HUNGARY.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 April 1919, Page 5

HUNGARY.

GENERAL SMUTS' MISSION. TO INQUIRE INTO POSITION. Received April 4, 8.30 p.m. Paris, April 2. When the Hungarians and Roumani'ans some time ago made a forward movement, the Conference laid down a line of demarcation beyond which neither should cross. It was a military, not a political line, but, unfortunately, misconception arose in the minds of the Hungarians, who regarded it as a political and not as an evanescent military line. General Smuts was therefore sent to Budapest to inquire into the position and supply the Conference with firsthand information on the whole question.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. AN UNRELIABLE MINISTER. PLAUSIBLE, BUT DOUBLE-FACED. Received April 4, 8.30 p.m. Paris, April 3. Colonel Vix, head of the Allied Mission at Budapest, has arrived at Belgrade. Bola Kun, the new Hungarian foreign Minister, informed him that he desired to observe the armistice and continue relations with the Entente. He declared that his Government was Socialist, not Bolshevist. According to other reports, however, Bola Kun is still negotiating for an alliance with the Russian Soviets.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. LENIN WANTS GUARANTEES. Copehagen, April 3. Advices from Vienna state that Lenin has sent a wireless message to the Hungarian Foreign Minister asking what real guarantees he possesses that the new Government is really communistic and not merely socialist, namely social traitors. He warns the Minister that owing to the peculiar circumstances it certainly would be a mistake for the Hungarian revolution to imitate the Russian tactics in detail.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

SYDNEY LABORITES GREETING. Sydney, April 4. The Labor Council carried a motion extending greetings to their comrades in Hungary on their emancipation from capitalist domination.