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Show SCHEME THAT FAILE1X The uncertain course, marking tho political leaders in Hungary is illustrated illus-trated by the report from Paris' that the recent soviet coup in P.udnpoht frustrated frus-trated ft design by the Karoh i government govern-ment to approach Italy with tho suggestion sug-gestion of an Italo llungorinn alliance us opposed to tho .logo-Slav pretentions. preten-tions. According to the. Paris report, which is accepted us authentic iu the French capital, four Hungarian envoys appeared in Home shortly beforo tho Hfil.-.hnvi.st obtained control in Hungary Hun-gary and sought to open negotiation with tho Italian government. The consideration con-sideration sought by Hungary was de-foiif-o by Italy in the peace conference of Hungary's territorial rlainn. Germany, Ger-many, as well us Hungary, has attempted attempt-ed to profit, though it is not clear in what manner, by tho differences between be-tween France and Italy arising from French piipiort of Jugoslav n-pira-tions in the Adriatic llnd it been por siblrt to croato a schism in tho Paris confercnce( tho position of both Ger-mnny Ger-mnny and Hungary would hao been strengthened. Tho red upheaval in Budapest, however, put an end to this intriguing. It i ft probable that tho fall of Ka-rolvi Ka-rolvi wan in e'eieneo reinou'drunoo agaiio-t the proposed t.1 i i n i; of Hungarian Hun-garian territory by tho allien. Never-tl.eh Never-tl.eh ' i, it is hard to esoaj.o tlio eoiielu nioii that the I'.ol .'ne it movement ill Hungary i.' not boii lid", but. rather .1 well laid Ian to fooiin the ntlehlion uf the world ill general, nnd Hie I'arii con f e ren oi in particular, on tlio '!i'uoii- tious agreed upon by the peaJo congress con-gress tVith reference to Hungarian territory ter-ritory by indicating that Hungary prefers pre-fers Bolshevism to tho new order proposed pro-posed by the allies. This view is supported by tha fact that the Bolshevist strength as well as cenlfcr is at Budapest, nnd that the movement, except in so far, as other parts of tho country acquiesce ill the control at Budapest, is not a general ono. However, in this respect the movement move-ment resembles tho original Bolshevist rising in Russia, when it was hardly more than local to Tetrograd, but gradually grad-ually spread throughout the nation and is now threatening neighboring countries. |