Evening star., 1925-02-24

the empire and the chaos which fol-
lowed. That army was never ac-
tually demobilzed; its soldiery sim
ply dissolved and scattered, bearing
their arms with them to their homes
or to roaming bands of brigands.
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Then came the assassination of
the royalist. Premier Tisza, and open
outrages against property and life
throughout the nation. At Paris the
allies were vaciIlating and diverting
from Hungary vast territory, which
was handed over to her neighbors,
until the ancient kingdom retained
only third of the realm which had
, been hers for 1000 years. The new
republic had promised confiscation of
the great estates and apportioning of
the land to the proletariat. But most
of that land was still occupied by
the enemy, the Rumanians and the
Slavs, SO that such a division of land
was impossible. Even an election Of
the assembly was impracticable
while the enemy remained.
This brought discomfort to the
proletariat. Bolshevism would rest
with no halfway measures There
was bitter antagonism between the
Semites and anti-Semites. At last,
karolyi, who had alienated his former
hold the confidence of his bolshevist
support, which accused him of hav-
ing sold out to the enemy. Lenin
and Trotsky decreed that feudal
Hungary must indeed be handed over
unrestrainedly to bolshevism.
According to certain writers, ka-
rolyi, in desperation at the delay and
alleged injustice of the allies at
Paris, which had parceled out Hun
garian territory and permitted ene-
mics to occupy even what was left,
decided that he could bring the
allies to a reckoning by threatening
them with the danger of full boil
shevistic occupation.
According to these Journalists,
. Karolyi connived with the unques-
tionable agent of Lenin, Bella Kuhn,
to take over the government and
scare the world with the spread OF
extreme bolshevism. The alleged con-
nivance is not proved by later de-
velopments. Bella Kuhn succeeded
Karolyi exactly as Lenin and Trot-
sky had succeeded Kerensky in Rus
sia, except that with Bella. Kuhn sew
eral of Karolyi's ministers remained
in power. If Karolyi had thought to
bluff the allies at Paris into rallying
to his support for fear of bolsheviTla
he missed his calculations, and trs
situation got away from him.
Bella Kuhn lasted only about as long
as had karolyi-about five months,
Then a counter-revoIutiona COM
spiracy attacked the Bella Kuhn treas
ury in the embassy at Vienna and
captured an immense fund intended
for use in spreading bolsEevistic
propaganda. At about the same
time the entente powers ordered Bella
Kuhn to cease his attacks upon the
Czechs, who were invading Hungary,
The allies accompanied that order
with both threat and promise-threat
of military support Of the Czechs and
promise that the Bella Kuhn bolshe-
Wiki would be recognized in Hun
garian control if he complied.
This promise became known to the
counter-revolutionis plotting for
the return Of the Hapsburgs. Another
member of the Karolyi family
brother of Michael-had set up rival
government at Szeged, which threat
ened Bella Kuhn, but it collapsed at
about the same time as did the boil
shevik regime--July 81, 1919.
Bella Kuhn then returned to Russia,
where Lenin rewarded his efforts by
making him, Governor of the Crimea.
Since that fall of bolshevism, Hun
gary has been ruled by Admiral
Horthy, who poses as regent, holding
the power in trust for some royal
claimant. But for what king, since, ,
Emperor Francis Josef and King
Charles V are dead? No one 'imagines
that Michael Karolyfs ambitions are
dead, or that Hungary has seen the
end of her revolutions.
Gopyrtghts 1s20s By Paul Z. coEAtAa -