HUNGARIAN PLOT.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1926, Page 3

HUNGARIAN PLOT.

MORE REVELATIONS. [Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.] LONDON, January H. The Central News Agency’s Budapest correspondent reports that police searching in Prince Windisgrnetz’s castle arc alleged to have lound a. complete plan for a Monarchist rising in Hungary to establish Albrecht on the Throne as King. Ihe papers include a. list of politicians supposed to have been sounded to accept office. The French Minister has demanded the arrest of the Deputies Groemboes and Ula.in. who, he alleges, acted as go-betweens in the note frauds. LONDON. January I". Although a communique from Bucn-pe.-it last Saturday announced the conclusion of the police investigation of the note forgeries, it appears that the Hungarian authorities have resumed enquiries. The belated discovery at Prince Windisgraetz’s castle (already rallied) is probably due to a combination of French pressure and the extraordinary structure of the castle, which has innumerable apartments, secret hiding plaeos, and subterranean passages. The French press comments on the fact that when the Hungarian police were searching the castle, no incriminating discoveries were made until a French detective insisted on a more extensive investigation, when a printing press was found.

THE BRITISH VIEW. LONDON. January lb

The British attitude is that the note forge rise are a Hungarian domestic affair, wherewith Count Bethlen discharging his duty, but it i- considered bis arrest of Bartlia, who is not the Regent, only Admiral Morty’s principal private secretary, but is related to the Regent by marriage, is bound to create fresh suspicions for the Hungarian Government.•

The French view is that the conspirators had a double object—first, the acquisition of large sums for the purpose of financing .Monarchist manoeuvres, and secondly, the discrediting of France’s currency, particularly among the nations of the Little Entente. It is believed that the amount of notes intended to be circulated was 110,000 millions francs. It was hoped that they would pass unnoticed, in consequence of the increases in the Bn tuple de France’s note circulation. “Le Matin” publishes details from Holland and Germany concerning statements made by those arrested, namely Markovies, Marsovsky, Paukovies and Olchvary.

According to Jankovics, Prince Wiiulisgraety/s had been a year experimenting with forgeries. On Novembet 30th the Prince showed Jankovics a pile of notes hidden in a wardrobe. They later sealed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and emissaries, including Jankovics, set out to circulate the notes in Holland, Sweden, Denmark and Italy.

Olchvary, when arrested at Hamburg, had luggage with false bottoms, in which there were ten envelopes belonging to French banks filled with bogus notes. The police also intercepted a telegram from Budapest, informing Olehvary of the arrest of the others at Amsterdam, in pre-arranged words, namely: “Jankovics failed. Stock Exchange.”

BUDAPEST POLICE REINFORCED, > BUDAPEST, January lb.

The police have been reinforced, especially in the vicinity of the prison. The city is being patrolled bv mounted guards. liecnuse there are rumours that Fascists have planned the liberation of Prince Windisgraetz and Police Chief Nn (lossy.