University of Utah Student Newspapers | 1924-02-20 | Page 3 | European Conditions Discussed by Noted Hungarian Professor

European Conditions Discussed By Noted Hungarian Professor The Tho nations of oC central centra and eastern east east- ern era Europe have Absolutely no na consideration con con- I sf for tor one ono another eIther cither politically or ec economically and are ara living ln In a a. of ot clandestine anarchy according to Os Oscar f noted Hungarian economist and statesman in his address addre s Conditions Condi Condl lions in Central J Europe Confederation oration or War at t a special 1 assembly assembly as as- held last Monday Professor pointed out that Hungary havinG a a. population of pf that of ot Now New Yar York City Ane and an ar area a of ot square miles mile J in Is a Po veritable vent vent- able hotbed In whose ruin or re recuperation recuperation re- re lies the key to th the whole J problem of ot central Europe Europe- Without the tho overthrow of ot t tVs present white military dictatorship which l le is fosterine a 1 medieval al oligarchy and feudal system raYS raYS- tern tem together with the introduction u Uon of ot new moral forces and the es establishment es- es of a a. confederacy and union from tram the tha petty states s o of ot cen can tra Europe Professor Jan can see eee only catastrophe and the Che de destruction de of European culture re resulting re- re suiting lulUn from tram the th war now pow being beins prepared for Cor in this section Before Detore tho the world war conditions ln m In Hungary as 8 Professor sor Jaul described describe de do- scribed scribe them were wen little better than at present Land Lana property was Inthe in Iii the tho hands of ot n about out 2000 feudalists while of ot the population were landless In the tho true rue Hungarians had hilt only eight representatives in their national natIon p parliament parlia rUa- rUa ment merit and yet constituted one halt tho the population population- Rivalry between imperialistic and capitalistic elements clementi tO together eth r with the tha scheming chemins of the tho HapsburG HapsburG- and Romanoff were vero the cause of bt the war Professor Ju- Ju St declared The The- national consciousness conscious ne peas ness s of ot Au was replaced re re- re placed by y autocracy In 1914 the dual monarchy was little more mor than thanA 1 A 1 vassal vasal state to th the tho t Kaiser Caiser at 1St Ber Der- hit lin Treason was 11 ov overflowing the theIl Il assassination of or Count Ferdinand Fordinand typified conditions in the Danube basin Following the tho war the land was divided among amon tho the peasants A J colossal cultural elevation of the Jn masses from illiteracy and Iem semi semi- barbarism was wa the tho temporary re re- re sult However famine t and vl m together with the Injudicious boundaries pet Jet et up tip and race hatred soon poon caused the tho reinstatement of ot a medieval oll oligarchy archy and a a. militaristic tic system Among Among- political arid and nd social liberties b banished Professor Inz l enumerated suffrage suf stif- rage frage secret ballot banot freedom of speech ch and the use of ot armed forces against strikes The present tottering rc regime Is Ie reeking to place th the Hapsburg dynasty dyn dyn- asty at tho the head of ot their tic system according to this former cabinet member Professor scoffed at t thus the practice of at drawing artificial b boundaries l in central Europe which only accentuate O race enmities es In his opinion a confederation after atter th the Anglo f Saxon Anglo xon plan Is the tho only way of ot eliminating cO constant 1 tl nt hostility ty between n th thus the present peoples