes very considerable Ger
man minority on it's own soil will
not only incite but in a measure
justify German insistence upon in
Guiding this territory in the new
Germany. But here, by the addi-
ton Of Austria and Czecho-Slo-
vakia to Germany, there will be ere
ated in Central Europe q German
state having more than 100000
population.
Nor is the fate Of Hungary less
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21

recent months has been in no small
degree influenced by the conflict be-
tween the Allied powers themselves
in the matter of AUSTRIA Hungary
Rumanian occupation of Hungary,
as | have pointed out before, was
directly encouraged by Italy and at
least unotiicially tolerated by France.
Even the reports of a combination
between the Hungarian and the Ru-
manian seem less preposterous when
it is recognized that Italian policy
requires the destruction of all chance
reunion between the Germans, the
Iungarians and the Slavs of Aus
trla, and even an enforced associa-
ton between the Hungarians and the
Rumanians would contribute to this
result.
AS far as the Hungarians. are
concerned, their choice now must be
between ruin, left to domestic an
archy, and at least temporary sub
mission to outside power which
could at least preserve order and
permit industry to live. The evacu-
alton of Budapest by Rumanian
troops would almost inevitably
mean a return Of Bolshevism. With
the Danube controlled by the Ru-
manians and the Serbs and the out
let to the Adriatic in the hands of
the Southern Slavs, Hungary is
sealed up from the world and con-
demned to continue in misery.
An association with the Rurani-
ans, however CALLING to Hungarian
pride, would at least remove some
Of the chief dangers Of the present
time. Order would be maintained
hungarian disputes with the South
ern Slavs, the Austrians and the
Czecho-SlovakS would be cham
ploned by a powerful Rumanian
army and Hungary herself might
save many territories otherwise
certainly lost. Such a union would
hardly be more impossible than
the Austro- Hungarian association
seemed after the terrible circum-
stances Of the Hungarian Revolu-
ton Of 1848, and yet Austro- I'M
garian partnership lasted for sew
enty years thereafter, and would
probably have continued Indefinite
ly save for the World War.
1t seems possible, therefore
though by 10 means likely, that the
Hungarian Rumanian partnership
may come about. If it should, this
new dual state would instantly be
come one of the great European
factors. Italy would eagerly sup
port such a federation since il
would abolish the possibility, hate
full to the Italians, of a restored
Austria-Hungary. Germany would
welcome it, since it would inevitabl,
be followed by the entrance o.
Austria into the German Empire
while this later circumstance would
in turn make the entrance O
CzechoS lovakia into the German
Empire almost equally certain.
1t has become a common sayin.
that one of the consequences of tn
world war was to Balkanize Cen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21
A CORRESPONDENT of
"The London Times" won
ders why it is, when so much


Bolshevist propaganda lit
erature is available, there is SO little
anti-Bolshevist propaganda. 1.-THE
Times, replies that the Bolsheviki's
hope Of existence depends on their
spreading their propaganda, while
few Englishmen are sufficiently we'll
informed, or sufficiently interested
in Russian affairs, to be willing to
expend an equal amount Of energy
in combating the Bolsheviki. AS a
matter Of fact, the paper adds, an
abundance Of literature in criticism
of the Bolsheviki has been pub
lished, and it appends the following
partial list of publications on the
subject.
"The best first-hand account of Boil
shevism in practice that has yet ap-
peared Is 'Bolshevism.' by 81. V. K eel
ing (Hodder & Stoutghton. Is. Cd. metz.
Mr.. Keeling, an English trade unionist
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21
heProposal to
Merge Hun
gary and Ru-
mania Moth
ing but Propa-
ganda

