Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-04

Occupleu Dy ItuIDanluu NIoOpS, WIN Hu
vanced from the river Thesis in spite
of representations made by Lieutenant
Colonel Romanelli. the Italian repre-
sentative of the Allies at Vienna.
Paris, Aug. 4.-Rumanian troops
entered the suburbs of Budapest yes
terday, according to a dispatch received
here from Vienna. The Rumanians,
advancing in two columns, have oc-
cupied Crongrad, reached Kisunfelegy
haza and are on the line of Jaszapati.
Many prisoners and much booty have
been taken.
Soviet newspapers in Budapest have
been suppressed, according to dispatch
from the Hungarian capital via Inns
sbruck. Y .,t,r
< Vienna, Aug. 4.-(By A. P.)-Bcla
& Kun and his associates have been
granted asylum by Austria to avoid dis
turbances and unnecessary bloOdshed in
{ Budapest, according TO an official state
ment explaining the presence of Bella
Kun in this country.
The new Hungarian minister of for
seign affairs, Peter AgostOn, obtained
permission for the Bella Kun party to
4 be interned at Camp. Roscnau, Lower
Austria. The official statement says
! they will be allowed TO remain in Aus
I tria under detention until Hungary is
able to receive them again, but will not
be permitted to carry on political prop
4 aganda.
Bella Kun's Personality
Z Bella Kun's frame of mind. during
] these days of defeat, has not been made
known. His fight to maintain power
during the last four months has been
reer during the war.
He is jew with a strain of Turkish
blood. according to his friends. He is
a small man, unimposing physically,
but said to have a peculiar power over
men and an ability to stir the imagina-
ton of all.
The soldiers, it was said, obeyed him
with blind faith, although many never
saw him. Several times the Associated
Z Press correspondent was able to pass
military lines with Kun's signature
scribbled in lead pencil on a piece OF
unstamped paper, when other passports
were not recognized.
Budapest, Aug. 3 (delayed) .-(By A
+ P.)-The city today presents a pitiful
appearance after the flight of the COM
munists. The streets are half deserted,
no stores are open, there is little food
in hotels or private houses, and no soap
coffee, tobacco or linen is to be had.
Many windows are broken. Tht
people move about aimlessly, but smile.
have replaced the looks of terror thai
previously were on their faces. The
new cabinet. is. sitting day and night
working on the formidable task of re-
3 construction.
Hope for American Food
q The communists, who robbed both for
political and private purposes, left the
banks empty. Financial institutions
which contained roundly 5000, 900. 900
crowns, now have barely $4,000, 600
crowns in good money in their vaults.
Finance Minister Miskios does not know
which way to, turn, as the only money
left him is communist paper. The com
munists, in addition to printing for
eign banknotes, falstified Czech anc
& Jugo- Slav stamped money to q great
extent.
According to Peter Agoston, minis
ter of foreign affairs, all eyes ar,
turned to America for food, especiall!
for the children. 1t is understood, how
ever, that the Hungarian harvest i,
reasonably good and that the lack O.
food heretofore in some measure has
3 been due to the refusal of farmers t
sell to the communists.
Sixty hostages held in the parliament
building have been released by the new
government.