America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-08-21
REAL FACTS ABOUT HUNGARY
THE R0UMANIANs SIDE.

- The ROUMANIANS SIDE.
In "appea the President of the United States the
Hungarian complains that the people had so little
opportunity to hear Hungara's side of the story but the
truth is that the American people knows very little about
mama and the Roumaians And this has given good oppor
umy to the of Roumania and enemy all the allied
governments including the government the United States
10 carry destructive propaganda against the little Roumana
which, you know, has sacrificed much cause Of
humanity and the great ideal for which Country too has
sent Its sons to eed their noble Blood in the c
visation and the sacrifice by Roumanians the little
ally from the Near East hopes that the will give
deep consideration to their just claims
The Roumanian story is well pictured bv the s'Bufalo
Express:
hounana went into the at time when her support
promised to be OF the greatest value allies Like italy
oumaa had been under the strongest pressure to take
the German side and she had yielded allies might we'll
have been forced to German peace long before the L.
nited States had made it's mind TO help them Roumana Ii
ke Italy decided that the allies represented democracy and IL
bcry and could be trusted and that the
monarchy and scraps of paper
Rounana did not get the promised support She was be-
rayed by the cars government while the powers
Looked i'll mysed helpesness She invaded and suf-
Tered the horrors that befe Belgium northern Fran
ce "hen the olshev made separate Roumania had
course left but to surrender the best terms she get
The allied victories Of 1918 enabled Rounana to denounce
that and her Independence She resisted su
cessfull the 3ropagandao ~
United States and the allies encouraging bohevism
by trying to negotiate with it and holding to it the hope of
recognition Roumana put herself in the hands of the peace
conference and waited.
The peace conference forgot Roumana Nine months af
ter the armsce treaty has been made with of the enc
mics the borders of Roumana; steps have been taken
toward adjustment and repaaton and settlement for Ro
mania Hungary her chief enemy and despoe hope of
retaining territory which belongs by history ethnoogv to
Rouana turned Boshevist and began new war Roumania
was left to fight that alone is admitted that her army
independent and not under allied control The powers would
not fight the Bohevik, though the Boshevki were
could not negotiate with the Bolshevk Roumana however
for months accepted the dctaon of the powers to when to
fight and when to stop When the Hungarians attacked she
beat them When she tried to follow her victories and force
Il settlement, the powers stopped her.
Finally the peace conference sent demand to Bella Kun
to get Instead Of doing so attacked the Roumanans
again lie defeated and not till then he ousted bv
group Of Socialists who had been working with him. This t.
me Roumana refused to listen peace conference dcaton
She occupied Budapest installed government with which
other nations could deal and named the which
she wanted The French cuckng The American and B
sh delegates at the conference furious Somebody
has done something The conference has been flouted
small nation has shown disposition to take care of itself in
stead of allowing itself to be ignored and abandoned by the
two or three wise who rule the peace conference it
appears that in certain conference circles Roumana
with all her sacrifices and services looked on as the
enemy and Boshevk Hungary the proege which be
defended'
The agitation against Roumania has sprung up with grea
ter violence since the invasion of Hungary and the occupation
Budapes by the Roumanan troops Hungary was and is
still Hungary at the time Of the invasion was Boil
seVK sta ana IL is very clear that could not
the red anarchy Besides this the Roumanans very
logical Roumana could not start it's work of reconstruction
long the of the red anarchy border and
must not forget that the Magyar Hungarans repeatedly
attacked the Roumanans which them very many young
lives Would Country stand this Would this Country
butchery of their by the Hgarans red army wit
i lout doing anythingg No! is unthnkable
The contention of the Hungarans that has so
fully demonstrated that ally of the allies may commit
which wrongs is illogical because the deeds of the little
has proven to be of great value for humanity prove
Tho CoOfion Lonoc
manity ends for the Hungarian menace and dis
the Russians The allies being enen the Bolshevk
Hungary increased the dculte of the little Roumania and
in meantime increasing the Of Roumana fall ia the