Show I BACKED 1 I BY FRANCE IN CRISIS Italians Aligned With Hungary at Geneva Geneya e Conclave Budapest Plea Called Menace Mena e to o Pe Peace c of Europe I GENEVA Dec 8 UP UP French French I Foreign Minister Pierre Laval sided F with in iri a a bitter Balkan dispute before the league of nations council today Indicating that France considers Hungary indirectly g ily o of aggression against the In contrast to the position taken by France the Italian delegate came to the defense of Hungary a arid and d support supported ed d proposals for for- revision of the poStwar poSt past war treaties which tile the Budapest gov- gov goy gov government emment has hilS long protested Thus Italy and Hungary were aligned before be be- before fore forc the council against v vi a supported by France Czechoslovakia and Balkan allies Laval's Layal in the Balkan dispute dispute dispute dis dis- had b been cn await awaited d eagerly because because be be- cau cause b both e- e and Great nd-Great Great Brit Britain hi previously had stood aside and attempted attempted attempted at at- tempted to quiet talk talle of war var The French foreign minister told the league council that the league covenant contains principles of app appl cable to the dL dispute in which Jugo Jugo- slavia charges Hungary with terror tenor terrorism ism including the assassination of King Alexander Article Ten Cit Cited I These principles are arc contained In article ten n which imposes on all league members the duty of or respecting respect respect- ing and maintaining the territorial in integrity in and political independence atall of at all other members Laval said Jugo slavia has charged that Hungary was responsible for permitting terrorist plotters to operate in Hungary It was recalled that article ten binding binding binding bind bind- ing the council to find means of protecting protecting protecting pro pro- nations aga against a aggression was the chief reason the United States did didn n not t join the league It is a question today of putting into operation the moral authority which the council represents in order to give the satisfaction which she has a right to claim and in order to draw from the Marseille crime the necessary Jesson of h International Inter ter national solidarity Laval continued The French statesman pointed out that Tibor Eckhardt of ot Hungary Hungary ad admitted milted before the council that theas the as as assassins sa obtained Hungarian passports illegally but did not deny these passports pasS pass pass' passports ports were genuine Hun Hungarian arian pass ports Ifal Italy Backs Dacks Hungary When Laval finished speaking Baron Barop Pompeo Aloisi of or Italy replied directly t to the French ministers minister's con con- con damnation of Hungary's appeals for revision of the postwar r treaties by which Hungary lost much territory territory- Laval described the plea as a menace menace menice men men- ace ice to the peace of ot Europe Aloisi replied My country was the first to affirm hc the principle that the treaties should be e adapted to new new requirements which is the best way to guarantee preservation of peace However Italy has always s be- be lic cd that this adaptation must be achieved through legal metho methods BUDAPEST Hungary Hungar Dec 8 VP UP Charges of mistreatment at the sands lands of Serbian police marked masked the arrival today of oC more Hungarian rc- rc expelled hurriedly from Jugo Jugo- ugo- ugo slavia Th forced exodus of at Hungarian as a il reprisal for lor assassination tion ion 1011 of King Alexander of cached reached a total of 2608 2603 with arrival of f 90 more refugees at three Hunger Hungar- ian an frontier towns today Many Of the refugees are arc aged and andorne some ome are ill and facilities of frontier towns owns have been taxed to care for hem them The anger of Hungarians has mounted with the influx of expelled Two Tw of today's arrivals arrival Paul Bako Bake md Koloman charged that hey they were injured by the Serbian police po- po ice lice who they said brutally mis- mis them Anna Annil who was severely a af- af by her expulsion was taken to toi toa a i hospital as a result of a nervous breakdown upon arrival across the f tier Hungary Dee Dec 8 Rhe R- R command decided de- de The he Hungarian military today to sacrifice this be fur ul city rather than attempt to deC de- de C Continued on Pan Fact Two 4 t y 2 JY I r. r t FRANCE BACKS BAG KS SLAVS SLA VS IN CRISIS Italians Are Aligned With Wit Hungary at Geneva Conference Continued from Item Pace Pare One fend tend It in the thc event of an attack from across the border Only a n dozen small cannon protect prote the thc ancient city second largest i ithe in inthe inthe the country and its single re regiment regimen of artillery is supported by comparatively comparatively lively few infantrymen A As lies defenseless on a small plain the artillery comman command decided its first stand would be madin made mad in a hlll hilly wooded area about 15 mIles mile from the border Hungarian officials denied military reinforcements were being rushed toward the border It was pointed ou out that thai Hungarian artillery is restrIcted by treaty to a It limited num number r of ot sma small caliber guns Fear of attack b by armed Serb forces from rom the south has ha been bee considerably allayed A religious hoi holiday boll holi- day was marked by general quiet i ithe in t. t the e region As a few tew more Hungarian refugees refugee straggled across the thc frontier citizens citizen contributed liberally to their relief relict An up uproarious r 0 a r i 0 u 8 