Evening star., 1939-09-21
BY EMIL LENGYEL.

NEW YORK, Sept. 81 N.ANA).
After Poland, Adolf Hitler is pre-
pairing to take the Danube Valley.
This is the impression this corre-
spondent has brought home after
summer spent in Southeastern Eu-
rope.
The countries Of the Danube VAL
ley-,Slovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia,
Bulgaria and Rumania-have total
population of 100000. They are
the richest wheat and oil producing
countries of Europe. Yugoslavia
also has considerable copper, lead,
silver, zinc, iron ore mines, hydro
electric power.
Slovakia is almost part of Ger
many. She was the only belligerent
on the side of the Reich from the
beginning. When the war broke out,
German troops attacked the Poles
from Slovakia through the Chatza
and Sucha Hora passes. This cor
respondent, who visited Slovakia
and her capital, Bratislava, after
the outbreak of the war, found the
country completely in German
hands.
Guns As Reminders.
While the head of the state is the
Rev. Joseph Tiso, a Slovak, real
power is exercised by Franz Kar-
maShin, secretary of state for Ger
man affairs. German anti-aircraft,
FLAX" artillery, was clearly visible
on top of the building facing the
government Offices, not so much as
, precaution against enemy air at
tacks, of which there was no danger,
but as a reminder to the Slovak
government. BY order of German
authorities, the capital displayed the
swaStika flag. Nowhere in Germany
has this correspondent seen so many
Hitler banners as in this nominally
independent country. Members of
the local German party, "F. w."
we're conspicuous everywhere, while
the native "Hlinka Guard" so
named after the founder of q semi
Fascist movement, has all but dis
appeared.
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upon the Slovaks, who have ex-
pressed great distaste for them. The
"GeStapo," German secret polise, is
In complete control, and unfriendly
references to the Reich are instant
ly punished. Foodstuffs have been
requisitioned for the German Army
and it is criminal offense to buy
and sell coffee, fats and several
other articles.
People Ripe for Revolt.
People who dare to talk, either
because they do not care about the
consequences or because they want
foreign opinion to be better in
formed about Slovakia, insist that
the population is ripe to revolt
Naturally, the Germans iron hanc
keeps them in check. Today they
are more in favor of Czecho-Slo-
vakia than they were at the time the
republic was in existence. Certain
cases of sabotage are rumored, par
ttcularly in connection with the un-
derground plants and dumps of the
Skoda works in the Vag Valley
south of Zilina.
The Third Reich has been working
long on Hungary. 1t has been financ-
ing the Nazi "Hungarist party
Some months ago. the Budapest
government banned this movement
1t is back again under the name o1
Hungarian National Socialist party
Its headquarters are in the very
heart of the capital. 1t was revealed
In the Hungarian Parliament some
time ago that the Hungarian Nazis
received some 100000 pengoes (s1 is
nominally pengoes) in one single
shipment. The Hungarian Nazis
have a misunderstanding ano
strongly anti-Semitic program. They
want to restore Hungary's pre-wal
boundaries, appropriate the Jewish
property and divide the large estates
among the peasants.
They were successful at first
largely because OF their lavish use
OF money. They started to organize
the Hungarian countryside on a
large scale and launched several
newspapers of their own Recently
they have lost much of their popu-
1arity because they have not pro-
duced real leader.
Occupies Strategic Position.
Hungary has some bauXite and
practically no other mineral re-