trail Europe. It is patent that this
new Balkan equilibrium, like the
old, is entirely unstable. The new
states which have been created in
conformity with ethnic conditions
and racial aspirations are, several
Of them, economically impossible. If
they can substitute for their old ar
ticles Of association new partner
ship based upon equality, then most,
If net all, of the rivalries and jeal-
ousies which for the present moment
are paralyZing the peace conference
will disappear. Members of United
States of the Danube, the various
nationalities would, little by little,
sink their hostilities, precisely as the
older rivalries among various Of
the colonies disappeared as the United
States of America became a fact.
Failing such fusion, the ultimate
rise Of a German dominated Mittel-
europa seems inevitable, while be-
fore this logical solution arrives
there will be an ever increasing
chaos, economic paralyses, racial
and tribal conflict. Moreover, if
such a Mitteleuropa arrives. then
the victory of the present war will
simply have postponed and not at all
prevented German domination Of
Europe.
The necessity Of restoring some
kind of federation of Danubian
states has been appreciated with
growing clarity in Great Britain in
recent months. The French never
wholly lost sight of the value Of
! Austria-Hungary in the European
balance, but the difficulty was and
remains Italy and the several races
Of a-Hungary themselves. Up
to the present time the Italians have
been successful in paralyzing any
Allied effort to compose the uuarrels
among the separate nationalities.
They have eagerly supported the
Rumanians against the Serbs. They
have at least encouraged the Hun
garlans against the Serbs also, and
they frankly advocate the union Of
the Germans Of Austria with the
German Empire. This is the real
obstacle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21
Economic Paralysis
To Compel a Change
exchange

To-day nothing is more certain
than that sheer economic paralysis
will compel the various tribes of
Austria Hungary to follow one of
two course: either to lay aside age
long rivalries and hostilities and
achieve some form Of economic if
not political cooperation, or else to
sacrifice their new found independ-
ence. Thus the people of the new
Austria are already clamoring for
union with the German Empire.
There is at least discussion of a
possible federation between the
Hungarians and the Rumanians,
while day by day the impossibility
Of existing conditions is more
plainly disclosed.
OF all the various states which
have risen on the ruins of Austria
Hungary only Jugo-Slavia and Po-
land possess access to the sea and
sufficient strength and varied re-
sources to support national life.
Poland and Rumania, each Of them
with an area as great as Italy, may
easily become in generation or
two first class powers. On the con-
trary, Czecho-Slovakia, the new
Austria and what remains of the
old Hungary can never together
and much less separately, exist un-
der conditions even remotely ap-
preaching economic prosperity. I'm
less they can be joined in a new
Danubian federation by either Ru.
mania or Jugo-Slavia they will in
fallibly become minor fragments in
a German controlled Mitteleuropa
For Europe, for the United
States, the gravity Of the problem
now presented by Central Europe
should not be overlooked. The peril
of Mitteleuropa, Of a German di-
rected confederation extending
from the Baltic to the Black Sea
the Adriatic and the Hgean, was
clearly demonstrated by the events
Of the war.
Such Mitteleuropa would domi
nate and threaten the peace Of
the world, but it is almost impossi
BILE to see any escape from such ar
ultimate consequence Of recent his.
tory unless Allied diplomacy anc
Central European interests shall
combine to restore something Of the
old economic situation in the Haps
burg monarchy. If the mutua
hostilities of the Czechs, the Ger
mans, the Hungarians, the South
ern Slavs and the Rumanians con
tinuo to make a common associa
ton between these tribes impossi
Gle, then more economic force will
drive them one by one first intt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21
Field for Intrigue
And Fresh Jealousics

