Evening star., 1920-03-14
by OLIVER OWEN KUsH.

TuRKEY today may be the chic
nesting place for dangerou
complications threatening th'
peace and safety of Europ'
Tor the moment, but allied govern
ments are looking to Hungary as {
base OF future serious troubles. II
SO far as potential dangers to the
concerned there is every reason why
curbs to be placed upon Hungary be
made even more binding than those
on the Turks. for a Hungary-starteo
conhagration will infiame the great.
er portion. if not all, Of continental
Europe.
While the allies have been ne.
gotiating, spending precious months
in talking. the Magyar elements oi
Hungary-more properly termed Mag.
yarland-have been diligently work.
ing toward realization of their aims
OF reuntting all those peoples sepa-
rated from them by the terms of the
Versailles treaty
In France England, Germany and
Italy Magyar agents today are busily
engaged in Vaccinations designed to
limiting the domain of Hungary.
To the economic, territorial and
hnancial terms the allies are ready
to insist upon. the Magyar statesmen
such as Count Andrassy and Apponyi
have replied that they are impossi
BILE of fulfllment The populations OF
Magyarland have been infamed to
the highest pitches of patriotic fer
Vor and demands. that the hundreds
OF thousands of peoples cut away
from Hungary and placed under the
control of Czechoslovakia, Rumania
and Jugoslavia be restored, are In
creasfng in force.
That Magyar leaders. including Ad-
miral Horthy, but recently elected
regent for Hungary, are eagerly en-
deavoring to keep the patriotic fires
burning with the hope of realizing
prevailing national aspirations there
can be no question.
Foresee Hard Problems.
European governments realize that
the Magyar issue will be an infinitely
hard problem to solve should the
powers that be in Budapest strike for
those territories joined to Rumania,
Czechoslovakia and Jugoslavia. where
there is tremendous infiltration of
Magyar elements, sufficient. indeed, to
cause serious trouble for either or
all OF these countries il the winds of
revolution become stronger.
Should Magyar leaders sustain the
present pitch Of patriotic excitement
terms and. in fact. the possibility of
war of dangerous dimensions imme-
diately become factors to be feared
The allies. it is believed. have
nipped a plot of the Magyar. govern
ment to prepare itself for the day of
peace terms. Admiral Horthy has
been in touch with representative
of the allied powers, and proposed
that Hungary be intrusted with the
work of crushing bolshevism. He
asked for an armed force Of 100000
ing furnished by the allies. Ostensi
bly, the Hungarian army was to CO.
operate with those Of Poland and Ru-
mania under Hungarian command.
with allied advisers. 1t was proposed
that for performing this service the
diction again over the peoples once
residing within the territorial lines
Of Hungary. In the meantime Adrni-
raj Horthy asked the minister Of war
to call three new classes. which was
done. and it was the general under
that every effort should be made to
keep alive the doctrine Of the danger
of bolshevism in order that the allies
would consent to the proposal.
Doomed to Failure.
The Horthy plan, however. is doomed
TO failure, for not only do the allies
sec in 1t q pretext for the organiza-
ton Of q great fighting machine
which undoubtedly would be directed
against Cxechoslovakia. Rumania and
Jugoslavia, but one which might un'
do all the prescribed settlements In
southeastern and central Europe.
The Magyar officials of Budapest are
monarchical in their tendencies. There
Is NO reason to suspect that they viii
not attempt to restore the Hapsburgs
There is no reason to believe that the