Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-12

The signature Of the Hungarian Treaty,
almost a wear after Austria capitIilated ~
St. Gerrnain, completes the work 81
destruction in the dual monarchy and re-
ciuces one more Of the great peoples oi
Europe 10 condition which, however,
merited is not less pitiable. Six years ago
Hungary, in many ways the predomlnat-
ing partner in the Hapsburg monarchy,
had an area greater than Italy ana
pornllation in excess Of that Of spain. by
virtue Of the new treaty, there - lett an
area hardly twice that of Switzerland ana
a population inferior 10 that of Beigllm.
Looking at the comparative STATISTICS OF
European nations, Hungary IS now smaller
than all Of her neighbors and rlvals hil-
mania IN more than twice az large as both ia
area and in population. The Same 10 true
Of JuRo-Slavia and Of Czecho-5ioYaKlaa
Only Austria il on . panty Or insisfiil,,
cance and even Austria has been increased
at the expense Of Hungary BY inc anneHa-
ton Of the Odenburg district NOT only
has Hungary sunk To low estate, moreover,
but whereas before the war Magyars were
masters of millions of alien subjects Vooay
many Magyars are under foreign rue.
Examined from the standpoint OF ule
old IDEAS. no state could be more impos-
fi3EF NFtNfl tfib IfEW tRtitNfh
natural frontiers, no barriers, natural or
artificial against invasion. before the
war it wac protected by the Carpathlans,
the Trausylyanian Alps the Danube ana
the Save Now il consists oi lDWiyiHg
plains along the valleys Of the Donube ana
its tributaries, the bills on all sides nave
passed 10 the tribes which were N part
subject 10 hungary less than decade
| ago Nor n the economic situation DetNr
| lone are all the mineral districts. Fiume
| the single seaport of Hungary has become
| A bond of contention between Italian and
| Southern Slav. but the claims of Hungary
| are no longer given even hearing.
Recalling all the recent and the iona
mast a the Hungarians u IL plain that thf
| fate which has overtaken thls brilliant
| peopIe il in the main deserved II y POS
| sible ~ argue against the Hungarian
| Treaty. like the Austrian. because y ere
| ates economic chaos and inglres proion
| gatIon Of the state of misery, which nov
| prevails in middle Europe, because :
| Tnultiplies artificial frontiers which hav'
| becorne like rocks IN river, the barrler
| TO the stream Of commerce necessary
| the people on IT'S shores But IN
economic aspects are unmistaksbie, IN
| ethonographic and political are not ies
clear
The old Hungary consisted q centra
| core Of Magyars, some eight million 81 N
most. occupying the great and tertit
plains Of the Danube and the iheisa an
| extending westward 70 the Drave an
eastward to the foothills of the Gar
pathians Around this central core. wer'
some millions If subject peoples, @lovak
10 the north toward Bohemia SERBS 2
the south and west, az far ~ the Adrlati'
| Runanians in the east and southeast
Scattered among these tribes were re'
tam number Of Nagyars most numerous
Transvlvania. but they we're but island I
an alien sea. since the total population {
| Hungary passed 20OO0O00, while th
Magyars did not much exceed 2 Wo-Oo'
despite carefully doctored statistics.
From the Magyar point of view hun
garv was a geographical unit, terHtoTi'
entity. Those races inhabiting II, oth'
than the Magyar, were ahens; they nad 2
rights save those conferred upon them Q
the Magyars The single condition 2
which they could exist IN Hungary, va