New-York tribune., 1919-08-11
Paris Believes
Ru11lania Seeks
To Bolt Allies
Note to Budapest 'sRe-
quests Proof by Action
That Defiance of Confer
cnce Is Not Nations Plan

PARIS, Aug. 10 (By The Associated
Press).-The note the Supreme Council
Of the peace conference sent to Ru-
mania on August 6 relative to the
armistice the Rumanians sought to i'm
pose on Hungary was much stronger
than was at first supposed. 1t stated
that the peace conference was COM
PEELED to believe the Rumanian govern
ment determined to defy the confer
enc and separate itself from the Allied
and associated governments, and re-
quested Rumania to deny by acts and
not by words the charges made against
her. The text of the note follows:
"Following the fall of the Bella Kun
government and its displacement by a
Socialistic government, the Supreme
Council on August sent TO Budapest
to enforce the armistice of November.
1918, end also to meet the heads of the
Rumanian and Serbian armies in order
to protect the occupied territory and
regulate the conditions of occupation.
These decisions were brought to the
attention of the Hungarian govern
ment by telegram and at the same time
to the Rumanian generals, the Ru-
manian government and the Serbian
government.
Rumanians Threatened
"On August 6 he Supreme Council
having heard that the Rumanian au-
thorities at Budapest proposed TO I'M
pose on the Hungarian government an
armistice contrary TO the armistice
concluded IN November with Hungary
in the name of the Allied powers, and
in violation Of the general rights of
concerned, advised the Rumanian gov
ernment that It refused to recognize
the right of the Rumanian generals to
conclude an armistice without the au-
thorization of the Allied powers
"At the same time the Rumanian
government was placed on its guard
against taking any action contrary to
humanity or to its authority which
might be committed by Rumanian
troops, the council also demanding
that the Rumanian general-in in~chef be
tions of the comm ssion Of generals
representing the conference and acting
by delegated authority.
No Reply Received
"The peace conference mas not vet
manian government. 1t learns that the
Rumanian generals refuse to comply
with the Instructions OF the Allied gem
erals and have prevented publication
of the telegram addressed by the presi-
dent of the peace conference to the
Hungarian government. They also are
permitting their soldiers TO pilfor pri-
vate property and requisitioned, and
are sending into Rumania, live stock
and rolling stock, submitting Budapest
to all unnecessary blockade, which is
starving the city. They are Destroy
ing the railway lines, in particular one
from Budapest TO Vienna, in fact, they
are committing series of actions
which are as much in violation of the
decision Of the conference as of the
rights Of the Allied and associated
powers, and likewise, primarily, Of hu-
manity.
Interpreted as Defiance
"The supreme council learns at the
same time that the socialistic Hunga-
rian government was overrhrown By a
coup d'etat. it's members arrested and
the government replaced by one having
Archduke Joseph at its head.
In view OF these facts the confer
ence is compelled to believe the Ru-
manian government determined to defy
the conference and separate herself
from the Allied and associated powers.
"ln the event that the conference
errs in this belief it requests the
Rumanian government to deny these
statements at once, not by words but