A NEUTRAL ZONE.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 April 1919, Page 5

A NEUTRAL ZONE.

GENERAL SMUTS' PROPOSALS, Received April 8, 5.5 p.m. Budapest., April 7. General Smuts' proposals to Hungary include the creation of a neutral zone between Hungary and Roumania, to be occupied by the Allies, and a proposal to raise the blockade immediately to allow of the importation of food. General Smuts also proposes that the Allies shall receive a representative in Paris to hear the Hungarian case.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. Received April S, 5.5 p.m. Budapest, April 7. General Smuts held a conference with Bohemians, Hungarians, Roumanians, Jugo-Slavs, and German-Austrian?, with the object of reaching an agreement on territorial limitations. The Hungarian Government agreed to the conference, but demurred at the boundaries.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. BLOODSHED AT BUDAPEST. Received April 8, 5.5 p.m. Paris, March 27. Reports from Hungary show that the levolution was not so bloodless as made out. There were serious fusilades in the streets of Budapest. Many were killed and wounded. There was much pillaging and the Czecho-Slovak legation was occupied by the red army. The whereabouts of the legation is unknown. Red guards raided the Ukrainian legation and arrested the personnel, while a Russian officer distributed two million crowns found in the building.— Aus. N.Z. Gable Assoc. EVERYTHING SOCIALISED, Received April 8, 10.5 p.m. New York, March 27. United Press messages from Budapest state that the Hungarian Soviet coup occurred without disorder or bloodshed. Amicable relations with Allied officials continue. The Allied troops have full liberty Everything is socialised, from the army to the baths. Conscription has been abolished. Tribunals supplant courts. Industries have been ordered to continue work. Titles have been abolished, and the stock exchange closed. The United Press Agency at Berne learns that Bolshevist uprisings in Austria and Czeeho-Slovakia are imminent. Any move in these countries against the Hungarian Soviet Government is expected to precipitate a class warfare. — Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. ALLIES NOT SENDING ARMY TO HUNGARY, Received April 8, 5.5 p.m. Budapest, April 7. General Smuts denies that the Allies are planning to send an armv into Hungary.—Reuter. REPORTED END OF SOVIET GOVERNMENT. New York, April 7. News dispatches from Amsterdam state that uncomfirmed report says that the Hungarian Soviet Government has been overthrown.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Association.

Vienna, April 7. General Smuts' visit is quoted bv the Soviet and the Press as indicating that the Entente is friendly to Socialistic Governments.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.