The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-11
LIFE UNDER RULE
Of SOVIET PROVES
CURIOUS AFFAIR
Details Of New Order in Hun
gary Show Absence Of Best
Qualities, But Subservience
10 Foreign Officials.

BUDAPEST, April ii. (By the Asso-
ciated Press 1.-THE elections In Hun
gary for tho creation of soviet councils
passed off without reported Incidents,
soviet organizations being formed in
the country district by meant Of this
balloting The whole process was
carried out under the coercion Of the
voters in many places not appearing
to know why they were voting.
Notwithstanding the desperate earn
estness Of the communists, outsiders
now In Hungary are still Inclined to
take the economic view of the expert
ment which they feel will not develop
into q lasting success, although whether
conditions win become worse before
they grow better is a debatable ques-
Curious tales are told concerning the
new government ministers, who are
so u~naccustomed to performing official
duties that they are ready to aceede
to almost any kind OF a request to
oblige foreigners and show good VIII.
Notwithstanding the drastic rcgula-
tions f%orbidding tho crossing OF exist
Ing frontiers a minor official OF the
western Ukraine government, by o
simple request to the foreign office,
obtained a pass to cross the frontiers
when and wherever he pleased with
out examination Of his baggage.
The work of organizing the country
is being feverishly continued, the cen
trail feature Of the plan Is to apply
the trust idea to all industries, putting
each group Of MISUNDERSTANDING, glass
ware, hardware, e~tc.-under one ex-
pert who Is made responsible for It's
operation. All the clubs and fashion,
able exclusive resorts have been social
lied, including the Park club, The
Jockey club has been converted into
a laborers' home and the splendid race
course, which cost q years time and
$1,000, 900 to make, is being plowed up
for potatoes.
Women on Duty.
There IL an organization Of women
red guards functioning now, but Its
one hundred members are occupying
themselves for tho most part with prop
uganda work, Many Of the aristocratlG
women of the city awe been reduced
to want. Baroness Schossberger, once
having property worth a million dollars
or more, now Ia playing a harp IN a
cheap restaurant for her food.
Ali the palaces have been converted
into resorts for worh1ngmen's societies
and clubs. Madame Margaret karolyi,
the widow of Stephen karolyi, Is living
In two rooms OF her palace, the re
mainder is occupied by q society OF
photographers.
Count Andrew Tschoni lives In two
rooms of his palace with a club of hote
cooks occupying the rest Of his home
Red guards are living In Archdukt
Joseph's palace, opposite the royal cas-
tie, while a musicians club occupies the
palace Of Count Nemes.
A leading fashionable hotel was orig
inally designated by tho red guard ~
q barracks and the guests were notltiee
to quit within a few hours, When Bela
Kun, the communist leader, was in
formed Of what was going on he re-
marked irritably, from the bed In which
he was reposlng, ''What do / care2"
But the American mission Is living
there his informant exclaimed,
On hearing this Bella Kun sprang to Z
telephone and told the red guard TO fine
quarters elsewhere.
The attempted exodus Of the well-to'
do class is continuing and there Is 8
flourlshing trade in foreign passports
American passports are bringing as higf
as 81, 900, while there are incidents o
bold efforts to steal such passports
some Of the attempts even being upor
American officers and couriers.
An Anglo-American train will leave
Saturday for West Europe by way O
Vienna. The Americans on the trail
are to be mostly women, the wives o.
Hungarians, who, by courtesy Of thu
Hungarians, are permitted to elias.
themselves as aliens. Difficulties are
arising, however. over the amount Q
money they win be permitted to TAXI
with them as they will have to draw
from the banks for their funds, and thu
limit permitted to be taken from thes'
institutions is ordinarily only $40
monthly