The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-10-29
BY AN AMERI-
ICAN OFFICIAL
Government G. h a n S
Must Occur In All
These New States.
Associated Press

at seems inevitable that changes
these new states of Europe. None of
them is stable. Everywhere is the
and struggle for power and
place on the part of cliques and indiv-
of the masses. National
independence has not brought Utopia
and constitutions do not furnish
bread.
"In Poland a strong opposition to
Mr.. Paderewski has developed. Be-
sides this Poland will suffer from
acute hunger this winter. Her peo-
pie are supporting an army out of
all proportion to the population to
guard her frontiers and any incident
may bring a clash with the Czechs or
Germans. The Teschen question is
acute and both countries r aflame.
l doubt if a plebiscite will settle it
satisfactorily or permanently.
"In Czecho-Slovakia there is strong
opposition to the present government,
which lacks strength in it's personnel.
The danger there lies, however, more
in the growing jealousy of the Slavs.
They have been very thoroughly sub
ordinated and resent the arrogant at
titude of the Bohemians proper.
Again, the drastic anti-German policy
of the government is a source of IAN
ger. Czecho-Slovakia, in a physical
sense is better off han any other
country over here. She has ample
food and fuel and is thus in a COM
handing position. Her industries can
resume with little outside help. With
a strong government that country
should survive and prosper. Her dan
ger seems to lie in probable racial
a~ntagonisms with resulting political
confusion.
GAS for Hungary, few people here
believe it will survive IS an independ-
ent country. Eventual union with
Rumania seems now inevitable, eth
er with it's own king as ~vassal, or
simply as part of the empire.
"The Rumanians were quick to see
the powerlessness of the Allies and
simply disregarded the communica-
tons from Paris. The so-called In
ter-Allied military mission, unbacked
by anything real, is a farce. The 9th
err day a letter was sent to the Rum
anian commander by this mission,
written in English, and he handed il
back with the remark to communicate
with him in a language understood by
civilized people.
Another Rumanian parsonage re-
marked that the Paris Conference had
sent them a very impolite note to
which they were forced to reply in
kind. These are merely illustrative OF
the conditions there.
Hungary will starve this winter
1t is beginning to starve now. The
Rumanians have stripped it utterly
from seed wheat to the printing pres
es. They control and censor the mails
and wires and are in fact and deco
conquerors.
among men with whom I talked in
Budapest, there is a conviction that
if Hungary survives it will be only
under a monarchy. The p~easantry
want a king and the old reactionary
crowd is powerful, acute and busy
The great landowners are still the
great power and with the Church
form a powerful organization. Re
Gently n of the great dignataries Of
the Church approached the Interval.
lied mission with a proposal to place
the Duke of|-on the throne Of
Hungary. In fact there are any mum.
Der of royal candidates in the offine
waiting to see what will happen.
GAS for Austria, every province
and every district is a separate gov
eminent by itself, acting independent.
ly and often in defiance Of the Wen
ma government, which is actually con
trolled, as far as any control goes
by these workmen and soldiers coun
ellis. Neither the Christian Socialist!
nor the Social Democrats have a ma
jority in the Assembly, so that tn,
All German party with it's member
ship of about 80 has the balance O.
power and throws its vote to suit it.
own ends. There must be terribl,
suffering this winter. The countr,
will be practically without fuel, ant
it is a rigorous winter climate. Foo
already is carce and poor and dali,
increases in prices. The hospitals ar
still without supplies, the death rat
is high, and the streets literally fill
ed with begging men and women AM
children. Highway robbery is prevail
ent, smuggling rampant and there ar,
signs Of revolution unless condition
quickly mend.
There too. the body Of the peopl
seem = want , monarchy. They hav