The Washington herald., 1921-01-10

I beginning of the war. Their pIaces
of residtnce will be requisitioned bv
the government and assigned to
those Hungarian refugees who have
been unable to find a place in which
to live.
There are signs that an honest nj
tempt is being made by the yarions
nations OF Central Europe to enter
INTO agreements which will permit
me resumption of trade between
them- Representatives of>the Aus
d1 government have already ar
eu III Budapest for the discussion
sGonohlc and commercial affairs
anu II as reported that former pri,,,1
Minister Nitti of Italy and 49, I'M,
ian minister of commerce will -.
gary in the near future TO-
s.hilar purpose. The Hunpariara
themselves have also sent renrescn
IatlVes to Lodz and Warsaw for tbo
purpose OF making arrangemants
LOT exchange of commodities
At the same time the E~o,,
7oSerhnent has invited Austris
lazy, hungary, and ugo-slavia 70
sin negotiations regarding the
hungarian Southern RAILWAYS IT.
economic conference which was snro
SeSted by the Austrian Renar,tio1.
Gothtn lsslon is not to take nIaca -
Iressburg. as announced in Vion,a
t1uhgarlans are very much nIeasaJ
over the announcement that Co.
britain has restored the patent rights
70 hungarian inventors whose nat
ents registered in England were
conhscated during the war. In
spite OF the indications that bettar
commercial relations are to be es-
tapILsheu with some of Hungary's
lOors' political relations with
C|echo-SloVakia and Rumania are
none too cordial. A report has inst
| been received here of public demon-
Stratlons against Hunga ~ in Rucba-
rest. RumOrs that Hungarians were
lIl-treating RumanIans living in
Hungary are said to be the cause NJ
these demonstrations. The spokes-
man on these occasions demanded
that Rumania should OCCUPY all
hungarian territory up to the Tia
and that thereafter this river should
be the natural boundary between the
two countries. Naturally any such
threat is most disquieting to the
Hungarians, who already feel that
they have been rendered HELPLESS
by the loss of territory which form
erly belonged to them.
The coal shortage in Hungary is
now more acute than ever. It is
not only affecting Industrial plants
but railways have been forced to
suspend operation on certain days
and five large Hungarian -four mills
were compelled to stop work be-
cause they were unable to procure
coal. For a time it was feared
that this suspension of operation
would be permanent, but by great
effort the mills were able to secure
sufficient coal to keep them going
for while longer. Many bakeries
have been forced to close on ac-
count of the fuel shortage.
On account of transportation diff
ficulties and for other causes, the
government has been faced with a
food shortage, which has necessi-
tated the requisition of lard and
potatoes for rationing by the gov
ernment. Landowners, on the other
hand, have demanded that govern
ment control over the grain trade
be abolished.
The constantly falling rate of ex-
change has added greatly to the
distress of Hungary at the present
time. The kronen has fallen to
something slightly over 500 for the
dollar. This, of course, is immedi
ately reflected in rising prices for
the necessities of life.