The New York herald., 1920-01-25
The Story of Gre60ry the Man Who Could Be Kin6

ried in the flash of their eyes the authority of
a brigade"
1t Is perhaps an eXaggeration to say that the
officials Of the republics came INTO office
and went out Of office at the American bid
ding but it Is most certain that something OF
the sort is true in the case of i;u gary When
Karohi poor. wild-eyed devir' captain Greg
ory called him-unabe to satisfy both the ars-
tocrats and the proetariaI and deserted BY
the peace conference when he seemed about to
make his position secure. finally in despair,
handed the government over to the Reds. and
the latter tied up the Danube and all the rail
way equipment in Hungar, it became neces-
sary. as well from the economic a. from tn
political point of view. to eliminate the Bolshe
visits. Instead gf appealing to Marshal roch
for more armies Captain Gregory conferred
with Mr. Hoover and the result the break
ing of Bella Kun 10y action from within. With
the cooperation of Prince Borghtsi aud Sir
Thomas Cunningham and 'he bacld Z "f Hoo
Yer al Paris some Of The labor men in Boa
Kun's Cabinet and th- labor element i'm the
country persuaded 10 desert the Lcnnst
leader and the American pan succeeded where
four months of allied cogitation AT Paris had
failed
Kun. having been forced by the labor
men at a stirring Soviet meeting. fled the
country. Szamuely, Bella Kuns boodthirsty
war minister, responsible for so many cxecu-
tions killed himself on crossing the Austrian
border.
I'VE were back in Pesth next day, Captain
Gregory told me, doing business with the
government arranging to pull the mines out
Of the Danube to restore the river to naviga-
tion. and to utilize the locomotives and cars;
and we would have succeeded in doing had
not the Roumanian army, the back Of
Boshevism was broken, tramped into Budapest
ten days afterward. stripped the country of
everything portable. and permitted the Arch
duke Joseph, backed by the reactionary royalist
group. to seize the government and put into
prison the labor leaders who had forced the
Boshevsts out"
Archduke Joseph slipped into the palace while
a Gordon Of Roumanan soldiers thrown
around il to support his attempted coup d'etat.
"He slipped out again" Captain Gregory
told me- after had had little talk with him
and succeeded in persuadng him that he
couldn't maintain himself against the Supreme
Council and that the Supreme Council wouldn't
stand for him. | told him that our labor lead
ers would have to be released and they
released That's all there was to it We saw
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and I think that the correctness of our stand
reflected in the huge labor demonstration
against the Hapsburgs held in Prague and vi
emma and in the anxiety exhibited by all the
now republics when the return of Archduke
Joseph made them feel that their chance for
self-government slipping
That's all there was to it, indeed The man
who carried Uncle Sans food bag carried the
hiu Sti iclt far
cerned, and Central Europe had to listen to
him whether he spoke loudly softly.
Yes" Captain Gregory reflected when /
suggested much Il suppose suppose-any
OF the American outfit for that matter-could
have been king down there if Americans went
into the king business They were bound to
listen to us, and more than that, they trusted
us on account of our lack Of any selfish per-
sonal interest in their destncs."
In closing talk. the Captain turned to
the future needs OF the now nations in Contra
Europe.
u think tho time has passed for government
loans except in So far as it is necessary to re-
fund or protecto ooans already madc he con-
cluded During the period loans we're
necessary to carry the business OF war but
now they should make place for the regular
financial processes Of international business
and commerce through which the pcopc of the
United States like the people of England and
France and the neutral nations. viii penetrate
financially whoSc it is profitable There arr
many opportunities for Investment in tho rs-
organization Of Europe VIII ch viii not only
help to stabilize conditions there but which n
properly made will produce handsome return
% those who enter this fold Of activity"