Exactly as Bulgaria was moved
against Serbia by Austria and Ser
bla against Bulgaria by Russia in
the evil days which preceded and
led to the World War, the newly
Balkanized regions of the Danube
are beginning to be the field for
new intrigue and the jcalousies of
little peoples are being stimulated
IN order to prevent that fusion
among the little peoples which
would be at once prosperous for
them and fatal for the ambitions
of larger nations.
If the German pathway to the East
continues to be barred only by lit
tie, mutually hostile states, then
nothing would appear more likely
than that the old temptation to
Germany would be revived and
that she would seek once more
that world power which was hers
for 4 moment while she dominated
Mltteleuropa. Pending that time
the world must look forward to a
long series of disputes and quarrels
among the several races Of the
Danube Valley, exactly like those
IN the Balkans between the Con-
gress of Berlin and the outbreak Of
the World War, disputes in which
all the great powers became in me
end involved.
A Danubian confederation in
which any one 1ace dominated
could not encs.re. 1t may even be
doubtful if political union would
be possible, at feast for many years.
Commercial association and economic
cooperation might prepare the way
Ser closer federation. By con-
trast, without that economic asso-
citation nothing short Of suffocation
seems to threaten the millions of
Austria, Czecho-Slovakia and Hun
gary, and in the presence of such
menace all three seem bound. in
the end, to become more or less
willing partners in any new Ger
man enterprise.
Copyright. 1919. by Mcc1urss vev,,.
Syndcatej
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21
Vienna Is Mcnaced
from Two Directions

Within sight almost Of this
sDomed city Of Vienna are two hos
ale frontiers, those Of Czecho-
olovakia to the north and Of Hun
gary to the south. Before the war
inc foodstuffs Of Hungary supplied
me industrial and mineralized dis
erlcts Of Bohemia as we'll as of
VIENNA To-day the new frontiers
which we have sketched at Paris,
following the vagaries Of cthnic
boundaries, intcrpose barriers which
30 Tar have proved insurmountable.
for nearly year, since the Austro-
hungarian collapse, only those
'rains run by Hoover and his as
soe'ates for the purpose of bring
''s 1000 to the starving have cir
'u-ated on the old railroad systems
,oanecting Trieste on the sea with
emma, with Prague and with
budapest. The wheat of the Hun
s"rlan plains has rotted while the
people Of Vienna have starved and
'"' people of Prague have de-
r =, upon American largess.
'oVer himself was able to set in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21
A Strong Danu-
bian Fedora
ton Appears
the. Only Eco
nomic Solu-
ton
By Frank II. Simonds

By Frank II. Simonds
TIME reports from Budapest
and Vienna Of a proposal to
unite Rumania and Hungary
in single state have every evidence
Of being propaganda. The Hun
oarian capital Is in the hands of the
Rumanians, who have pillaged and
numbered exactly, or at least ap-
proximately, as the Hungarians pill
LACED and plundered in Bucharest
two years ago. To assume that the
Hungarians would now welcome
union with state and a race which
they have wronged has the appear
snce Of believing in miracles.
Nevertheless, it must be patent
that the conditions which the war
and the approximate peace SO far
achieved have created in Central
Europe is one that cannot endure.
Some basis Of economic order must
at no distant time emerge from the
present chaos. European statesmen
for long centuries were accustomed
to say that if there had been no
Hapsburg monarchy it would be
necessary to create one. What they
had in mind was precisely that the
chaos now existing, which they fore
saw, would follow the removal of the
single centripetal force on the south
of the Bavarian, Saxon and Prus-
sian frontiers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21
1t seems that the dead will arise in Hungary

motion rudimentary system Of
barter between the several frac-
lions Of the old 'Hapsburg mon
archy, but even this was a derisory
substitute for previous economic
exchange.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21
Austria-Hungary Was
Politically Impossible

