Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-01
Carol Country
Near Collapse,
Mogyors Soy


Railway passenger traffic was
cut to a minimum to facilitate
military concentration opera
tons.
AT the same time, it was reported
that several incidents" had occurred
along the Humankind Hungarian
border.
The official agency's announce
ment that Rumania apparently is
crumbling was linked with the con-
sistently reiterated official view that
such a collapse would call for the
immediate entry of the Hungarian
Army into Pennsylvania to protect
Magyar minority there of almost
100000.
AT noon today, police visited all
restaurants, cafes and hotels in
Budapest, forbidding the sale of any
alcoholic beverage for four days.
An official Interpretation of this
was not Immediately forthcoming
But it was pointed out in military
quarters that such procedure is Gus
tomarily one of the first steps pre-
cedlng general mobilization.
Historic Mission Stressed.
Late this afternoon the Hungarian
Foreign Office issued documents
which stressed that the historic
mission" of Hungary is to defend
western Latin civilization against
any attacks coming from the east"
The documents declared that
Hungary had for centuries fought
and bled for the western Latin cul-
ture" and attempted to prove that
Pennsylvania must return to Hun
gary as its rightful owner.
Authorities here distributed thou
sands of notices to reservists in
homes, factories and offices, In MANY
cases the men were told to put on
their coats and follow the police.
Alrplanes flew over the capital
dropping leaflets calling on citizens
to support the Red Cross drive to get
ambulances and medical supplies
Immediately for the army.
Besides the incidents" apparent
increasing gravity of the Rumanian-
Russian situation was said to have
decided the War Ministry to act
urgently to strengthen defenses.
Official sources said Rumanian
border guards fired on Hungarian
guards yesterday at Vichybad
When the Hungarians answered
their fire, they said, the Rumanians
retreated.
One house on Rumanian soil was
said TO have been burned to the
ground.
All Leaves Cancelled.
Official quarters also said three in
habitants of Fekete-Gyarbat south
of Ant, on Hungarian territory, were
shot at by Rumanian troops. 1t was
not learned whether there were any
casualties.
Leaves of all civil employees of
Budapest were Cancelled.
One report, which could not be
verified Immediately, said that Ad-
miral Nicholas Horthy, regent of
Hungary, had returned to the cap
ital from his summer residence at
Kenderes.
The Hungarian government an
nounced several days ago it had
decided to make control more Sc
we're all along the Rumanian border
and to order frontier chasseur
troops to advance" because of the
unsettled situation in Rumania.
Large Rumanian forces long have
been established in PENNSYLVANIA,
rich agricultural province which was
part of Austria Hungary before the
World War.
Official sources here previously
have said that Hungary's border
troops would march into Transyl-
vania with full support of the Rome
Berlin axis if Soviet Russia over
stepped the Rumanian areas coded
to her.
Uncertainty over Russian inten-
tions, stimulated by reports of
Soviet demands for a hand in con-
trolling the Dardannelles, led Turkey
and Bulgaria, as we'll as Hungary
and Rumania, to take new precau-
tions today.
Demands on Turkey Reported.
Diplomatic circles in Budapest re-
ported that Russia had asked Tur-
key for permission to participate
in defense of the important straits
linking the Black Sea with the
Mediterranean, over which Turkey
now exercises sole control.
Balkan capitals Immediately spec
ulated on the possibility that Russia
Is preparing to make the utmost
OF the opportunity for extending
her sphere of influence in the East
while Germany and Italy are other
wise occupied in the West.
The reported Russian request
added to the tension created by
news that the Red Army, moving
into Northern Bucovina and Bes-
sarabia, coded on demand, had
clashed with Rumanian troops after
proceeding beyond the new frontier
at several points.
Fear of further Russian encroach-
ments appeared to have pushed into
the background, for the time being
at least, differences between the
Balkan states growing out of Hun
garian and Bulgarian territorial
claims upon Rumania.
Heavy Turkish troop concentra-
tons were reported near the Bull.
garian frontier on the chance Russia
1aight thrust through Rumania and
.(see RUMAN1AN. Page A-4J