HUNGARY.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 April 1919, Page 5

HUNGARY.

ALLIANCE against the ENTENTE. GERMANS REORGANISING HUNGARIAN RMY. Received April 2, 1 a.m. Budapest, March 31. The Hungarian Government has sent a delegation to Berlin to conclude a treaty of alliance against the Entente. German officers have arrived to reorganise the Hungarian army.—Reuter. FRENCH TROOPS REPORTED CAPTURED. Paris, March 31. It is reported that French troops between Hungary and Roumania were attacked, losing many prisoners. The Hungarian army is threatening the Roumanian frontier.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Association. Paris, March 31. It is announced that 300 French troops stationed in the neutral zone between Hungary and Roumania have been captured by the Hungarians.—Times. PROGRESS OF REVOLUTION. SWEEPING CHANGES EFFECTED. Budapest, March 30. The revolution is accomplishing sweeping changes in economical life. Lawyers, engineers, physicians and other educated men are forming trade unions. The new Soviet housing councils are seizing the apartments of the wealthy in order to house the poor. All objects of art and private possessions are declared public property. Religious tuition is forbidden in the schools. Belakun declares that terrorism will only prevail if necessary. The British gtmbotfs have left Budapest, but the food delegates are remain-ing.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.