Austria-Hungary was politically
an impossibility because two races
each constituting a minority in its
own half of the state, controlled the
political power and used it brutally,
selhshly, stupidity. twenty-five mill
ion Slavs were made to do the will
Of barely twenty millions of Hunga-
rians and Germans combined, while
five million Latins, Rumanians and
Italians were quite as shamcfully
maltreated. As consequence, the
political structure of the Hapsburg
Empire broke down following defeat
on the battlefield.
But, on the other hand, if the
bonds of political cohesion were
slight it is plain that there were I'M
mlstakable economic influences, as
we'll as geographical conditions,
which combined to make possible
almost to make necessary-a great
state occupying the frontiers Of the
old Hapsburg monarchy. Few states
IN the world possess more varied
elements, more complementary eco
nomlc parts. On the agricultural
and industrial sides Austria Hun
gary was a self-contained unit.
AS a consequence of the applica-
uon OF the doctrine Of self determi-
nation of peoples we have created
SS'an Austrian territory wherein three
q states are entirely destitute of access
10 the sea, incapable of independent
economic life, separated from their
food, their raw material and their
manufacturing needs by artificial
frontiers. That Austrian fragment
emerging In the Treaty Of St. Ger
main consists of little more than
1our million agricultural people
surrounding Vienna, yesterday a
world capital, to-day a city Of two
million people without any fut-
ufe, without any chance Of preserv-
ing Its ancient Importance, doomed
70 die, precisely as a severed head
would cease automatically to exer-
else its functions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21
Germans Certain TO
Fight Such a Union

Even more than the Italians the
Germans must fight such fedora
ton. If it is prevented, then the
mere economic forces will drive the
various fragments Of the Hapsburg
Empire into association with Ger
many. The Austrians have already
sought such fusion and if German
craftsmanship can only preserve the
confusion in Central Europe until
Germany gets on her feet again,
then the outcome seems sure. We
have, then, at once common interest
between Italy and Germany and a
common policy. Italy prefers to see
Germany acquire portions of the old
AustroHungarian Empire rather
than to see this empire restored.
While the course of Rumania in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21

Italy, would find her way into such
a confederation and Italian hopes
in the Xgean would likewise be
brought to nothing.
AS consequence, the Italian pol
icy with respect to the old AUSTRIA
Hungary must be exactly what the
French policy was in the case Of
Germany for several centuries. If
French predominance on the Cont
rent were to be maintained it was
always essential that the rivalries
between the Prussians and the Ba-
varians should be stimulated and
Austria and Prussia remain foes.
The union of Germany marked the
loss by France of her dominant posi-
tion on the Continent. In the same
way a federation between the va
rious races Of Central Europe would
be fatal to Italian policy and pur-
pose.
The Washington herald., 1919-05-13

less than the final burial in the do
cesan cathedral is fitting. that this
tomb may remain a shrine for pa
trfttic Englishmen and English
women to visit for time to come.
Miss Cavell's body. already disin-
TERED from its temporary grave in
Belgium. will be brought from Os-
tend to Dover on a British warship
tomorrow. There it will be met by
a military guard of honor and be
conveyed by train to Victoria sta
tion. At the station full regiment
of troops will be drawn up to pay
honors and to escort the casket to
Westminster Abbey.
In the sanctified gloom of England's
great national cathedral a special me-
mortal service viii be sung. After
the service the casket, with the Union
Jack draped over it. will move through
London's hushed streets to Liverpool
street station. where it will be placed
upon specially prepared car for
TO Norwich.
Details OF the final ceremonies at
Norwich Cathedral have not yet been
but it is hinted a special
representative of the King and Queen
will be present and that the solemn
burial service will be one of the great
est ecclesiastical spectacles that Eng
land has seen in many years.
The Washington herald., 1919-05-13
Edith CapeU to be Buried
With All Military Hon0rs

-
London, May 12-Edith Cavell, the
nurse whose heroism and final execu-
ton by the Germans was one of the
great rallying cries of Britain during
the war. comes home to her final rest
ing place tomorrow. She is to lie
in a specially prepared tomb in Nor
wich Cathedral. which is the ecclesi-
astical shrine of the diocese wherein
she was born and spent her girl
hood.
Through the efforts of the Anglo
Belgian Union-the society which has
done such unselfsh work since 1914
in providing for Belgian refugees
final arrangements for the last honors
to be paid to the heroic nurse have
been completed. At first it was de-
signed that her body. disinterreG
from the unhonored grave which the
German conquerors gave it, should be
re-interred in Swardeston Church.
yard at Norwich. this being the parish
over which her father had been vicar
for many years and in which Edith
Cavell was born. She was baptized
at the little church at Swardeston
and sang in the choir there during
her girlhood.
But public sentiment has dictat
ed that for one whose name has
been written on the tablets of
Britain's honored dead. nothing
The Washington herald., 1919-05-13
GERMAN OFFICIALDOM
IS FEVERISHLY ACTIVE

