The Washington herald., 1922-10-20
Additional Reparations
Mean Bankruptcy,
Officials Warn.
FEAR BOLSHEVISM
WOULD FOLLOW
Protest Made on Eve of
Claim for 81, ,320, 900, 900
Indemnity.
Bv HENRY WALES.

BUDAPEST, Oct 1s.-Hungary
sounds a solemn warning to the big
andslittle allied powers that 1t can
not and will not pay any more repa-
rations.
Ths warning is made on the eve
of the expected announcement of
the reparations commission of Paris.
fixing the amount Hungary owes,
Z after working for more than three
years compiling statistics, main
tanning an elaborate staff Of high
salaried oficials. beautiful and ex-
pensively clad lady typists and i'm
maculately groomed well-bred ex-
pert dancing men attaches, occupy
ing threc-fourths of the Ritz, the
most expensive hotel in budapest
II Is rumored the commission will
set sl.320. 100000 as the amount of
reparations to be collected.
Would Make Another Pauper. =
IF they attempt to extort such 4
sum from Hungary another pauper
like Austria will be added to the
worlds waits who must be sup
ported by fOreign-chiehy AmerI-
can-charity," said a foreign oftice
Official in discussing the question.
Admiral Regent HOrthy today
granted me a long conversation. He
was anxious to hear of the situation
At Constantinople. especially since
he was an officer In the Austro-
Hungarian navy and commanded n
station ship at the Sublime Porte.
Admiral Horthy lives quietly in
the colossal castle which was for
merly occupied by Franz Josef and
more recently by the late Emperor
Charles The magnificent structure
Is on the top of 4 ridgs overlooking
the Danube.
Lives Quietly In Castle.
My visit to Admiral Horthy re-
veals how Charles. arriving from
Switzerland, was enabled to pane
trate into the regents bedroom
without hindrance-
Admiral Horthy lives as openly as
Presidsnt Harding. and wandered
through the palace corridors. in
specting the beautifully furnished
ing his office.
uniform On his desk was a minia-
ture brass naval gun, used as a pa
perweight.
Hungary has had 40 per cent
of its territory taken away, in
cluding its seaboard. raw materials.
wooded districts and coal and iron
deposits" Admiral Horthy declared.
He requested me not to quote him
on statements of politics at this
time. exTfain;ng that the serious
ness of the reparations problem ne
ceSsitated the Hungarian foreign
office handling the matter. but when
asked him of the possibility of
Hungary's paying f300.000.OOO. he
snapped back. I'VE cannot pay
1890"
chronological frontiers mean moth
ing to Admiral Horthy. who sees
his own country, as well as his
neighbors, Eunken in a morass Of
worthless currency stified exports
and shattered business since the
"seIf-determins;ion principle has
been applied
Claims Transylynnin.
You cannot change nature and
make rivers run up hills and over
mountains just by shtfting IRON
tiers" said Admiral Horthy. his
eyes rlancing at a map of Tran
Sylvania. That territory belongs
to Hungary economically. CONNER
cialIy and morally"
Rumania has it now.
Like Lloyd George. Admiral HOr-
thy believes in the ever-present
danger OF BOlsheyik outbursts
which il not checked will surely
engulf Europe and the world. He
warned the allies. little and big
il is chiefly the fOrmer-Rumania
and Jugo-Slavia. which are thirst
ng for Hungary's monetary life
blood-not to precipitate the coun-
try into a condition such as that
of Austria. just when the Vienna
government is seeking to emerge
rom chaos. as the downfall of an
other state might bring down 9TH
ers-Greece is rocking dangerously
as a result of its defeat by the
Turks and the overthrow of its
government. and Germany is slow
- ~. SuraIv sliding dOwuhill