Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-25
ANXIETY CROWS
At WASH|N 6 ON
ON LATE REPORTS
F ROM BUDAPEST
BoIshevik Element Seems in
FuII Control of Government
Machinery at the Capital of
the Nation.
RENEWED HOSTlLITIES
WITHIN PROBABILITY
Number of Americans Now in
What Was ormerIy Austro-
Hungarian Empire Are Said
to Be in No Danger.
10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED vv,sr,

| Washington March 24.-Advices to
! the state department today from three
! widely separated European sources
( tended to increase the anxiety of Of
| ficials over the situation In Hungary.
! Bolshevik elements apparently had as
! sumed complete control of the gov
! ernment of Budapest with threat of
| renewal of hostilities
| There was no indication as to the
| extent of the control of the new
! regime beyond the capital, and in the
| absence of this and other details Off
! eials were reluctant to discuss the sit
| uation at length, 1t appeared from to-
| days advices, however, that the crisis
| resulted from the line of the demar-
| kation established by the peace con-
| ference in circumscrihng the terri
| tory of Hungary, and the general
| economic situation in Budapest.
The recognition of the extreme
| claims of the Rumanians and CZeeho-
| SlovalIs and the esta Adjustment of neu-
| trail zones between these lines and the
| limits allowed to Hungary which soon
was to be held by the French until
the final peace treaty was completed
! was sad to have been more than the
| old Hungarian government was able
TO accept and remain in power. 1t
was suggested that the fact that these
lines were not to be the final limita-
tions of the new Hungarian state was
not appreciated by the Hungarians
who apparently proceeded upon the
theory that they were to lose even the
neutral zone occupied by the French.
Foreigners safe.
The safety of foreigners was fea-
ture of the news that appeared cheer
ing to state department officials. A
number of Americans are in what was
formerly Austria Hungary on various
missions for the peace conference and
the inter-allied food commission, but
most of them are in Vienna.
Senator Hitchcock, chairman of the
senate foreign relations committee,
in a statement referred to the situa
tion in Hungary and said he believed
1t would do much to wipe out differ
ences between the nations represented
at the peace conference and would
aid in bringing about final adoption of
the league of nations plan,
State department officials who are
familiar with conditions heretofore
existing in Hungary were surprised
by the rapidity with which Bolshe-
vism swept into control in Budapest
and were inclined to doubt that 1t had
succeeded in reaching out of the cities
to include the peasant agricultural
class. The peasants were said TO have
been well satisfied with their treat
ment under the land owning class and
consequently would not be fertile field
for the propagation of the Bolsheviki
theories. one official suggested that
the inclusion of peasants in the new
government called the revolutionary
government of workers. peasants and
soldiers councils" might be an at
tempt to persuade the peasants to join
the movement.
Today's advices came from Bel
grade, Berne and Copenhagen and re-
lated to different features of the
movement Each, however, referred
to the revolution as an accomplished
fact. The Serbian advices declared
the new Magyar government had an
nounced that hostilities were to begin
last Friday night, but they did not
state against whom the hostilities
were directed or whether they had ac-
tually begun. The Berne dispatches
threw some light on the personnel of
the new government.
L ne appointment OF Bela nun as
minister of foreign affairs was par
ticularly disturbing to officials as he
was for some time an aide-de- camp
of Leon Trotzky in Russia The new
minister of war was described as
having been an orderly in the Sec
ond army who was once punished for
indiscretion in military affairs.
Official Statement.
The state department advices were
summarized in this statement:
''The state department has received
q dispatch from Belgrade that the
Hungarian government was over
turned by the communist revolution
airy element under bolshevist leader-
ship in Budapest on Friday. While
telegraph and other communication
were cut off, and there was some
shooting and other disorders, all the
Foreigners in Budapest are believed
to be safe.
Through Serbian sources, inform
alton has come to the department
that the Hungarian government has
resigned and that the new Magyar
government announced hostilities
would begin at o'clock last Friday.
Budapest time. The revolution of
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