HUMOURS OF WAR

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLII, Issue 9373, 31 October 1921, Page 5

HUMOURS OF WAR

SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPEMILITARY ACTION AGAINST HUNGARY. (Per Press Association, Copyright.) ; (Received October 31, 9.40 a.m.) (Reuter.) LONDON, October 30. .Karl's capture and the promptness -of the Allies m demanding his surrender, do not appear to have averted tne •clanger m south-eastern Europe according to advices from Vienna and Prague. The latter state that the mobilisation of the Czechoslovaks, numbering 168 battalions, will be completed m ten days. Martial law has been proclaimed and a number of arrests for plottiL^ against the Republic have occurred. The Premier, Benis, speaking m the Assembly, said West- • era. Europe underestimated the Hungarian danger, which must be ended once and for all, and at any cost m ihe interests of Czecho-Slovakia and all her allies. Benis paid a tribute to the faultless workingof the mobilisation preparations. He assured the Austrian representative that m the -event of action against Hungary, Austria's neutrality would be respected. Vienna telegrams show that the Außtrians are alarmed at the ''Little Entente's" ultimatum, fearing that Austria will be drawn into the orbit of the "Little Entente" instead of remaining neutral.