Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-04-16
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Less than oue-fourth OF the Hun.
sarian people live in cities of mort
than ten thousand and a strong cur
rent in the flood Of American immi
grafton has been caused by the I'M
Willingness of the poverty stricken
peasants to till rich soil and in turt
be oppressed by city jewellers.
although the Hungarian capital
is best known as Budapest, tbs
Pesth quarter of the city is by fal
the most important and Old Buda Il
only a small section across the Dam
ube, on the right bank. The castle
is also situated on the same side Of
the river and from the palace
grounds one has a fine bird's-eya
view of the handsome city, with tha
fine Gothic Parliament Building ID
the left and St. Stephens Church
whose dome matches in height thu
dome of the Parliament Building,
the most prominent feature in The
close-packed city beyond the busy
Danube.
The people OF Budapest love Plea
sure and for miles along the river
there are bathing places where
young and old mass on the sands o1
paddle about in graceful canoes
Across from Pesth rise rounded hill
dotted with small villages and sum.
mer villas from which one has l9ve
ly views of the teeming city the
wide plain and the winding river.
"Reactionary as much of the sen
timent of Budapest is, il has an un.
usual number of monuments to Hun
gary's revolutionary and liberal lea
ders and many Of the streets have
been named after those whose fame
came through fighting oppression.
Shepherds And Modish Men About
Town
Roaming the broad plains OF
Hungary one could often see pic.
turesque shepherds, carrying long
slaves and clad in shaggy sheep
skin eloaks. Until the coming of the
World War, the restaurants and
pleasure places Of the gay capita.
were crowded with handsome Off
GERS, clad in soft boots, tight trou,
-ors, frogged coats and flowing
a9pes, trimmed with fine fur.
These are the two types which
are now struggling for domination
If what Hungarian soil has been
left them by the war The militari6-
tic bureaucracy centered in Buda-
0ost is highly organized and strong
~ reactiOnary. Various schemes
we're made. one involving the REIN
statement of Charles to the head or
the kindom while another looked to-
ward a marriage alliance with the
Rumanian ruling family. But the
peasants have had enough of mon
archical affairs and desire a more
liberal government.
about two thirds of the people
II Hungary derive their living from
agriculture, aside from breweries.
distilleries and sugar mills, all OF
which largely depend upon agricul-
tural products. There is little in
dustry in Hungary Most Of the
Gud capital is in the hands of the
Jews and anti-Semiticism has been
shown frequently since the reSen.
ry began. The present Kingdom Of
Hungary is only about one-half as
large as the former State, although
definite boundaries have not ye.
cen determined and there is most
active propaganda in favor of a re.
urn Of the former lands, in which
the national and racial elements are
much mixed.
THE Hungarians bitterly resent
the division of their former territory
and the most common rights in Bud.
apest in 1920 were tanning posters
/ picturing the separation of certain
lands from the Magyar domination
and bearing the words, Mem, mem,
soha,' (No, no, neyer.)
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