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Show HOW IT GOES IN HUNGARY. The soviet government of Budapest is reported to have made overtures for an alliance with Germany against the entente, en-tente, a proposal which Berlin is said to have received coolly. The Ebert government, gov-ernment, while radical has a wholesome regard for law and order, as its stern repression of the Spartaean outbreaks will illustrate. It is npt even tempted by the glowing accounts of the beneficial benefi-cial achievements of Bolshevism in Hungary, some of .which were summarized summa-rized by the red chiefs at Budapest in their communication. Addressing the' Germans the Bolshe- j vist lead.ers of Budapest tell how "the; dictatorship of the proletariat of Hun- j gary is raining blow after blow on the j citadels of capitalism. The fetters of : wage slavery have been shattered into a thousand pieces," the communication continues; "we have begun to build up a new world. The stigma of illegal marriages mar-riages has been removed. Air, light and cleanliness, former privileges of the bourgeoisie, can now benefit the pro- : letariat. The theaters, which until j lately have served for the amusement j of the rich, are O' eu to t'ae proletariat. ! ' I Tiie press, t'.ie most important organ of capitalism for influencing t volctarian minds, is in our service. With enthusiasm, enthusi-asm, the proletarian masses rush to form red guards, in order to defend their freedom from capitalistic siaverv with ! their heart 's blood. Tho twilight of the gods descends on capitalistic society. I The hour has struck in which the expropriator ex-propriator his being expropriated." All of which would indicate that the -ituation in Hungary is decidedly rosy for the proletariat and uncomf ortable for tiie other fellow. But there is an- -' f. ; re-; ;s in 1 : -. .- a -,- i ; . ; .-:'.-, ti,,:. s. o m n. , r,-: ai : -,, s.-.z. :, w at; are i.o 1 ..e.g.-.- exa-ted ;, . arc , at ; leas ire, wiiib; tue ad-a ad-a in ; -:.ra: i,ja of courts is a farce. V.'hi:,, i ;!.!;, .-t is enjoying freedom f-,r ti.,- r' .!. -lariat, t'ae t'en- fa'iaries of t: s i;,-w fre-d-'in are finding that somc-ti.iag somc-ti.iag n ore than fre'datn is nece--ary it., i :.rf. The Hungarian proletariat i.u not r, a deal the pinnacle of I!ol-' I!ol-' -' - -a i - ni attained by the Russians, bat Ca-v are traveling in that direction. The La-dans, according to late accounts, ; ka e had a surfeit of tiie blessing of I proletariat rale. "Down with Leniue 'and his horse-flesh rations; long live the czar with his streaky bacon," is tiie motto of the striking workmen in Petro-grad, Petro-grad, where the proletariat leaders, Leniue and Trotzky, have put everything every-thing out of busine.-s save themselves. The Germans are near enough to both Petrograd and Budapest to observe for themselves and judge of the merits of Bolshevism that is, the Germans in power in Berlin. The Ebert government govern-ment has not lost its head in the sweep of Bolshevism. The more radical gov-' gov-' eminent in Munich has inclined to this frenzied new freedom, but is estopped by wholesome fears that the proletariat stomach will suffer if tho leap is made. Perhaps that same judicious consideration considera-tion for the stomach will save the whole of Germany from tho red peril. The blockade weapon still wields a powerful influence. Lenine is finding that out. Hungary may discover it later on. Germany Ger-many has no desire, apparently, to be unduly curious as to its efficacy. |