Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1920-01-08
new STATES ARE
FACING DANGER
Conditions in Eastern Europe
Are Disturbing.
ALL ARE TORN BY INTRIGUE

ALL ARE TORN BY INTRIGUE
United States Official Gives an lnti-
mate View of the Situation After
Careful Study-Strussle for Power
on Part OF cliques and individuals
Sure to Bring charge-Hun9ary
Will Starve This Winter.
An intimate view of conditions in
eastern Europe is given 10y an Amer
lean official just back from tour
through Poland. CzechOslovakia and
Austria. and later visit To the Hun
garan capital at Budapest. He says:
1T seems inevitable that changes
must occur in the governments of all
these new states OF Europe. None OF
Them IS stable. Everywhere Is the in
trigue and struggle for power ana
place on the part Of cliqueS ana inul-
vidualS. and beneath is the unrest OF
the masses. National independence
has not brought Utopia and constitu-
lions do not furnish bread.
In Poland strong opposition to
Mr. PaderewSkl has developed. Be
sides this Poland Will suffer from
acute hunger this winter. Her people
are supporting an army out of all pro-
portion To the population 10 guard her
frontiers. and any incident may bring
ii clash with the Czechs or Germans.
The TeSchen question is acute and
both countries are aflame. doubt II
a plebiscite will settle il satisfactorily
or permanently.
czechosloVakla in Fernent.
IN Czechoslovakia there IS strong
opposition 70 the present government,
which lacks strength in its personnel.
The danger there lies. however. more
in the growing jealousy OF the SlavS.
They have been very thoroughly SUBJ
ordnated and resent the arrogant at
titude Of the Bohemlans proper. Again.
the drastic anti-German policy OF the
government IS source OF danger.
Czechoslovakia in physical sense, Is
better of than any other country over
there She has ample food and fuel
and il thus in a commanding position.
Her industries can resume with little
outside help. With a strong govern
ment that country should survive and
prosper. Her danger seems to lie in
probable racial antagonisns. with re-
sulting political confusion.
as for Hungary few people here
believe ii will survive as an independ-
ent state Eventual union with Rou-
mania seems now inevitable. either
with its own king as vassal. or simply
as part OF the empire.
The Roumanians were quick to see
the powerlessness OF the allies and
simply disregarded the communlca-
tions from Paris. The so-called inter-
allied military mission. unbacked by
anything real. is a farce The other
day IA letter was sent to the Rouman-
ian commander by this mission. writ
ten In English. and he handed II back
with the remark to communicate with
him in a language understood by civ
ilized people"
slur on Paris Conference.
Another Roumanian parsonage re-
marked that the Paris conference had
sent them a very impollte note. to
which they were forced TO reply in
kind. These are merely Illustrative OF
the conditions there.
Hungary will starve this winter. II
is beginning to starve now. The Rou-
manians have stripped 1t utterly. from
seed wheat to the printing presses.
They control and censor the malls and
wires. and are In fact and deed con-
querors.
Among men with whom talked In
Budapest there is conviction that II
Hungary survives II will be only I'M
der monarchy. The peasantry want
king. and the old reactiOnary crowd
Is powerful. acute and busy.
"As for Austria, every province and
every district is a separate govern
ment by itself. acting independently
and often in defiance Of the Vienna
government. which IS actually con
trOlled, as far as any control goes. by
these wOrklnen and soldiers councils
There. too. the body OF the people
seem TO want monarchy. They have
had enough OF republicanism. Well
Informed people say a coup d'etat is
not impossible.
THE Austrians are hopeless regard
ing their future. and see only union
with Italy or CzechOsIovakia If they
are 10 survive. The country is bank
rupt, stripped OF it's resources by the
peace settlement. and the people are
too worn out TO fight. In spite of the
treaty there is feeling that some ,vav
VIII be tried to bring about union with
Germany"
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