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Show PROFESSOR THOMAS G. MA- I SARYK, president of the j : Czeclio-Sloiak republic, who has re- I ; signed, adding to the complex situa- j tion in eastern Europe. j l- I -(i ' I u i ""It i X i U -" , v k-i ' i Iff r ; . LIKELY TO SPEED PECEPBLElfS Red-Hungarian Alliance to Have Salutary Effect, Is Belief. BY HENRY WALES. (Chicago Tribune Cable, Copyright.) PARIS, March 24. The Hungarian alliance al-liance with the Bolsheviks had a salutary ctfect on the peace conference today when it was discussed. It. is believed this latest one will prove the important factor in speeenr.g up a settlement and presenting present-ing the peace treaty to Germany, as everyone seemed to realize it nTight have been obviated if they had proceeded faster and signed the preliminary peace pact before. Clemenceau and Orlando met this afternoon for an hour and heard Marshal Foeh. It is understood that Koch furl her outlined pla ns for military reinforcement of the Polish army and that he still recommends troops behind tho three Polish divisions being sufficiently suf-ficiently strong to force a landing at vrnzig it" the Germans persist in refusing. re-fusing. All discussion turned toward the Hungarian Hun-garian question. Slow to prevent a further fur-ther spread of Bolshevism was the principal prin-cipal problem, as it is realized that German Ger-man Bolsheviks . may immediately become be-come active through linking up with the Russians via Hungary. President and Mrs. Wilson went through a near barrage Sunday when motoring mo-toring on the Chemin-fles-Dnmes. French soldiers had gathered' up hundreds of shells which failed to explode and other (Continued on Pago 3, Column 4.) LIKELY TO SPEED" PEACE PARLEYS (Continued from Page One.) ' dt-bris from tho bat tlofi f lrl and f;ct fire to it to d;sch:n-ge the uhHIs. The president's pres-ident's automobile was rolling along the high road n-ear Om?I when duuvia Lions of the shells were heard. The chauffeur examined and found hmoke from a burning burn-ing ammunition dump. The discharge o." shells continued every few minutes and it was necessary ror the party to make a detour to escape hurstlng shrapnel. lioth the president and rs Wilson were Interested Inter-ested in being under "bombardment," but Mrs. Wilson did not shew any iw: |