The Washington herald., 1920-03-14
by JOHN LLOYD BALDERsoN.

Budapest. March AFTER Vienna,
Budapest seems a live, prosperous
city. There is more. work and more
fosd. But below the surface, misery
and hopelessness exist as every
where in these new Balkans"
Hungary is living under a white
terror" No newcomer into such
condition can claim to analyze the
situation after a few days. 1 am able
to indicate below the views Of the
prime minister. the foreign minister
and the all-powerfur chief of the
army, Gen. Horthy. Entente repre-
sentatives here declare. and all
available evidence confirms them,
that the present government Is re-
dictionary, and that while IL lasts
there can be no rehabilitation or
reconstruction either In Hungary or
the nations on her borders.
All Fear Attack.
CZecho Slovakia, Austria and Jugo-
Slavia are all afraid that Horthy's
army will attack them to regain
the ancient Hungarian frontiers.
Large parts of Hungary will be as
signed under the approaching peace
treaty to these states. The Magyar
Junkers-in many ways worse than
their Prussian brethren-are in con-
troll of the government and army
here, and proclaim openly that they
will not give up Hungarian soil.
The disquiet in neighbor states is
therefore not surprising.
Hungary ~ practically under a
Dictatorship. Its rulers are Gen.
Won Horthy, commander chief of
the White Army, and War Min
lister Friedrich. Friedrich would be
premier. but his blood thirsty threats
directed against surrounding nations
and his reactionary record caused
the entente to refuse dealings with
any Hungarian government headed
by him.
Afraid OF Assnssinntion.
Won Horthy, because of numerous
attempts to assassinate him, is
harder for an outsider to see than
the Pope. but he recently granted a
sort of long distance, second hand
Interview. General Horthy Is quot
ed as having said:
The object of the organization
Of our army is the maintenance OF
order and safety at home, and the
Entente has sanctioned all our dis
positions and even the distribution
of troops. This shows that the
rumors, chiefly of Czech origin, that
Hungary is arming, with aggressive
intent. are absurd. Such rumors can
only mislead foreign opinion. The
story that 1 intend to march into
Vienna is the craziest twaddle."
VIII Conclude Peace.
Prime Minister Huszar, who Is
not so unapproachable as Horthy,
told the correspondent in Budapest
the misfortune of Hungary is due
to the abandonment of religious
principles, ana~th activity of secret
societies such as the Freemasons.
the Socialists and the Association
of Free Thinkers. Questioned about
the white terror" under which it
Is said between 5000 and 5000 Reds
have been executed since last sum-
mer. and more than 10000 interned.
Hungary, the premier said, will
conclude peace with the allies since
peace is the prime need of the coun-
try, but 1t Is another question how
long peace which creates four
Alsace-Lorraines can endure. But
for the present, Hungary must rely
on herself. Ninety-five per cent of
the country stands for a national
monarchy" -.
Budapest is in the frame of mind
natural to a city. but recently under
q red terror, then plundered by a
foreign army, and now living under
a white terror. The government
charges Bolshevists here attempt
ed. on December 81, to blow up the
whole cabinet, and to shatter by
subterranean mines the Opera
House and the st. Gehardus Hotel,
headquarters of Gen. Horthy and
the supreme army command. Sew
eral plots to kill Horthy are report
ed. and some needles and bacterial
poison for this purpose are in the
possession Of the police, who have
arrested some of the conspirators.
Usurper Confesses Plan.
Details of these sensational plans
were revealed by the confession OF
Ladislau, Szamuely, who broke down
under examination after arrest. The
conspirators had in their possession