Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-19 | Page 13 | Pins Hopes on Wilson Policy Rosa Schwimmer Tells of Aspirations of the New Hungarian Nation

PUS HIKS OR fflLSiPILIC' Rosa Schwimmer Tells of Aspirations of the New Hungarian Nation. GENEVA, Dec. IS. (By the Associated Press.) "In his historical fourteen points as a basis for peace, President Wilson has laid down the essence of what thinkers think-ers of all ages have distilled," said Madame Mad-ame Rosa Schwimmer, temporary representative repre-sentative of the Hungarian republic to Switzerland. "His victory," Madame Schwimmer continued, "will be a victory for all who have been ridiculed as Utopian when they were speaking or writing concerning concern-ing such institutions as are provided for the safety of the future, if President Wilson's fourteen points are carried at the peace conference." Concerning the attitude of Hungary toward the United States, Madame Schwimmer said: "I must differentiate between the former for-mer monarchial and the present republican republi-can Hungary. Befoie the October events, which liberated Hungary froth the threefold three-fold yoke of the German, Austrian and Hungarian oligarchy, sentiment varied widely; at present it is pretty near unanimous. unan-imous. Under Count Tisza and Dr. Wekerle the press made a vast majority of the people believe that the population of the '"United States was nothing but a gigantic mass of 'dollar hunters,' whose lives and interests were centered on earti- ing money. Concerning President Wilson they spread reports he was making millions mil-lions out of the war and fattening on the blood of dying Europe. "There was, however, a minority which held the solid belief that tho United States was of the higher humanity. We never forgot that tho United States generously gen-erously offered homes to millions of Hungarians Hun-garians driven from their own rich soil by the ever-greedy oligarchy. We believed be-lieved in the righteousness of the United States and looked toward that great com munity of yours as a strong, young leader, which would carry tired Europe upward and onward to new forms of international in-ternational organization. "Count Karolyi, the present premier, and the members of his party stood up for this helief in parliament. On the political platform he and others spread their belief in the honesty of the motives of the United States. I had the opportunity oppor-tunity to lecture throughout Hungary and could judge for myself tha t the prejudice against President Wilson and the American people was not inborn, but the outgrowth of the ignorance of the people, who were glad and grateful t o learn that the people of the United States were idealistic, warm hearted and generous gen-erous to a greater degree than any of our European nations. "Today those in power in Hungary believe be-lieve in the United States and that its president had no selfish motives Jor entering en-tering the war. Today, in spite of incredible in-credible sufferings and worse during the war, tho Hungarians are looking up with confidence to America and its president. The United States means today for Hungarians Hun-garians a savior which will change their unspeakable sufferings and give them a possibility for future, life." Referring to President Wilson's fourteen four-teen points. Mme. Suhwimmer "-ou tinned : "Either the world will adorn, them tully or it is the beginning of a scries of wars which eventually must extinguish the human hu-man race. The formation of a league of nations, complete international disarmament disarma-ment and compulsory arbitration in ust t be the outstanding points In the coming peace conference. The multitude of contradictory con-tradictory problems can be solved only on the basis of those principles. In no other way will it be possible to arrive at a satisfactory solution. "In my lecture tours in Hungary I am glad to say I found that not only the so-called professional pacifists, but men and women in the ordinary calls of life, with healthy common sense, realized that the world cannot be governed any longer by the self-interests ofsingle sections of society, but solely in the common interest in-terest of all mankind."