Evening star., 1939-10-16
1A Of Death Legion
Reported Rounded Up
To Bar Budapest Coup
Hungarian Nozis Declare
II Parliament Members
Were Marked for Deoth
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BUDAPEST, Oct. 16.-Hungarian
Nazis today reported police had ar
rested 140 members of the outlawed
Hungarist Death Legion" to head
off coup against the government.
Though there was no confirmation
from official sources, Nazis said the
mass arrests occurred Saturday with
the seizure of large quantities Of
guns and ammunition.
Parliament Members Marked.
Plans for the coup, Nazis said, in
cluded the assassination of II men,
bars Of Parliament.
= ~One leader Of the legion, a pro-
Nazi faction which is at bitter odds
with other branches of the Hun
garian Nazis, was said to have been
captured in a Budapest air raid
shelter. Five other leaders were re-
ported to have escaped into Austria.
Rifles, hand grenades and ma
chine guns were said to be included
In the war supplies seized by police.
Nazis declared the dissident
Death Legion" had plotted to kill
several Nazi leaders, among them
Kalman Hubay, successor to Ferenc
Szalasi, the Hungarian Hitler" who
is serving a tl'ree-year sentence for
Indictment against the constitu-
ton"
The arrival by airplane of the
Hungarian Governor of Ruthenia
was seen in diplomatic circles as a
reflection of this war-fearing little
nations anxiety In the face OF un-
certainty over Soviet Russia's aims.
The Governor, Sigismund Perenyi,
was believed to have flown here to
confer with government officials.
One cause of concern in diplo-
matte quarters was fear that Russia,
if she repossessed Bessarabia from
Rumania, also might take Ruthenia
from Hungary. Dispatches through
out the Balkans reported heavy
Russian reinforcements pear the
Ruthenia and Slovakia frontiers.
Concerned Over Turkish Talks.
These sources also noted Moscow
still had not named a new minister
to Hungary and expressed concern
over what Russia had been telling
Turkish Foreign Minister Sukru
Saracoglu of her plans In South
eastern Europe.
AS DR.. Joseph Kristoffy arrived in
Moscow to assume his duties as
the new Hungarian minister there,
some observers here predicted the
first result of renewed Russian
Hungarian relations might be some
sort of trade pact. But they also
were mindful of the trend Of Rus
sian negotiations with Turkey and
the Baltic countries.
| Discussions with Slovakia to stimu-
late trade began here, meanwhile
and were expected to last two weeks
Tentative plans calls for Hungary tc
exchange 100000 worth Of meats
and fats for Slovak wood, iron, paper
and cellulose. Slovakia sold Hun.
gary 100000 worth Of goods ir
the last eight months, but imported
less than 100000 worth from Hun.
gary.
Ruthenia Greatest Concern.
The greatest concern in govern.
ment circles at the moment was ovel
Ruthenia, which Hungary annexed
last March in the partition o1
Czecho- -Slovakia.
About $4,000 Ruthenians-morl
than per cent of Hungary's entire
population-are UHainians. The re-
gion almost touches Bessarabia
which Russia lost to Rumania aftel
the World War. Fear was expressed
here that If the Soviet decided tt
retake Bessarabia it might 60 far
ther.
The controlled Hungarian press
which recently had avoided almos
all reference to Nazis and Com.
munists, suddenly published attack
on both.
Prayers were offered in some Hun.
garian churches for Finland ant
some newspapers praised the FinnI
| for their attitude toward Russia
One commented that Hungary look
with real sympathy toward th'
North"