Evening star., 1919-03-30
"CREED Of OTHERS
STIRRED HUNGARY
E'WouId Have Respected Ar
mistice Had NationaIized
Lines Been Observed"
SMALL NATIONS BLAMED
BY JOHN F. BASS.


BY JOHN F. BASS.
CablesFum to The Sunday Star ana
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1919.
PARIS, March .29-The situation in
Hungary should cause no surprise.
The armistice, which in detailed form
was imposed on Hungary by Gen.
Frenchet D'Esprey, gave important
sections of old Hungary to the Serbs
Rumanians and Czechoslovaks. Con-
sidering the fact that the Hungarians
had been absolute masters of these
regions, the blow to Hungarian pride
was considerable.
The terms would have been accented
by the Hungarians. based as they
were based, on nationalized lines, II
they had been observed by the others.
However, the armistice was not op-
served The Czechoslovaks. quite
ignoring it's terms. occupied a further
important slice of northern Hungary
which was not contemplated in the
armistice The master stroke, now
ever, was given by the Rumanians,
who in successive steps occupied al
most half the territory Which mao
been left under the terms of the
armistice to Hungary. These success
most serious, since they no way OBJ
served national lines.
Peace Farley Loses Prestige.
In eastern Europe the prestige of
the Paris conference in rapidly dimin-
ishing, and possession is universally
considered ine-tenths OF the law
BY these amputations Budapest was
deprived of any coal. The result was
inevitable. The Hungarians said that
If they were to be extinguished they
would go out in glory. A wise man
coming out of Hungary said:
THE allies have failed to occupy
one place from which they could con-
troll the situation in Budapest.
1t is supported on good authority
that the Hungarians have an army
Of $4,000 well equipped and organ
ized men in budapest. Ihey nave ve
rapidly organizing and concentrating
their forces. The national spirit runs
high and it is not improbable they may
strike in one direction or anotnef peiofe
long. Hungarian troops have been the
best fighting forces Of Austria. and while
they are surrounded on three sides
by Rumanians, Czechs and SerOlans,
they may do considerable damage be-
fore they are crushed.
The situation is likely to be agEra-
waited by the dissemination In hn. u,
bolshevist hands. If the news which
leaks through to Vienna and eastern
Galicia is true, half of Rumanla 1s
bolshevist. At any rate, Hungary mas
e-o-e to chaos and the other states III
eastern Europe will follow II the nee
essary measures are not adopted i'm
mediateIy to stem the tide of disor-
ganization. All communication with
BUDAPEST has been cut off. Capt.
Roosevelt Of the Coolidge American
mission, escaping south into Serbia,
has arrived in Paris, but the late Q,
the allied missions in Budapest was
still unknown when ] left Vienna.
Vienna Alarmed Over Revolt.
In Vienna the Hungarian revolution
has spread alarm / saw a procession
of several thousand people. mostly
soldiers. bearing red standards with
inscriptions congratulat1ng the Hun
garian revolutionists, pra1slng Lenin
and condemning the existing Austrian
fines. The procession was almost
solemn in it's orderliness and was
watched by silent crowds The ef-
feet OF the revolution I'm Hungary can
not yet be estimated, but it may have
serious results:
In the first place, as have said.
Rumania has long been: reported as
having bolshevist tendencies. A rev.
olution there might bring about an
understanding between Hungary
Rumania and the Russian boishevlk
speh an ,ns snssnfa Mens
is the possibility of a new alliance IN
eastern Europe. which would tend te
cut the ground from under the feet
Of the Paris conference. In Ukrainia
the action OF Hungary, compfhed Win
the defeat Of the Ukrainian armies IN
eastern Galieia by the Poles Is likely
to drive the Ukrainians into the boil
shevist camp Already many Ukrain-
ians look for help from the bolshe-
visits in the struggle against Poland:
N. Petlura, dictator Of the so-cailed
social democracy of Ukrainia, has
lost Kiev and moved the seat Of
Ukrainia. He has been obtaining arms
and munitions from the Hungarians
by the sale of oil from eastern Galicia.
His armies have now lost the oil fields
and everything points toward the
absorption of the Petfura social de-
mocracy by the Russian bolsheviki.
In a conference between the allied
representatives and Petlura. in Lem
berg, he said that his armies were
fighting q bolshevist army of 400. 200
men, which was moving south into
Ukrainia. While the figures are prob
ably exaggerated, it is nevertheless
true that II the Ukrainian armies OF
Petlura are combined with the bolshe-
Wiki these will have considerable
force with which to attack the Poles
in Galicia or the Rumanians to the
south in an effort to make a juncture
With Hungary.
Slovaks Are Not satisfid.
1t is known that the Slovaks are
not thoroughly satisfied with their
absorption into the Czechosloval
state. Factions of the Siovaks have
approached both the Polish and Hun
garian governments. Ignace Pader-
ewski received proposals from one
faction for confederation between
Slovakia and Poland. 1t Ia known
that Slovak representatives have
been negotiating with Budapest. They
seek an agreement with Hungary
about the division of large estates
among the Slovak peasants. 1t /.
Understood that If Hungary would
concede the demands. this party IN
Slovakja would favor a confederation
between Hungary, Slovakia and Po.
land. How strong or important thii