Romanian Eagle

Edel picked up the telegram and was pleasantly surprised by its contents. Yes it was a surprise, the telegram said there had been a revolution in Hungary and a Soviet regime had been established. Eder looked at the telegram from Hungary and could only say that God helped me.

In this telegram, the process of the Hungarian revolution is described in detail.

The four-year war has brought huge disasters to the Hungarian people. The Hungarian ruling class organized 3.5 million troops to take part in the war, with an average of one in every six people participating in the war, of which 661,000 were killed and 734,000 captured.

The production level was greatly reduced compared to the pre-war level, for example, the agricultural harvest in 1918 was only equal to 60% of the pre-war level. Workers' wages also fell, with steel workers' wages down 52 percent from pre-war levels.

Commodities are extremely scarce and food supplies are very difficult. For example, in January 1918, in large cities, it was stipulated that every adult should supply 100 grams of bread per day. In June, this ration was reduced to 82 grams, and it was often not enough. In small cities, there is no rationed supply at all, and the vast majority of people are suffering from hunger and cold, struggling to death.

People are gathering in dissatisfaction under such circumstances. Among them, on November 25, 1917, a march of 100,000 people broke out in Budapest. In defiance of the government's ban, people held rallies in the city square, chanting slogans: "Down with the war!" "We want peace!"

However, at that time, the Austro-Hungarian government used Huairou methods to suppress the will of the people.

However, in this rally, the far-left socialists Otto Colvin, Sharay Imre and others, and the leftist Landrell of the openly active Hungarian Social Democratic Party (established in 1890) and others , thus establishing a connection. They spread their ideas among mines, enterprises, trade unions, and soldiers on the front and rear, and with good results.

Then in January 1918 and June 1918, two strike rallies broke out in a row, and each was larger than the other.

After the time came to July, the Hungarian government represented by Tiza could no longer hold on to the national independence movements that broke out one after another in various places. He could only step down in the face of turbulent public resentment. Then a coalition government formed by parties such as the Independence Party and the Social Democratic Party in 1948 was established in Budapest.

However, the new government has not solved major problems, such as the land issue, the equal rights of ethnic minorities and democratic reforms. This made it impossible to offset the grievances of the people. At this time, Lenin, who was busy with the civil war, saw the direction of shifting the pressure. He released the Hungarian Communist Party headed by Bela Kuhn and others, and also gave it a batch of funds to let it go. Let go of the revolutionary cause in Hungary.

In September 1918, Bella Kuhn returned to Hungary from Soviet Russia with a group of Communists who had participated in the Russian Revolution.

The Kuhn Bella, whom Lenin had high hopes for, is also a remarkable figure. Born in Transylvania, he graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Kolozhvar. Worked as a reporter. In 1902 he joined the Hungarian Social Democratic Party.

Conscripted after the outbreak of the war, captured in Russia in 1916, joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1917. In March 1918, he founded the Hungarian Communist Group directly under the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Brazzaville) and served as the leader. It can be seen from his experience that he is a character who is good at seizing opportunities.

As soon as Bella Kuhn returned to Hungary, he used some left-wing social democrats, socialists, and prisoners of war returned from Russia to form the Hungarian Communist Party.

Bella Kuhn, who had lived in Russia and had personally participated in the revolution, knew the importance of propaganda, so within a month he set up the "Red". He vigorously advocated for Lord Lenin and the Russian Revolution, and advocated the division of land for the Hungarian poor and increased wages for workers.

Therefore, under its fascination, the Hungarian Communist Party developed rapidly, and within a month, it developed from a small organization that was unknown to the country into a large political party in the country. In the ensuing time, the Hungarian Communist Party grew like a snowball.

And Bella Kuhn used this time to form his own armed Red Guards in an attempt to use it to seize power.

Not only that, but he also received strong support from Russia, Hungarian soldiers captured by the Russian army during the war. These Hungarian soldiers who had been trained by the Russians and fought against the Russian Provisional Government Army numbered as many as 100,000 in the Russian Civil War. Under Lenin's order, more than half of them returned to Hungary one after another through various methods and joined the armed forces of the Hungarian Communist Party.

This made Bella Kuhn even more confident, and successively released many conflicts with the government.

For example, on December 25, 1918, in Kchikmet, Communist-influenced cavalry occupied the barracks and disarmed the officers. On the 26th, in Budapest, there were bloody clashes between workers and government armed police, resulting in some casualties. On the 31st, in some of the largest barracks in Budapest, there was another bloody clash between communist-influenced troops and troops loyal to the government.

By late January 1919, armed conflicts were becoming more frequent in Budapest and in the provinces. The government ordered the disarmament of Communist-influenced soldiers in order to tighten its grip on the army. But by this time it was too late, and the Communist Party's armed forces had already made the government's attempt to fail.

At this time, Bella Kuhn saw the opportunity to seize power and launched an armed uprising on February 28. The Red Guards to which it belongs, plus the soldiers under its influence, took advantage of the weapons in their hands to first occupy the fort on Mount Galier, commanding the center of the capital from a commanding position.

Then they disarmed the gendarmerie and police, and quickly occupied various strategic strongholds, stations, bridges, post offices and government ministries throughout Budapest.

The insurgents also surrounded two French regiments of Moroccan troops in Budapest, immobilizing them in the barracks. That's it, the Hungarian Communist Party took Budapest.

And Eder saw this telegram, which was sent back by Romania's intelligence organization in Hungary.

Eder looked at the telegram, but he was concerned about the reaction of the Allies. What if they insist on intervening on their own?

After thinking about it for a long time and having no clue, Edel instructed the guard: "Call the Admiral of Mount Pulie here, there are important things to do."

Looking at the leaving attendant, Edel couldn't help laughing when he thought about the disarmament report he made some time ago. It is estimated that Prieshan will be furious for the Hungarians' move.

But what benefits should Romania get from this this time?

Eder looked back and forth along the Tisza River on the map, and simply asked the Allies to confirm that the territory belonged to Romania. Eder was still a little worried about the delay in negotiating the division of Hungarian territory.

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