The Jewish Bolsheviks, who formed a sort of Administration at
Budapest in March when Count Karolyi resigned in despair. have collapsed. The Alliesfirst tried conciliation, sending General Smuts to find out whether Bela Kun and his confederates would observe the Armistice. As the Bolsheviks proclaimed their alliance with Lenin and began to attack the Rumanians and the Czechs, the Allies promptly set the armies in motion. The Rumanian and Czech forces, supported by French and Serbian troops, advanced on Budapest. The Bolshevik mercenaries, though expert in robbing and murdering civilians, showed no desire to fight,. The regular Magyar troops, refusing to take orders from Jewish adventurers, joined the invaders. The occupation of Budapest will clear the air, and give the decent Magyars an opportunity of reorganizing their State, which, instead of being a powerful monarchy, will henceforth be a small peasant republic. If Hungary had been occupied by the Allies in November last, much trouble would have been saved.
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