HUNGARIAN SITUATION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14983, 9 August 1919, Page 6

HUNGARIAN SITUATION.

PROCLAMATION BY ARCHDUKE, j (Elec. Tel. Copyright— United Press Assn.) ; (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association). I (Received August 9, 2.5 p.m.) BUDAPEST, Aug. 8. I The Archduke Joseph, m a proclamation, states : From the Imperial imperishable love of the Hungarian people, and responding to requests from all sidflSj I hav e . undertaken a solution of « seemingly impossible situation. I cannot look oil while politicians of various ; interests '.and. party groups aro quarrelling over "the 1 fate 'of theN poor broken Fatherland. . Everywhere there is com-j plete anarchy. Risings disturb 1 " .trans- j Danubia. .There has been a Ministry ( m office that nobody recognises. A' com--plete stoppage of the food supply already threatens catastrophe unless the educated classes unite with the sober working classes and peasants to estab- 1 lish order with a strong hand. | The proclamation appoints provisional. Ministers, including Friedrich and Tanozos, but not including any War Minister. . -The Archduke Joseph says that a transitional Government will be formed m a few days after citizens, peasants, and workmen have been consulted, and concludes: "Let everyone m. whose heartstill lives a spark of patriotism support the Government with entire devotion m a difficult situation, and do away with; discord, criticism, sophistry. Let there} be unity, understanding, and work. Let us immovably trust m a better future for our Fatherland." (Router's Telegram.) (Received August 9/ 2.20 p.m.) LONDON. August 7. Apparently the new Hungarian Cabinet consists of representatives of the pve-Bolshevist regime. The downfall of the Beidl Cabinet was dramatically sudden. Hungarian gendarmerie surrounded the National Palace where the Cabinet was sitting and arrested the members. ' i .' - PARTS, August 7. ; According to the Echo de Paris, ■owing to the refusal of the Rumanian authorities to relieve the Allied military mission, the Supreme Council has made energetic representations to the Bucharest Government.