demonstration against by Hungarian un university university uni- uni students caused the posting o of heavy police guards as a precaution against further outbreaks The students parading and singIng waved Hungarian flags and shouted Down with Government officials gathered sworn statements attesting to invasion of or Hun Hungarian arlan territory by armed Serb forces Violation of Hungarian territory by military forces was em em- denied in Belgrade in a an announcement by the foreign min mm- laity W Witnesses es interviewed by govern govern- mont nent representatives told of Ing ng one border foray the night of No No- 25 in which penetrated penetrated pene pene- yards Into Hungarian ter ter- ter Another Invasion took place last las Thursday night the witnesses said Aroused by stories of ot the border Incidents farmers offered to organ Ize ze an emergency force of civil guards guard guardo to o defend Hungarian territory Mill MiU tary ary authorities declined the offer fearing earing It would lead lend to armed armed clashes BELGRADE D Dec 8 P A W-A A disposition tion ion to minimize the thc gravity of the friction between Hungary and Jugo Jugo- slavia was vas evident In government cirdes cir clr cir cir- cles des today Officials indicated a milder policy might be pursued in the expulsion of ot Hungarians a at al though hough it was planned to go ahead with the program of deporting those thos who had not renounced d their Hungarian Hungarian Hun Hun- garian citizenship At the thc same ame time a vigorous denial denia that hat troops had participated participate in n any military demonstration on th the Hungarian border was issued by th the foreign ministry There has been no mobilization whatever of ot our troops on the Hungarian Hungarian Hungarian Hun Hun- garian frontier a foreign ministry announcement said Our troops have not been reinforced rein rein- 1 forced by a single man since Octo October r 9 the date of the assassination o of King ing Alexander The ministry termed reports that tha troops had violated the Hungarian frontier an attempt b by Hungary to divert the worlds world's attention attention atten alien tion ion from protest to the league eague of ot nations against Hungary's complicity In the murder of our king While determined to complete the eviction of t r lize H Hungarians government Of officials Ucla Is said the me tees ees henceforth might be allowed additional ad ad- time to prepare for lor their removal The legality of the program was vas strongly defended but there were vere indications that the thc government desired to propitiate public opinion abroad broad BUDAPEST Doc Dee 8 B The P P The cabi net et withheld comment on the action of f In expelling ng hundreds of f Hungarian citizens as it turned Its attention on today loday to the relief relict of refu refu- gees ees An apparent willingness to allow popular indignation over the thc Jugo Jugo- slav lav p policy llcy to loi subside was seen in inthe inthe the he governments government's failure to issue a condemning the Newspapers were still enjoined from rom publishing accounts of ot the refugees refugees' refugees refugees' refu refu- gees gees' ees' ees arrivals likely to engender further furler fur fur- furl ther ler bitterness Dispatches from said military mill mill- tary ary authorities had declined an offer ofer of ol fer er by farmers to lo organize emergency guards for protection of the frontier against Invasion The fear vas was expressed that the activities of ol such uch groups might lead to armed con- con The number of ot refugees refugee officially reported to have ha entered Hungary was vas wa placed at 2436 Indications were however that a considerably larger number umber had found shelter sheler in villages along long the border and had not been officially checked MOSCOW Dec Dee 8 Soviet IV-Soviet Soviet J-Soviet Soviet newspapers news- news papers expressed jubilation toda today over vcr n of ot the La Litvinoff-La- L. val al al understanding for joint ne negotiations negolia- negolia ota with other powers for tor a regional eastern Europe Locarno pact and Pravda leading Rusan Russian Rus- Rus Ru- Ru Rusian sian an publications termed the accord a death blow to intrigues intrigue of ot powers pow pow- pw- pw ers which desire to obstruct French and nd Soviet rapprochement Pravda said sympathizers with pence peace all aU over over the world would wet wel come a realization of ot the thc eastern European Eu Eu- pact pact It I expressed the belief he he outcome of the conversations be be- tween Foreign Minister Laval and the Soviet commissar for foreign affairs assured the success of the he two governments governments' objectives Paul French minis minis- ter er of commerce who arrived hero here ea this week for economic parleys par par- leys eys has been making a careful study ot of f Soviet resources ROME Dec De 8 CJ Government W-Government of- of withheld further comment on onic the ic Balkan situation today pending receipt of further information of ot ac- ac on the Hungarian front r. r front Official qUArters however made madeno madeo no o secret of the thc concern with which they icy regarded the thc dispute Earlier Earler a government apok spokesman had ad expressed the view that the thc e trained strained situation along aloni the I Hungarian border was to b be b expected In n the thc circumstances He said that J had become aware that the ie decision of the thc council of ot th the thc league cague of nations on its it charges that Hungary was implicated d in the as- as of King Alexander would be c a compromise compromise I I |