Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-06
THE TRUE SITUATION
IN HUNGARY TODAY
Noted Hungarian Pubcst Special Article Written for Every
Evening Tells the Inside Story Of His Nations Present
Troubles, and Predicts Its Future.
Dy Comes Hudkont
tcopyrleht loai. u. s. Feature Service Inc. N. =


Budapest. May b.-~rrom out the
depths of dcsohtlon aud misery thete
comes the faint voice of "A once huppy
and prosperous nation-~the voice oi
now downtrodden race. Not the whitn-
per Of n complaining coward but the
plaint of proud and brave souls VINO
have fallen victim 20 their own Rood
faith. II is an appeal 20 the world nj
large and Europe In particulnr--to those
who may we'll expect valuable services
10 be rendered them by Hungary.
Yes. II ia hungary which Is asking
for help and guidance Hungary. re-
Gently such "A proud. happy and wealthy
country. which is now ehrunken 10
hardly its own shadow and tnttering on
| the brink of the precipieo Of utter rum
| ana perdltiou.
It has always seemed strange Ia my
| people that 80 little was said nbout
| Hungary during the recent war. ,S"w
everyone seems 10 have taken II tni
| granted that tho MaRynrs, alliea f
| Austria ami Germany. arc heiuR III
| ungly rewarded for what they loyaiiy
| thought their duty. No one sfeiua IN
| terested in details. No one tries - get
tho other side of tho story aud thus
| ascertain the real facta. To leatu how
| the unfortunate alliance of the MaFyafs
! with the reutana came about or how
tho supposedly proud Magyar race WIS
| Nictimizod by their allies Admitting
| that a know ledge of thcsr details w"hld
not furnish an excuse for The stti*
| Hungary took In the war We I'll tel
| IL would have given a plausible eX-
| uianation of why Hungary should re-
| ccive some little confederation. not 81
/ much for hor nvn eaad pcfbara. hat
| fot that If al Eurup"
| Those familiar with history lsnaW that
| Hungary fur centuries had heen "A
| huwark of Christianity aud civilization
| and that she had suffered great daal
| from the Turka fnr that very feaanu
/ Aud thoao familiar with the traditions
and temperament ~ Hungary know
| that the natural trend ~ sympathy n
| every Magyar has alwa1a heeu grari-
| tating In y direction quite diametriealiy
| opposite a. either vienna ur Iotsdafn.
II would he tou latr anil prut7hs n
| no consequence ~ this tiue t. point
| ont whore and how Hungary nade 4
| fatal biundrr ~ its alliance with feol,in
! Austria and arrogant Prussia Ihe fast
| however rofnedieA that HUNGARY paid
/ Tho full price and. perhaps. i,aid much
| tlorr than they really owed Also fhat
/ III. roopie of HUNGARY haYe learned a
/ hie loeaun and will heed II
No matter how one feels towards
| HUNGARY 81 what nuo thute ef tire
| Naryara. there remains ono outstanding
| fact which should he given serious
/ thuuFht
Tho war Impoverished Hungary he
/ ,nud Inauguration and aat this ad-
| vlaodly from nret haud Information rez
| .ently received whirh fuIr v.ttfles tbis
statement lgut that Is not the faiut.
/ want to make THE MaKynr tho Al
Naryar. and There ate eight million
! of chat race. docz unf complain u
povoIty %ar doea ho whine because
- ths sad aud diea afroue eonaeqpeHee
! 81 his tsiEhtrduraa Ills vnlee goes
I forth rot a. a feeble complaint hut As
+ protest. De profundis-frotn the
depths of utter modification they aufieai
t. ~ civilized world for fair play!
Justice Desired.
I)o The Magyars want financial aid
! fraul America so
10 they. pethapa expect America q
discntanclo their so very muehly tHtNs,
m domestic affairs Me-
They viii set on their feet again. and
they viii overcome MI tho manifold
difficulties presenting themselves Withir
country.
What the Nagyars clamor fer. whai
they havc asked for and so far have nat
received is Justice and fair play.
IN whnt Why
Just that tn world in general ans
America in particular should not b..
i"vr All the propaganda tommyrot which
has spread broadcast 10y some fools and
mountchanks
When that sadly comlcal figure
Count Michael karoIy mide his toul
among the natives Of this country h,
tried To poison the minds Of some tw,
million peaceful aud harmless peopl,
by telling them things they did no
believe and. incidentally he did not b.
lievc himself. Fortunately. for pool
Hungary. this man karolyl's charaetel
and mentality was of such neEiigihi,
quality that he did not succeed in his
palpable purpose Of discrediting hi'
native country before the whole world
4 further purpose to have the peace
conference III Paris believe that Kar.
olyi was the only man who could save
the situation in Central Europe ane
recognize him as. what Nothius
less than King OF Hungary!
Hungary will be everlastfngiy CRATE.
ful to the Allies for not having recog.
nized the karolyi government for hae
III TTIT MID II On