Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-08
State Department Ruling
On Karolyis Is Commended

Secretary Stimson's decision that
Count and Countess Karolyi of Hungary
may visit the United States, contrary
to the ruling of a former head of the
State Department, is welcomed by the
public. 1t is widely maintained that
the raising of the bars against these
opponents of the ruling party in their
European homeland was contrary to
the traditional policies of this country.
The position that any radical ideas that
might be held by the visitors would
be perilous to the Government Is held
to have failed in recognition of the
good sense of the people.
Evidence that the State Department
has returned to a normal and reason
able construction of the immigration
law" is seen by the Asheville Times,
by what the Terre Haute Star calls
Mr.. Stimson's more liberal attitude"
since, it explains, "the Federal au-
thorities would be making q mountain
out of molehill in attempting to
bar Count Karolyi, even though no
stable country would choose to regard
him as a desirable citizen"
Recalling the former action Of a few
years ago. the Schenectady Gazette
states that ait is known that the re-
dictionary Hungarian government ex-
erted its influence" and that 1.-The count
and his wife were pictured as dangerous
revolutionarieS, spreading everywhere
the seeds of unrest and diSSension.
This attitude on the part of nation
known as haven for political exiles,"
continues the Gazette, "had an effect
not foreseen by some of the opponents
of the Karolyis. The exclusion gave
them many times the prominence they
would have had otherwise, and unques-
tionably it aroused favorable interest
in the cause of Hungarian republican
ism in quarters that would have ig-
nored it,"
"They would not succeed in causing
any excitement in the country about
conditions in Hungary" thinks the
Charleston Evening Post 1.-THE average
American citizen is not even remotely
interested in Hungary and does not
greatly care whether there Is an auto
cratic or an anarchistic condition there.
= We shall hear little more
about the Karolyis now that free speech
has been restored. It's the repression,
not the freedom, that counts in such
matters"
"Count Karolyi, who comes of an old
noble family" explains the Buffalo Eve
ming News, 'Was the first president of
the Hungarian republic. The govern
msnt of which he was the head--so-
clalistic in character-was oVerthrown
by the Reds under Bella Kun. Karolyi'S
estates, valued at $50 900, 900, were con-
f1scated, and he and his family were
exiled. His is not background to en-
gender fear. His presence is not OBJ
jectionable to other countries. and it
should not be to the United States. If
he does not behave himself, it always
will be possible to show him to the
door,"
The count and countess may not be
as radical as they have been pictured"
says the Aberdeen (Wash.) Daily World.
"They have opposed the regime of Ad-
miral Horthy, who calls himself the re-
gent of Hungary, but who, in fact, is
a dictator, even as MuSsolini In Italy
or the BolshevikS in Russia" The
Providence Bulletin suggests that 'the
fire of their private grievances has no
ticeably subsidized" and that their cause
continues the Bulletin, "has softened
them. They should be very interesting.
But as for their turning our heads to-
ward dangerous projects, Secretary
Stimson is correct in discrediting any
such dread anticipation"
1.-THE United States, once proud to be
refuge of the prosecuted minoritieS
and diSSenters in other lands, begins to
look and act its normal self again." de-
clareS the Dayton Daily News, and the
st. Louis Post-Dispatch remembers that
the original incident created a good
deal of discussion, especially among old
fashioned Americans, who recalled the
tumultuous reception given to Kossuth,
another Hungarian patriot, in 1881. and
who were under the impression that one
OF the glorious traditions Of this coun-