Berlin, May 11.-(Delayed.)-Au Ger
man ofiicialdom is displaying feverish
activity in connection with the peace
terms.
The cabinet is meeting daily and the
various political factions pass resoIu-
tion after resolution, representing
their opinions of the treaty. to which
no one pays any attention.
Interest centers in the conferences
of the national assembly. That body
met here yesterday and reconvened to-
day. Couriers arc constantly arriving
from Versailles and others are being
sent back.
The German press is continuing its
national campaign for refusal of the
terms.
The national mourning week decreed
by the government, which became ef-
fective Saturday. is being fully OBJ
served. according to reports from all
parts of the country. All dancing,
gambling, horse racing and concerts
have ceased.
The government, it was reported to-
day. intends to withdraw all troops
from the Russian provinces for the
defense of Silesia and West Prussia.
The Washington herald., 1919-05-13
NAPLES STREETS
SCENE OF RIOTS
Liberated Convicts Unite
Forces with Soldiers
Against Police.

Paris. May ia battle occurred
last night on the streets of Naples
between liberated convicts and SOL
diers, on one side. and gendarmes
on the other. Rome dispatch to
Information reported today.
The soldiers and convicts, defeat
ing the gendarmes. captured the
courthouse. The gendarmes took ref
uge in the Carbiniers barracks oppo-
site, where they were later reinforc-
ed by battalion of loyal troops, the
dispatch said. Order was restored
after an hours fighting.
Three thousand shots were exchang-
ed. The casualties. it was reported,
were fourteen wounded.
Four of the injured were reported
to be dying. Thirty arrests were
made.
The Washington herald., 1919-05-13

/ am heartily in favor of the
people of the District of Colum-
bia being given representation
in Congress because it is right
that they should have a voice
in their government.
l can find no reason why they
should be deprived of that right.
They pay taxes as other citizens
do.
The people of Washington are
Americans and they are Untitled
to an American form of govern
ment.
! am surprised that the resi-
dents of the District have been
as patient under the yoke as
they have.
Washington is the head of
The Washington herald., 1919-05-13
RED RULE LAGS
AS oMSK ARMY
GATHERS POWER
State Dept. Intimates Allies
May Recognize Kol-
chak's Government.
RADICALS END in SIGHT
New Forces Have Pushed
Onward Despite Terrible
Difficulties.

Recognition OF the Omsk government
by representatives Of the allied pow
ers in Paris may be forthcoming at
any time. it was intimated yesterday
at the State Department. Conditions
in Russia now constitute the sole re-
manning big problem for Peace Con-
ference statesmen to solve, and they
are known to look kindly on the re-
cent efforts of Admiral Kolohak and
his comrades.
Added to these developments is
news to the State Department OF the
steady losses of poverty the Bolshe-
visits. The ring of nations hostile to
their aims is steadily Tightening. while
from the east comes the armies of
Admiral Kolchak. The end of spring
may see the end of BoIshevism and its
leaders in flight, according to the be-
lief in well-informed circles here The
Navy Department has received short
reports indicating the early de"1ise of
Bolshevism. and this information cou-
Piles with that already in the hands
of the State Department. The navy's
informants are American officers. who
have received their data from allied
officials on the fringe of territory held
by the Bolshevists.
Seem willing to Pay.
The ability of the Omsk govern
ment. or rather its willingness to
shoulder the debts of the old Rus