Evening star., 1928-10-18

What a contrast between the spirit
of the schools of the United States ano
those of Hungary! -,
According to American school his
tories. there is no lesson to be remern-
bered derived from the World war
some of the text books fail to mention
that there ever was such a war, not
withstanding that more than 4,0OO,O0O
Americans we're drafted into the defense
Army of the United States, ana more
than half of the soldiers crossed the
ocean and fought Such text BOOKS as as
do mention the World War nehttle us
importance, garble its facts ana suo-
vert all its heroisms and patriotic IN
spiration. ;o
schoolbooks is attributed by patriots to
subversive influences, which nave Sc
duced the book publishing houses, to-
cether with academic teachers. into
great national conspiracy OF ultra
nac;fsm and "internationalism." 1t was
not a surprise to experienced observers
to hear certain bishop boast this week
that if he had lived in the days OF the
Revolution he did not know on which
side ne might have aligned himself.
There are other bishops who do know
America.
It was by a majority of but one vote
that the bishops agreed to recognize the
Fourth of July.
Maybe it was blunder, of which we
should be ashamed on behalf Of our
forefathers, that they failed to drink
the Boston tea, and stubbornly insisted,
with George Washington, Patrick Henry
and Nathan Hale-and Louis KoSSuth--
tnat jealousy of liberty is a precious
heritage!
Kossuthi He overturned the Haps-
burgs and liberated the peasantry Of his
beloved Hungary! Later came the re-
stored Hapsburgs leading their country
into reactionary doWntrodding of the
people. following Wilhelm II in his mad
design to overwhelm civilization.
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The schools of Hungary know that
there was a World War. Hungary has
paid a hard penalty, in the loss of
more than half her territory, by the
Trianon treaty settling the boundaries
of the defeated nations-then harder
penalty by the anarchy and the boil
shevism which took possession and de-
creed death to all who opposed the
bloody Soviet tyranny. There was the
reign of terror equal to the days OF
Danton and Mirabeau in France. That
was red terror soon to be opposed
by Admiral Horthys white terror,
seeking to drive out the Bolsheviki.
Out of that carnage of the Soviet gov
ernment came reaction, led by Arch
duke Joseph of the old royal dynasty,
and the dictatorship of Admiral Horthy
under the title of administrator" King
Charles. forced to abdicate his throne,
in 1921 tried twice to overthrow the
| republic and to regain the crown. To-
dav a new effort to restore the dynasty
| is announced.
Since the white terror" there has
been a semblance of a republic, now
under the rule of Premier Bethlen, who
| announces that there is to be refer
endum" or popular vote, taken for the
election of a king. He leads con-
! spiracy to overturn the constitutional
republic.
who will be elected king? Premier
| Rethlen supports, not the son OF the
late King Charles. Archduke Otto, boy
of 16 years, but Archduke Albert, di-
rect descendant of the Hapsburg dy-
nasty. Bethlen declared in recent
speech in Parliament: The bond be-
! tween the nation and the dynasty,
which was severed must be reforged.
| We must get all the living forces of
| the nation to achieve the great task of
establishing the kingdom"
| Re-establiSh the kingdom whose
| rulers helped to bring on the World
| War!
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The Hungary or tuoay IS not the
powerful Hungary Of old. 1t is separate
| from Austria Its area is less than half
of the former limits. Its population in
1910 was 18,264,000, and the same ter
ritory (not all remaining Hungarians)
in 1920 numbered 20,986, 900. but the
population of the reoreanized Hungary
reduced in boundaries by the settlement