BOLSHEVISM

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 156, 27 March 1919, Page 5

BOLSHEVISM

THE NEW CRISIS IN . HUNGARY KAROLYTS TREACHERY INTRIGUE WITH RUSSIA By Teleeraph-Preas Aesociation-Copyricht Vienna, March 05. Soon after Karolyi resigned, the Bolshoviki in Budapest ilisarme.l the foreigners in the. city and removed their military badges and decorations. Sailors posted machine-guns in the streets, and occupied the Czecho-Slovak Embassy. The Entente missions loft, the city. Some diops were pillaged on the following day. The Bolshevik spirit is increasingly felt in Vienna, where thousands of people demonstrated in favour of the regime.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. HUNGARY'S WAR STRENGTH. 150,000 ON PERFECT WAR FOOTING.. (Bee. March 26, S p.m.) Rome, March 20. It is reported that Count Karolyi recently reviewed the Hungarian Army of 150,000 men on a perfect war footing. They havo been supplied with new arms, now uniforms, and a considerable quantity of artillery and aeroplanes. It is known that over IffO.OOO Austrian prisoners recently returned from Russia, all tainted with Bolshevik ideas. It is no Hie boast that the new Government at Budapest can mobilise at least 70,000 exprisoners.— Renter. PANIC IN BUDAPEST. Paris, March 24.' There is a nariic in Budapest. The remainder of Hunsrary is quiet, and gives no indication of joining the Soviets. A Bolshevik army is reported to be on the way to Hungary from Russia, and is said to be in the neighbourhood of Brody. It is believed that tho B«lslipvi'd in Prague are merely pnpnofs of the Itarolyi Gov-ernment.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ALLIED MISSIONS INTERNED. Vienna, IMaroh 25. It is reported that I'he members of tho Allied missions to Vienna are interned. It ie alleged that Allied troops aro about to bo landed on the Dalmatian coast to present the spread of Bolshevism there. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE NEW THREAT TO RUMANIA BOLSHEVIK MANIFESTO. Paris, March 20. The proclamation of a Soviet Rcpublic in Hungary will create a precarious situation in Itnmania and tho new Cxecho-Slovak State. The Soviet's manifesto appeals to tho peasants in Rumania and Czocho-Sloviikia to join tho revolution, which intends to free them from tho yoke of the capitalist, and to prevent the Entente handing Hungary over to Iho Rumanian Oligarchy. Messages have been exchanged between Lenin and tho now republic—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. KAROLYI'S INTRIGUE. 0 Berne, March. 25. Reports from Budapest fitalo that for months past Kavolyi has- been negotiating with the Russian Bolsheviki, wit the object of introducing Bolshevism in liumania and Jugo-Slavin. It is alleged that-Russian and Hungarian armies (ire co-operating against Rumania, with the object of threatening the fron-tier.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn THE WAR ON RUSSIAN BOLSHEVIKI London, March 2k ' A British communique .from North Russia states:—A. strong party, of Bqleheviks on March 17 uaptured the vilIngo of Bolshcozoro, west of Obozorskaya. Tho enemy positions are being bomhirded. It is reported that Petloura (the revolutionary loader in the Ukraine) is negotiating with Lenin for the autonomy of (he Ukraine.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.

EVACUATION OF ODESSA. • NOT OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED. (Rec. March 2G, 7.J5 p.m.) London, March 20. No official report of the evacuation of Odessa has been received in London. It h coiirmo dthat the Bolshoviki have occupied Kherson and Nicolaieff after heavy fighting with the Froneh troops. Tho Bolsheviki now' hold the wholo of tho Ukraine. The German garrisons there, have handed over their arms to the Bolshoviki and fraternised with them.—Reuter. STATEMENT IN BRITISH PAELIAi MEN , !'. (Rec. March 2G, 8.5 p.m.) London, March 26. Mr. Cecil Hnrmsivorth (Parliamentary Secretary to tho Foreign Office), speaking in the House of Commons, said that the situation in Ukraine was obscure.' 'J'lio Government had apparently collapsed before the Bolslieviki, who had advanced on "certain sectors. There was no immediate danger at Odessa. Its evacuation was not inteu'ded. —Aus.-N.J/. Cable Assn. BOLSHEVIK INTRIGUE IN INDIA .■DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE AT HAND., f.Rec. March 26, 7.45 p.m.) Helsingfors, March 20. Mr. John Pollock, a British journalist, who was condemned to death at Petrograd, has escaped with documentary evidence that the Bolsheviks spent large ' Bums in the autumn of 1918, sending bombs and infernal machines to Bombay preparatory to a Bolshevik uprising in India.—"The Times."

THE GERMAN SPARTACISTS DEPUTATION~TO~ PETROGRAD (Rec. March 20, 7.45 p.m.) London, March 20. The "National Zeitung" states that a Spartacist deputation from Berlin has reached Potrograd, and is keeping tho Spartacists informed of the condition and developments of the Bolshevik Army, v.-ith a view to a spring offensive, timed to coincide with fresh risings in Ger- ~ and the Comm'nnists' efforts to capture Vienna and arouse Austria.— "The Times." ANTI-BOLSHEVIK FEELING IN AUSTRALIA THE QUEENSLAND EBULLITION. Brisbane, March 2li. Returned soldiers attacked tho "Daily Standard" (Labour) newspaper office, callin;; on the paper to apologise to the soldiers for certain remarks it had published Several shots were fired, and windows were broken, but there were no casualties. A meeting of returned soldiers and sympathisers passed a resolution calling on the Government to deport the Bolslieviki and Senator Ferricks, in default of which steps would be taken to removo them. Cabinet lias clo?ed all the hotels in the city until further notice.—Press Assn.