Evening star., 1926-06-10
FOE SLAPS PREMIER
BETHLEN AS HE. ENTERS
LEAGUE, SESSION
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council would become vacant. Sir
! Austen Chamberlain. British foreign
$ec elary: Foreign Minister Wander
/ |e!s.a Uf Belgium, and Sisnor Scialoia
! ~ .<aly spoke in similar vein. urging
Spain to remain in the league.
: The assa liant of Count Bethlen was
declared officially to be Ivan de Iusth.
/ Eepubiican party. After striking
'o&ns Bethlen with his hand. he threw
| a manifesto into the air. signed by
! De lusth. and giving the address mum
! Der 20 Rue de Montdore. Paris.
: a Geneva dispatch last night said
4 uniformed police guard had been
provided for Count Bethlen, and that
i, was presumed he feared an attack.
The guard was provided by the Swiss
NJ, ho:ties who, since the assassina
tion %! Nasalov torovsky, Soviet
envoy. az Lausanne in 1923, have
adopted the policy of asking all league
delegates whether they desire pro,ec.
ton.
.Assailant Stopped.
Count Bethlen was entering the
glass room. where the league council
session was about to open. when the
man, who is about %. slapped him
violently. The premier staggered. but
did not fall. His assailant was inn
mediatelE surrounded by officials pend,
ing the arrival of a detective.
The man began explaining that he
wished to make an example Of Count
Bethlen, hut the league officials stop
ped him. declaring il was inadm!ssabie
to use the league premises for propa
ga nda.
In opening the council session
tN,.Nr
tack. saving it had caused great re,
gret and would he universally con.
demned. The incident. he added, had
violated the hospitality which the
league invaria bly, accorded those at
tending its sessions.
Charge Nation Is In Slavery.
The manifesto carried by Count
Bethlen's assailant declared that it's
author for years had followed the had
acts Of the Hungarian reactionary
government. which. under cover Of
Christian and patriotic phrases. was
holding the Hungarian nation in
slavery under an oligarchy.
After the policy of subiuRa ton OBJ
served by this oligarchy for thou
sand years, of which the consequence
for Hungarians was the World War
its numberless victims and the dis
memberment Of Hungary. il again is
the reianins class which is imposing
tyranny and is preventing the regen-
Grafton of Hungary" the manifesto
said.
The declaration scattered by the
counts assailant said that the largest
part of Hungary's national fortune
belonged to the high clergy. some hun
dreds Of industrial magnates and the
descendants of the Hapsburss. while
the middle class was reduced to a
state of begsary. The Hungarian gov
ernment was described as corrupt. the
recent French bank note counterfeit.
ing scandal being cited as proof
Il have decided in the name Of mil
lions of my brothers 10 punish Beth.
len. the tyrant. and to awe and con
denim these criminal acts" the mani
festo continued. Therefore. I have
only publicly humiliated him so as to
inspire the Hungarian people to tree
themselves from their shameful yoke
and to concentrate public attention
on the hatred and disgust with which
my nation regards the tyrant.
The council Yesterday decided to
throw the anti-slavery draft conven-
ton into the September assembly for.
signature hy the delegates. instead of
convol<ine a special International con
ference. This means that the United
states will not be invited to participate
i'm the signing. according to league
officials.
New Policy Toward T. S.
These officials declare that the coun-
ellis attitude on this question is vir-
tuallv the Inauguration of new
league policy toward the United
States. 1t is averred that the coun-
ellis decision not to convene a special
conference to discuss the anti-slavery
project was due chiefly to what OF.
ficials described as the failure of
Washington to present it's views on
the draft convention submitted to 1t
and its failure to disclose whether ii
desired to be a party to the proposed
convention
The opinion is said TO be that the
league has been running too much
after the United States in. seeking to
induce that country TO participate in
league activities and that ID would
he a saner policy TO allow the United
States to take the initiative and CO.
operate when it deems the time
feasible.
This idea is said to be shared bv
delegates from many countries who
feel that seeming attempts to force
he United States to participate in
league affairs would serve only to
increase the suspicious of the Amer
leans about the league.
Furthermore, ii is held by some
persons in league circles that Amer
lean cooperation tends to weaken
conventions because Of American
aversion to creating any. machinery
Of control which is tied up with the
League Of Nations. In this connec-
tion it is pointed out that the project
to establish a. board OF control con
vention to limit traffic in arms was
dropped because of American refusal
to accept any system closely linked
with the league organism.
Crisis on Disarmament Issue.
The disarmament discussion is pass
ing through a crisis, but the Amer
lean delegation seemed determined to
stay in Geneva and see the matter
out. 1t is the opinion of the Amer
leans that lack Of progress is due to
the unwieldy size of the military,
naval and air experts committee.
They think the distribution of tech
nica1 questions among subcommittee
would be more advantageous.
The political problem in Europe also
is hinder1ng progress. Some of tho
European delegations are limiting that
it would be desirable to suspend the
meeting Of the military committee for
several weeks or months. The Amer
leans. however. are holding out
against this.