ARCHDUKE JOSEPH

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 283, 26 August 1919, Page 5

ARCHDUKE JOSEPH

WILL HE RESIGN?

ALLIES DISAPPROVE OP COUP D'ETAT By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Paris, August 23. After hearing Mr. Hoover, the Su- 1 preme Council sent a telegram to tho Allied mission in Budapest, deolarinpf that the Allies could not conclude a lasting peace with tho Hungarian peoplo as long as the existing Government, established by a coup d'etat, aid carried out by a small group of police under tho protection of a foreign army, remained in power. The ArohduW Joseph says he is ready to submit his'position to a popular vote, but this will not satisfy tlio Council, as elections will ho conducted finder the auspices 6f his ad--" ministration. Therefore, in the interests of the peace of Europe, the Allies aro obliged to insist upon tho present pretender to the supreme power in Hungary resigning, in order that a Government representative of all parties may Ka elected,—Reuter. ARCHDUKE RESIGNS TOGETHER WITH HIS CABINET, . (R-ec. August 25, 7.50 p.m.) Budapest, August 25. "lie Archduke Jospeh, and also Herr Friedrich and his Cabinet, has resigned. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. REPORT OF RESIGNATION CONTRADICTED , Paris, August 2i. A dispatch from Zurich contradicts tho report of the Archduke Joseph's resignation. It is now stated that he la-. tends to resist the demands of tho Allies, bolioving himself to be master of tho situation.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ALLIED NOTETO RUMANIA ACCOUNT TO BE RENDERED OP GOODS SEIZED. (Reo. August 25, 7.35 p.m.) Paris, August 25. The Supreme Council has sent Rumania a Note demanding that an exact account be kept of all goods seized and requisitioned in Hungary, for a corresponding » deduction from the Rumanian indemni-ties.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.