A BLOODLESS COUP.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17145, 26 April 1919, Page 9

A BLOODLESS COUP.

HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION. AMBITION OF BELAKUN. ' CREATING AN " IDEAL STATE." LONDON. March 20. The -Budapest correspondent of the Daily News reports that the revolution was effected without' bloodshed. At nine o'clock on Friday night a vast crowd raided the prison and released the Communist leader Belakun. An. hour later a Soviet Republic was proclaimed from the 'Royal Palace, and Bola was appointed Commissioner for Foreign Affairs. Karolyi issued a proclamation, . and the new Cabinet met provisionally till the forthcoming Soviets Congress nominate their Government. It ie impossible to say how the population regard the change. Wealthy people are endeavouring to make the best of things, but the mental anxiety of the middle and upper classes is plainly perceivable. The leaders state that the delay in raising the blockade, and the dragging of peace, hastened the triumph of the cause. . Belakun is a close friend of Lenin. He is a Transylvanian aged 33. When interviewed he stated that the new regime aims at the avoidance of mistakes made by Russia. They propose to create an ideal State, where everybody will be happy and well-to-do. This will necessarily take time, owing to the heritage of destruction from the war. He scouted the suggestion that the nationalisation of women is part of his policy. He aimed at the stamping out of solial evils.