Evening star., 1921-10-08
ARIsToCRATs FORM ARMY.
FIRMLY Intrenched, Determined t
Keep Unity of Hungary.

Bv Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright, 1921.
VIENNA. October S.-The only OBJ
stacle to the transfer Of west Hun
gary to the tattered domain of Aus
tria. in accordance with tne oinctal I'D
agreement of Budapest. is a firmly m
trenched line of Magyar guerrillas'
who show no indication OF fraternlZ-
ing with the Austrian gendarmeS Or
der to occupy the ceded country.
A trip from Wiener Neustadt 10
Sopron {Odenburg) in the course "
which the writer talked with some OF
the guerrilla leaders. convinced me
that west Hungary will not be apan-
doned without military or strong olP-
1om.1ic nressure The bands are not
strong. numbering all told only rev
thousand, yet no troops are aiiaole
TO fight them. Hungarians Will not
Sre On Hungarians, and the Austrtans
AZ not want the territory Daoly
enough to risk a war with HUNGARY.
Nnminally the country at present is
in the hands of the entente generals
TO whom west Hungary was tech-
nically delivered by the Hunsaiasna
Tha Iustrians refuse to acknowledge
~ transfer because the Austrian sig
nature was not attached and Pronays
hands are in actual possession. Ihe
entente commission seems TO pc IN
weak position, having only the Tor,
mer guerrilla leader Oszten0urs anu
rillas fear OsZtenburg, but are deter
mined to fight any troops sent to dis
perse them.
warlike Appearance.
Gradually the disputed territory Is
assuming warlike appearance.
Trenches with barbed wire are being
constructed. patrols are on the forest
roads and Sentries are on guard near
the frontier in shelters constructed
from boughs. The strongest intrench-
ments are near Wiener Neustadt.
where the Austrians fear that the
Hungarians might attack the indus
trial region. The Czechs have forti-
fed the Pressburg bridgehead strong
ly. They have an armored train on
the other side of the Danube, but only
few troops, which apparently have
no intention of advancing. Thus con-
verging upon west Hungary from
the west are the Austrian reichswehr
detaclments, from the north the
Czechs and from the east the Hun
are the Serbs. while within the dis
puted region are the entente police
and different bands Of Hungarians.
Firing. But No Fighting.
There is plenty of firing. but no
fighting. The bands are made up
mostly Of young Hungarian aristo-
Gratis, who while patriotically in
famed because of the dismember-
ment of Hungary are enjoying the
adventure. Last night the rattle of
machine guns caused the Bukarest
Oriental express to await daylight
, before it was considered safe to pro-
ceed over the route to Ebnefurth and
Odenburg. All the guerrillas the
|, writer encountered in long drive
to find the train were very courte-
Gus and not at all like the blood
thirsty pillagers they are claimed to
be by Hungary's enemies. They were
well armed with new equipment and
plenty of ammunition. Though in
makeshift uniforms they were clean
! and we'll disciplined. They could
regular duty. They claimed they
were not paid and had to supply their
own food. being only partly aided
| from "awakening Hungary" They
scoffed at the idea of west Hungary
being an Independent state and said
they were not fighting for king, for
Pronay or for Friedrich, but to keep
west Hungary with Hungary.
1t will be a difficult task to dis
! band the guerrillas and drive them
from the forest-clad hills, for with
out artillery or heavy machine guns
and with only light equipment they
can strike and hide, menace the roads
and make it unpleasant for large
army. And there Is no large army
in sight ready to attempt the job of
hunting them down.