HUNGARY.

Taihape Daily Times, 25 August 1919, Page 5

HUNGARY.

; COALITION MINISTRY j,FORI\IED. ' LONDON, Aug. 23_ i Satisfaction is. expressed in Repubilican circ.les at Ithe announeementthat lthe Archduke Joseph has voluntarily I resigned owing to the Entente’s refusal i'to recognise his Government. A CoaliItion Ministry has been formed, ingeluding several Socialists. 5 ACTION AGAINST ARCHDUKE i JOSEPH. ‘PARIS, Aug. 23. ! Mr Hoover urged the Supreme I Council to compel the Archdulee Joseph to resign, declaring‘ th-at the coup !d’etat has given a great" stimulas to E Bolshevisni. » » The Conference, acceptled »the advice and drafted a telegram ito the inter-Allied ’Mission, "instructling it accordingly, but decided to defer despatch for twenty-four hours. ‘ Mr Hoover also "censured Rounlania’s ‘atltitud-0. '=He declared that her‘ professions ‘of readiness to comply with ‘the Council ’s demands ‘were insincere. I She persisted in removing food, and inistigated the Archdu_ke’s accession to I office. Mr Hoover suggested that the .Council should place a -guard_«on the Ifrontier, to prevent removal of food ’from Hungary. The Council is averse to Fllfill 9. drastic measure, but may { acquiesce. ‘ ‘COAL AND FAMINE. ‘ PARIS, Aug. 22. I Mr Hoover advised the Peace Coun,cii that unless the Widest autocratic {powers were taken in dealing with the I coal situation in Silesia nothing could save Europe from severe economical ! crisis. He depicted that alarniing? con‘ditions througliout Austi-o—Hungary i were directly traceable to coal scarcity. g The efi’ee'ts of the shortage «of food and ' hospital requisites at Budapest. were re,_ {suiting in an: appalling increase of ‘tuberculosis and the prevalence of inifantile diseases Paper clothing was I being commonly used. There had been a general cl-ebaclevin urban life owing ~ to coal’ and food diflicullties. A UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ‘ GRANTED. BUDAPEST, Aug. 22. Cabinet discussed an Electoral Bill based on universal suffrage, including Women. It decided that the elections be held on September 20th. Al’.-LIES DISREGARD ARCHDUKE JOSEPH. I PARIS, Aug. 23. ,_ i The Allied Supreme Council re-I fu;--ed to acknowledge «the Archdllke J oseph, declaring that the Government. was established by a. small group of H-zpsburgers, not by the people's will. %