Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-10
Statement BY ROUMAN|A
DEN|Es CRUELTY REPORT
supreme Peace Council Infor1nali!
Discusses Status of Hungarian
Government.
AMERICANS OFFERING RELIEF
Vienna Dispatch Declares State Of
Siege Has Been Proclaimed In
Budapest and That Crimes Against
4 Jews Will BE Punished With Death.
fRv Associated Press.

PARIS. August o.-An official Rou.
manian statement declares that reports
of excess by Roumanian troops in Hun
gary are false, according 10 dispatch
from Bern. which is based upon a
message from Bucharest.
While the supreme council OF the
peace confercne held no stated meeting
today. the members of the council dis
cussed the Hungarian situation inform
ally The conversation among the
members bore moro upon the question
OF Roumanias attitude than upon the
status of the new hungarian govern
meni, IA the former phase Of The
Situa ton is interesting the conferecs
more than any other.
Dispatches fro American relief
officers, who have been CO. operating
tives in Hungary report that Budapest
is quiet but that all characterization.
including that on the Danube, IS being
held M: As this Involves great dan
ger of famine, the allied officials have
appealed for an effort TO lift the en-
barge placed by the Roumanians on
supplies. as well as all other embargoes
on food transportation and distribu-
tion affecting the region.
Deny Reported Coalition.
The members of the council also
from Archduke Joseph. head of the
new Hungarian government. announc-
ing the intention of his regime to ex.
cute the terms Of the arm ,stne and and
to send delegates to Paris. The mes
sage received from the archduke out
lines the policy q the n tS;, sognrn
properly selected constituent assembly
TO reorganize labor with view TO
increasing production
Hungary and Roumauia in the form
the a dual Kingdom WA sheing planned
dispatch received here today says.
Roumanian bureau is maintained
At Bern and it is Thought here that
The en a sGe in f0 Budapes toa are
allowing the Hungarians only coo
gendarmes to patrol the. city, ac-
cordinS to news from American officers
there, These officers declare that "a
government is to be enabled to effect
an organization T and function proper
view that rffe government must have
forces to preserve order outside the
If If the relief measures planned are
permitted TO be carried out effectively
the American officers give ii as their
opinion that the new government will
be able TO perfect its organiza ton.
Former Emperor Refuses Throne.
The American advices confirm .hc
reports that the Roumanian are
gathering up all kinds of animals and
all sorts of supplies to be sent 10
Roumania.
Former Emperor Charles OF Austria
Hungary. was beseeched by Magyar pa
triots to mount the hungarian throne
when the fall of the T'Gldll ministry
WIS determined upon, according to "a
dispatch to the Journal from Zurich.
The former monarch refused on the
ground that, having been King ano
Emperor. he could not go down the
social scale and be Content simply
with a Kings crown.
Tho Duke of Hohenberg, son OF
,trchduke Franz Ferdinand, whose as
sassination At Sarajevo in 1914 was the
immediate cause or the great war
the dispatch. which says that the Hun
EarianS ended their quest by choosing
Archduke Joseph as = last resort