America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1920-04-19

IlIOIH eApIOltdllOu at tHe HdIlltS VI
1.-THE Magyar aristocracy, he made
himself the advocate of universal
suffrage, equal and secret; owner
lship Of land by those who work it /;
exclusion of foreign capital and fo-
reign management i'm industrial and
mining enterprises and in trans
portation; communal ownership Of
forests and mines; local autonomy ;
land universal compulsory cduca-
ftion. One readily sees how leaders
Eof subject races, in the fight a.
fgainst a dominant nation, must be
fradical and appeal to the common
people against vested interests.
Where there is racial question,
lthe nationalism of the oppressed ra-
Ice is inevitably radicalism. Alas
for the hopes Of the politicians
Iwho cspoused irredentism and bs
Ilievcd that they would be simply
|extending their field Of action A.
las for the hopes Of the statesmen
fof the great powers who saw in ir-
|redentism the means of destroying
lcnemies and creating new fields
flor commercial and industrial ex-
Iploitation in small states depcn-
ltlent upon them! The easily con-
Itrollcd parliament of the former is
gone forever. The plant Joncscu
Iof the latter are no longer in posi-
tion to represent" them.
Premier Vaida is committed to
Itlc program of the National Assem-
Ibly Of Alba-Julia. The war he wa
| geH against the Magyar magnates
at Budapest he will continue a
Igairst tho Rnmanian oligarchs at
Bucharest.
During the peace conference l
had the privilege Of talking over
the problems Of European recon-
lstruction with M. Vaida at his ta-
Ible and mine. Since he is now the
head Of the state, it would he in
discreet for me to give here the O.
lplnion Of the new Premier Of Ri
mania ea..eerning the methods of
l.\ll.cti statesmen at Paris, but /
tcan l. pert his condemnation Of tho
lspirit "a tne treaties Of Versailles
| and st -Gcrmain. M. Vaida belize
YES in peace Of justice and impair
|tiality and not in peace Of force.
He sees no hope for the immediate
future Of Europe unless we discard
1.-THE decisions Of the Conference Of
Paris and work for reconciliation
between peoples. Like several other
delegates who had no say General
Shuts, for instanee), M. Vaida tho
|ught the extremists and radicals
were those whose ideas prevailed.
he felt that he. was taking COM
|men-sense point Of view in refu-
|sing to fly in the face of facts. Des-
|pite his own grievances against the
Hungarians, he believed that it
was as. essential for the cmancipa-
lied Rumanians as for their for
liner masters that the two races
should make without delay the ef-
fort to establish friendly relations.
fle was sure that the Clemcnceau-
Lloyd George Orlando Wilson atti-
|tude toward enemies and ncutrals
land small allies was as. impractical
bic as that Of the widest idcalists;
for they did not commoand the ar
med forces sufficient to keep Ger
many down and crush the Russian
Bolshevists. Premier Vaida will
|not entertain the proposal Of the
FSuprcmc Council that Rumania aid
against the Bolshcvists unless they
contribute forces in proportion and
/ at the same time recognize the IL
|nion Of Bcssarabia with Rumania.
Once the peasants are emancipa-
ted from practical serfdom to great
landowners Premier Vaida is sure
THAT universal suffrage will bring
about complete change in the po-
|litical, economic, and social life of
fRumania. The state must assume
1.-THE Indebtedness Of the peasants to
the landowners. The purchase in
|stalments will be paid to the state,
and the indemnitiess by the state.
Thus the hold Of the proprietors on
1.-THE farmers will be broken imme-
[diately. Since the people Of the
Kingdom Of Rumania are not SO.
| far advanced as those Of Transyl-