Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-27
No Eastern Europe
Government Stable

| Paris. Oct. Am intimate view OF
conditions in eastern Europe In given
| by an American official Just back
from tour thru Poland, Czecho-
Slovakia. Austria and later a visit to
the Hungarian capital at Budapest. He
says:
| 1T seems Inevitable that changes
| must occur In the governments OF all
these new states OF Europe, None of
| them Is stable. Everywhere Is the in-
trigue and struggle for power and place
on the part of clidues and individuals
and beneath Is the unrest and discon-
tent of the masses. National independ-
ence has not brought Utopia and con-
| situations do not furnish bread.
| an Poland strong opposition to
Mr.. Paderewski has developed. Besides
this Poland will suffer from acute
hunger this winter. Her people are sup
porting an army out Of all proportion
to the population to guard her 'front.'
iers ana any incident may bring
clash with the Czechs or Germans. The
Teschen> question is acute and both
countries are aflame. doubt II a
plebiscite will settle 1t satisfactorily
or permanently.
| EN- Czecho -Slovakia there Is strong
opposition to the present government
which lacks strength In it's personnel.
The danger there lies, however. moro
In the growing jealousy Of the Slavs.
They have been very thoroughly sub
ordinated and resent the arrogant at
titdde of the Bohemians proper. Again
the drastic ariti-German policy of the
government Is source OF danger
Czecho- Slovakia, in a physical sense
is better off than any other country
over here. She has ample food and fuel
and is thus in a commanding position.
HER industries can resume with little
outside help. With a strong government
/ that country should survive and pros
per. Her danger seems to lie In pro-
bable racial antagonisms with resulting
political confusion.
| "As for Hungary, few people here
believe it will survive as an indeperd-
emit country. Eventual union with Rou-
mania seems now inevitable, either with
its own king as vassal. or simply as
part of the empire.
/ "The Roumanians were quick to see
the powerlessness Of the allies and
simply disregarded the communica-
tons from Paris. The so-called inter-
allied military mission. unbacked by
anything real, is a farce. The other
day q letter was sent to Roumanian
commander by this mission, written In
English, and he handed 1t back with
1.-THE remark to communicate with him
in a language understood by civilized
Do MI
remarked that the Paris conference hac
sent them a very impolite note to
which they were forced to reply IN
kind. These are merely illustrative OF
the conditions there.
Hun gary will starve this winter. II
is beginning to starve now. The Rou-
manians have stripped it utterly, from
seed wheat to printing phesses. They
control and censor the mails and wires
and are in fact and deed conquerers.
"Among men with whom talked ir
Budapest, there is conviction that Il
Hungary survives it will be only under
monarchy. The peasantry want
king and the old reactionary crowd II
powerful, acute and busy. The grea
landowners are still the great power
and with, the church, form powerful
organization. Recently one OF tn
} great dignataries of the church ap
preached the interallied mission will
a proposal to place the Duke Of -
on the throne of Hungary. In fact
there are any number of royal candi'
dates in the offing waiting to see wha
will happen.
Gas for Austria. every province ant
every district is separate government
by itself, acting independently ant
Eoften in defiance of the Vienna gov
ernment, which Is, actually controlled
] as far as any control goes, by thes'
workmen and soldiers councils
Neither christian socialists nor socia
democrats have a majority in the as
sembly, so that the alderman part!
with it's membership of about thirty
nine has the balance of power ant
throws it's vote to suit it's own ends
There must be terrible suffering TIL!
winter. The country will be prac
tically without fuel. and it Is rigor
Gus winter climate. Food already II
scarce and daily increases in price. TIL
hospitals are still without supplies. tn
death rate Is high. and the street
literally filed with begging men anc
women and children. Highway rob-
berry is prevalent, smuggling rampant
land there are signs of revolution un
less conditions quickly mend.
There too. the body Of the people
seem to want monarchy. They have
had enough Of republicanism. We'll
informed people say q. coup d. etat II
not impossible. 1t would not taxi
much to place a king back if he were
strong man with quality of leader
ship. In any event the reactionar9
element is strong and growing stronger
in the absence of leadership. in thu
present government.
THE Austrians are hopeless regard
ing their future and see only unioI
with Italy or Czecho-Slovakia II the!
are to survives The country Is bank
rupt. stripped of its resources by tn
peace settlement and the people ART
too worn out to fight. In spite OF th'
treaty there is feeling that some way
will be tried to bring about union witt
Germany"
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