New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
The Hungarian Outlook

The Hungarian Outlook
When, on July %, 1914, the declara
ton of war on Serbia was read in the
Hungarian Parliament, the solemn
silence with which the announcement
had been received was broken by
the ecstatic cry a. last" from the
lips Of Count Albert Apponyi, then
one of the Opposition leaders. The
appointment of this man, who
throughout his life had been an eX-
ponent of ruthless Magyarization
and Of chauvinistic megalomania, as
head of the Hungarian peace dele
cation summoned by the Allies 10
Neuilly, has striking significance.
The fact is that Hungary is the
only member Of the former Teutonic
alliance where the forces of the olo
regime have survived the cataclysm
Of November, 1913. Those forces
are not merely intact, but their
power and prestige have actually
been enhanced by unfortunate com
plications at home and abroad
Since the entry OF Admiral Horthys
Irrational army" into Budapest, 70. :
lowing closely the withdrawal of the
Runanian forces of occupation, mon
archist reaction has reigned supreme
at the Magyar capital. The depar-
ture of the Rumanians left the Mag
var people in the state Of a nation
alistic frenzy, and this enthusiasm is
being worked for what it is worth
by the aristocratic politicians, whose
real purpose is to reinstate the
throne and with it their own feudal
privileges.
Recent utterances Of the Magyar
Junker leaders show that they have
learned nothing and forgotten moth
ing. While paying lip service to the
Allies, their minds are bent on re-
storing the old order of things, no
matter at what cost. Friends of the
Entente, who, with their anti-Ger-
man propaganda, have materially
aided in bringing about the collapse
Of the Hapsburg monarchy, are
being prosecuted ON all kinds Of
bolstered-up charges. Thus, favor
lte scheme of the reactionaries is to
implicate their political adversaries
in an alleged plot which resulted in
the murder Of Count Tisza, the
kaiser's accomplice, in the last days
of October, 1913. Against Count
Karolyi, who, whatever his failings
as a statesman, may at least be cred-
tied with good intentions and per
sonal integrity, they have initiated
proceedings for the misappropria-
ton of state funds--a preposteron.
charge against d man who had liter
ally sacrificed his vast estates in
what he conceived to be the service
of his country.
A characteristic instance Of the
timeserving, underhand methods Of
the Magyar royalist clique is their
agitation to offer the crown of Hun
gary to an English prince. That
Great Britain should undertake a
liability of this order is obviously
improbable. Of this the promoters
Of the scheme are naturally aware.
They merely await an express re-
fusal in order to spring their real
candidate, disguised as second
choice-either the Archduke joseph
or Otto, the infant son Of Charles ".
There cannot be the slightest doubt
that the main endeavor of a Haps-
burg king would be the reconquest of
the old domains of his house-a pro-
gram finely coincident with the Mag
var reunnche party's dream of re-
storing the territorial integrity of
Hungary.
Those Hungarians who, assimilat-
ing the lessons of the last five years,
are bent upon a genuine readjust-
ment of their country's fortunes to
the requirements Of remodeled Eu-
rope, must concentrate their hopes
on the closest possible cooperation
with the peoples liberated from the
Hapsburg yoke. Their attitude was
recently voiced in a statement by
Oscar Jaszi, the Magyar scholar and
statesman,'who years before the war
had championed, almost single
handed, the cause Of the oppresJ =