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Show (A V y t fu ! vi Hi r to in m hJ rts ! - h i m M : 'I SUUGHTER PEASANTRY Revolt Suppressed After Sanguinary Battle Between Be-tween Insurgents and Communist Troops. Severe Fighting Also Reported Re-ported in Progress Between Be-tween Bolshevists and Czecho-Slovak Forces. VIENNA, Saturday, June 7. (By the 'Associated Press.) Three thousand ''p.r'.sants, including women and chil- fiK'U have been shot or hanged by the p3cd army as a- consequence of revolts j -ii ''c:tcrn Hungary aroung Oeden-buT'p, Oeden-buT'p, -.L-eording to news considered trji.v-or'.iiy which has been received he.'e.. The entire village of Kolnhof ws turned. " The Tnsacre tool; place after thirty-two thirty-two villages burruuuding Ocdenburg had refused to go over to Bolshevism. They desired to join Austria. Bcla Kun, communist leader and minister min-ister of foreign affairs, and Joseph Pogany, Bolshevik minister of war, visited vis-ited the districts, then sent order to Commissioner temely, to whom such clas of work is usually deputed because be-cause of his bloodthirsty character, to conduct requisitions of clothing, food and imperial paper crowns, now called "Blue'' money, to distinguish it from ''red'' or soviet money. The peasants, according to advices, gathered a small army, numbering a few thousands, armed with rifles, axes, scythes and similar weapons, against which a red division was sent. Tho peasants were surrounded. Kolnhof was shelled; tben machine guns were turned against it on Thursday Thurs-day and Friday nights. A majority of those fleeing from the burning village vil-lage were shot. These who were captured cap-tured were hanged. LONDON", June S. Armed peasants who revolted against the Hungarian communist government and Hungarian troops have been engaged in heavy fighting in western Hungary which re-suited re-suited in the defeat of the peasautst au Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Vienna Vi-enna says. The -iOOO peasants were surrounded in Kollerhof by the red guards after a bloody battle. After a short siege, it is added, Kollerhof Kol-lerhof was stormed and -many of its peasant defenders slaughtered. The entire en-tire Ocdenburg district lias been declared de-clared in a state of siege and a military mili-tary dictatorship proclaimed. CZECHOSLOVAKS AND HUNGARIANS ENGAGE IN BATTLE VIENNA. June 7. (By the Associated Associ-ated Tress.) Severo fighting i in progress between Budapest and YicMia north of thet Danube between the Czeeho-Slo al3 and the Hungarian communist forces. The Hungarians have crossed the ri cr Neutra and are threatening Pressburg. The position of the Czechs in Slovakia also is more serious, as the Hungarian I communists hav e been stirring up tho Slovaks against the Czechs. The Hungarians Hun-garians point out that the Czechs refused re-fused to give the Slovaks autonomy and also have not treated them as brothers. They add that for one thousand thou-sand years the Slovaks and Hungarians lived together and should continue to do so. Vhilo the Czech soldiers generally (Continued on Page 2, Column 2 RED GUARDS MURDER Bill PEffli (Continued from Page One.) jare Socialists, there are no indications that they have been tainted by Bolshevism. Bol-shevism. ! It is reported that the effectiveness I of the Russian soviet army against the Rumanians in Bessarabia is due to I the fact that among their leaders are j jerman officers. It is declared that I the German officers have formed an organization or-ganization to assist the Bolsheviki in ki' -i Ckraine. tyf es Accused of Terrorism. v ' IEVNA, June S (By the Associated tt -s3 i The Vkraintans are accusing tiic -o-.cs c" establishing a relstn of terror In '.yVv tly occupied territory and of 4 -!:e"':5 the elerev and ol-.tw.atis. as ivcrV at Vi-irainian soldiers. T.-.oy a '.so .-i .-i c ft ;"'-' roles are trying 10 dtff.roy I VTratc'fcm historical records throuiiiotit GKiic.aN ac.'. that the Po en in Voihynla ' r.-V.-ince r-. s.sia. are retaliating fnr out-' out-' 'if v bv fr.s Ukrainian peasants last rt-K. -r arair.st Polish landlords. V r.frdinir. to the Ukrainian.", SCO of , tjftir churches have been closed and f:ftr of ti'.em turned, and a hundred pries;s : have been thrown into prison, wh.il the cathedral at Chelm has been seized by ; the Polish bishop. ' Tvphus is reported to be creaking out among the prisoners. jReds Capture Kaschau. i COPENHAGEN, .Tune 8. Hungarian 1 communist troops have capt-.ir. d trie J town of Kaschau. In northern Hsingary. ! northeast of Budapest, from the I'Zc b.s, 1 after two days of rihtinc. A fils: at'-'n i from Budapest, Saturday, announ'-im; the i victory, says the Czechs were defeated j decisively. jKun Appeals to Hungarians. BUDAPEST. May 13. (Corr-'nCKlPiT of the Associated Press.) While the opera and theaters are op.m the proletariat pro-letariat are comp.ainins they are unahie to see the art works of the country's old I masters. It Is explained that as a mn-I mn-I ure of precaution anainst possible claims ' bv the allies, the soviet government has hidden ail valuable painlines, Roman antiques and the crown Jcwe s. I;iu :ns ! the hiding process a famous pear.1 ne.-k-1 la.ee worn by Marie Antoinette disappeared. disap-peared. ! Bela Kun daily Is becoming creater 1 in the eves of the proletariat, and la considered by bis culie.-iK'ues to hnv- the ; eioquence of"l.enine, tlif Ku.s!an l!olfj!i?-1 l!olfj!i?-1 vikl premier, with the ortMnizimt ability ' of Trotzkv, I.enine s foreign minister. Bela Kun hnfl snt lite fullowiiu; mes-: mes-: saste to Hungarians in America: i Remember, when In Hungary you peasants earned Z- crowns a year. That I is way you emigrated, and you can I est 1 help your irotters here by making Amcrl-! Amcrl-! cans Bo shevik." |
