Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-04-03
Hungary in Grip Of Bo|shevism
and Other Parts of Central
Europe in Ferment.
PEACE DELEGATES STARTLED
Speed Up Work on the Treaty, Which
Germans Say They Will Not Sign
LEAGUE Of Nations Covenant
Being Amended.
BY EDWARD W. PIckARo.

Matters In Europe last week moved
swiftly toward climax. Bolshevism
was gathering itself for Its greatest
efforts, and made "a start In that way
that alarmed the civilized world. It
fastened its clutches on Hungary, or
ut least on the government and on
Budapest, the capital, and soviet rule
was established in place of the repub-
lie that was headed by Count Karolyi.
Revolution broke out In Galicia, start
ing in the Oil districts; soviet gov
eminent was set up, the Lemberg
soviet declared a general strike, and
Polish troops sent to combat the rev.
olution Joined in the movement. Bes-
sarabia was proclaimed a republic and
its directorate began military opera
lions against Roumania's army, de-
feating part of it. The Bessarabfan
movement undoubtedly was directed
by the Russian bolsheviki and support
ed by the Ukrainians, the idea being
to establish communication between
Moscow and Budapest by breaking
through Roumania. Efforts to turn
Czecllo- Slovakia and German Austria
over to the bolsheviki have been so
far unsuccessful.
Frank critics of the peace confer
enae lay the blame for much Of this
OH those idealists who undertook to
remodel the entire world and bring
about the millennium at once in
stead of first making peace and per-
hitting the belligerent nations to re-
sumo the ordered activities of civil
lied existence. That the gentlemen
gathered in Paris have recognized
their error is apparent in their present
haste to complete the peace treaty
and have 1t signed. They will, accord
ing to reports at the time Of writing,
include in the treaty formal state
ment concerning the league of nations,
because Germany will be required by
the treaty to surrender her colonies
to manufactures of the proposed
league. but 1t is not unlikely that the
adoption of the full constitution of the
league will he deferred. The first
treaty, which was being considered
last week by Wilson, Lloyd George,
Clemenceau and Orlando. it was said,
was sufficiently firm in It's terms ia
insure a lasting peace, would simplify
the international food problem and
pave the way for industrial and
financial reconstruction. The princi
pal aims of the proposals under con,
sideration were: ~ To insure ample
security for the future protection OF
France. especially on her eastern
frontier; (2) to establish a stronl
Italy, with formidable northern bar
rier against aggression; (3) to create
a strong Poland: (4) to found a league
Of nations pledged. on material a.
well as moral grounds, to the preser
walton of world peace.
The "big FOUR" as they are called
in Paris, were said to have decided tt
make peace with oil four of the enem!
nations Mt once. This plan presents
some difficulties, one of the least O
which Is the fact that the Unite,
States never was at war with Turke,
ard Bulgaria. Most troublesome will
he the fair assessment of the pre-wa
debts of those two nations and o
Austria-Hungary among the variou
provinces, and the fixing of tn
boundaries they must accept.
1t Is believed Germany's new bound
aries have been virtually fixed by tn
peace delegates, though no announce
ment has been made. A financia
commission has been working fast t
settle the reapportionment Of Gel
many's public debt, the question q