New-York tribune., 1919-04-07
Czecho-Slavs Safe
From Bolshevism.
Declares Masarvk
Education of People Safe
guards Them, He Says;
Food and Loans Needed
to Aid in Reconstruction
By Joseph G.. SAKE
New York Tribune
Special Cable .Ser,iro

4'eW orH Irt6ure
Special Cable Ser1fce
Copyright. 1919, New York Tribune Inc)
PRAGUE, April 3.-Professor Masa-
ryk' President of the Czecho -Slovak
Republic, received me in his room in
the fine ancient castle of the Bohe
man kings In Prague to-day. Just be-
lore me a poor peasant woman with
gorgeously colored handkerchief had
had an audience with the President
leaving her market basket in the hall
meantime. cannot state what bcr
MISSION was, but her appearance be-
iore the President struck me as a svm
Dol OIL the thoroughly democratic char
acter OF the new Czecho- Slovak state
mat 1T was extremely hard work TO
pulld up the new state upon the heap
OF RUNS that was once Central Europe
was the essence of President Masarvk,s
statement, as, indeed, it was that of
all other persons seen and interviewed
mere by your CORES spondent.
The President said: "The Hunparian
upheaval will have no effect at ali
upon Czecho- -Slovakia. The HUNGARIAN
bolshevlsm is not purely social in char-
acter, but, rather, is nationalistic. The
Magyars are in very bad way. and
from the human viewpoint | can ner-
,ectly understand their desperation.
put even Lenlne seems to distrust the
genulneness of Magyar Bolshevism and
us truly nternationalistic spirit.
Faith in Bohemia Expressed
am confident that Hungarian Boil
sheVisn VIII nave no seductive effect
upon the Slovaks Bohemia itself has
only very small Minority Socialist
par'y, ana there IS no danger of Bohe-
MIA succumblng to this social maladv
Besides, the whole character of edn,
cation of the Czech peoples is a safe
guard against the Russian type of Boil
snevlsm, with its violence. murder and
plliage. Even social revolutionary
upheaval would assume ordered and
moderate form in Bohemia"
Regarding the economic outlook the
PRESIDENT was hopeful. "The main diff
nculty' ne said, 'is lack of coal, owing
TO the diminished output which has re-.
suited in neglected Industries and in
some cases labor troubles"
10 my question: What do YOU want
from America and England ?" the
Fresid dent answered smilingly:
Give us plenty of food and monev
and certain raw materials. Some foods
are already coming via Hamburg and
we have raised loans in New York.
London and Paris to pay for food i'm
pcrts. We are negotiating special
Y,
already ia judged to be appreciabIy
sounder in neutral markets than Ger
man or Austro- Hungarian currency.
AS the result there is greater con-
t1dence in our future economic sta
blity and the financial reform meas
ureS which we are taking
Further Loans Needed
Eve shall need further loans for
this great work of general national re
construction. For imports we MIGHT
pay with timber, glass, sugar, ha DWARF
and coal-thc latter to Germany and
Austria a-Hungary-for we see no reason
why we should not maintain correct
and good relations with these countries
az in the past.
whether or not German Austria
joins Germany is matter of indiffer-
ence to US, although ] believe the ma
}prity .of the people in Ger@aan Aus
tr'a will be opposed to swcA a union.