The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-04-01
EUROPE'S new MIDDLE
IS CAUSE FOR ALARM
HUNGARY COLLAPSES BEFORE
BOLSHEVIK SWEEP. PEACE .
MAKERS WORK UNDONE.

! The muddled conditions in Middle
Europe took turn for the worse
during the week with the overthrow
of the Hungarian republic govern
ment and the institution of commu-
mist regime, and as a result the allied
and American peace delegates in
Paris are in deep water again.
In settling the territorial boun-
diaries of Middle Europe the allied
statesmen have sought to erect across
the continent chain of Independent
nations which should dam the west
ward-sweeping Russian flood of boil
shevlsm and keep it from Germany
and the Austrian states. This chain
of nations was to be composed of
Poland in north, Rumania in south.
and the republic of Czecho-Slovakia
and Hungary between.
The Hungarian section of the dam
appears to have given way, however,
and now other Austrian states, and
even Germany itself, are threatened
with the red" rule of Russia. Hun
gary early in the week overthrow the
government of Count Karolyi, the
hope of the allies, and proclaimed
bolshevist reign.
Bella Kun, disciple of Lenine and
! IrOtzky, is the head of the commu-
mist regime, and, according to reports,
he has gone the limit. He not only
has utilization with the Lenine-Trotz-
| ky regime in Russia, but he has ask
ed his masters for military aid, and
a Russian bolshevik army is said to
be marching through the Carpathians
toward Budapest. In addition Bula
Ken is reported to have declared a
state Of war exists between the Hun
/ garlan soviet government and the en-
tente allies.
Situation Is Serious.
1t is too early to get an idea of the
developments of the Hungarian move,
but the situation is recognized in
Paris as being very serious. 1t is not
so much the detection of Hungary
that troubles the allied leaders as the
effect such action may have on
/ Czecho-Slovakia on the north and
| Rumania on the south. Bolshevistic
! principles have been making head
way in Czecho-Slovakia for months,
and the reported resignation of Pres
ident Masaryk has added to the al
lies fears. Rumania survived one at
tack of bOlshevism, but whether she
can weather a second attack is re-
garded as a serious question.
/ With Hungary turned bolshevist,
Rumania viii be two-thirds surround
ed, and it is believed that the bolshev-
lists will devote every effort to bring
ing her under control.
May Have Been Russian Coup.
The dissatisfaction which led to
the overthrow Of the Hungarian gov
eminent was caused, it is said, not
so much as the result of food short
age, as to the inability of the indus
trial plants in the kingdom to obtain
raw materials and the consequent
amount Of unemployment There are
indications, too, that the coup was
not so much the result of a popular
uprising as it was a carefully worked
up climax Of Russian red" agitators
lavishly backed by Lenine's gold
There are those in Paris who do
not hesitate to say that the trouble
in Budapest is more or less the re-
suit Of German intrigue. Many
French and Italian statesmen, and
some few British leaders, are Of the
opinion that all the trouble the allies
have experienced in Poland, Czecho-
Slovakia and Hungary has been the
result not SO much of Russian boil
shevistic activity as it has been the
work Of German propaganda.