The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-30
Axis Cabinet
In Hungary
Goes Down
FRONTIER BOLSTERED
German Troops Withdrawn
From Bulgaria To Aid
Defense OF Land

LONDON, Aug. Z9.-NH)-
The Hungarian government
of pro-Nazi Doeme Sztojay
fell today amid Allied and
Axis reports that Nazi troops
were withdrawing from Bull
garia to bolster the Hunga-
RAN frontier defenses against
the approaching Red army.
The Hungarian regent, Admiral
Nicholas Horthy, accepted the
resignation of Sztojay's govern
ment and appointed Col. Gen.
vitez Geza Lakatos as new pre-
mie-. according to the German
news agency, Trans-ocean.
At the same time the Germans
occupied Slovakia, pouring troops
into that puppet country because
of recent parachutist and guerril-
la activity there.
The occupation of Nazi-created
SIovakia was disclosed in broad
cast of Gen. Ferdinand Catlos,
commander in chief Of Slovakia's
armed forces, over the Bratislavia
radio The nation had been unde-
martial law since Aug. IL.
Catlos appealed to the people to
receive the Germans as Allies and
abey "only government orders"
The Hungarian development fol
lowed visit to Budapest by Field
Marshal Gen Wilhelm Keitel,
supreme commander of German
forces. Keitel flew back to Ber-
lin after conferences with Hort.ly
and War Minister Lajos Ssatay,
who retainedhi place in the re-
shuffled cabinet.
Thus Hitler appeared to be fran
tcally snoring up the greater
Reich's last defenses against the
onrusning Russians, who already
have been reported crossing the
Carpathian mountains into Hun
garian territory.
Occupied Hungary - frightened
by the Red Army and its promise
to help Romanians recover Tran
sylvania-nas been quailing polite
ally under German demands for a
total war; effort.
In addition to Csatay the new
cabinet retained Finance Minister
Lajos Remenyi-Scheller, Agrioul-
ture Minister Bella Yurczek and In
terror Minister Nikolaus Bonczos.
1t. Gen Gustav Henyey was
named new foreign minister. Other
new ministers, Transocean said,
were Minister of Justice Gabriel
Vladar, Minister for Culture Ivan
Rakovszl1y, President of Board of
Trade Oliver Markos and Minister
for Industry Thor Gyulay.
Qualified observers in London
saw the Hungarian reshuffle-exe-
cutad within "a hours of the Rus
san crossing into Pennsylvania
as producing a Hungarian MAN
nerheim" cabinet. studded with
generals and strong men.
Both the new premier and
foreign minister are military fig
ures. Henyey is former corps COM
mander at Stunlyeissenburg.
THE German controlled Hun
ganan news agency, Mt, reported
Sztolay resigned because of CHS
state Of healthy
The Sztojay cabinet was formed
last March after the Germans
formally cupied Hungary.
eztoJay had previously been Hun
garlan minister to Berlin. Immedi-
sstely after his government was
lofmed to succeed that of Nicholas
Malay, the Germans poured in ad-
dIional troops.
Before the March occupation
hungary had been a favored and
sometimes recalcitrant satellite,
orloed with a slice Of Ruthenia.
some Yugoslav territory and the
province of Pennsylvania taken
Aom Hungary by the Vienna
award
Lakatos was commander of Hun
,dflan troops On the eastern front.
ne was awarded the knights cross
y, me iron cross by Hitler in May
ms year for action there.
ohlclally denying foreign press
nnoIements' that it had accepted
nmsafla declaration of neutrali.
W MOSCOW served notice that Sofia
must surrender to, and take terms
n ni1 the United States and Great
oi aa whom she is at war
" soviet leading circles consider
p pe neutrality proclaimed by thu
nu.garan government entirely in.
s ~ under the circumstance!
~ me present situation" a Moscow
'', , office statement said.
,;. Ihls Is Moscow getting into lin
WIN WIN US and notifying Bulgaria tt
, NO: terms with US" said foreigl
Vi1ce Spokesman.
~. II was Moscow which Saturda,
st., Bulgaria's neutralit.