Chapter 382： Hungarian Revolution

Edel picked up the telegram, which surprised him. Yes, this was a surprise. The telegram said that Hungary had a revolution and the establishment of Soviet power. Edel looked at this telegram from Hungary and could only say that God helped me.

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

Four years of war brought huge disasters to the Hungarian people. The Hungarian ruling class organized 3.5 million troops to participate in the war. On average, one out of every six people in the country participated in the war. Among them, 661,000 died and 734,000 were captured.

The production level was greatly reduced compared with that before the war. For example, the agricultural harvest in 1918 was only equal to 60% of the prewar. Workers’ wages have also fallen, and steel workers’ wages have fallen by 52% compared to before the war.

Commodities are extremely scarce and food supply is very difficult. For example, in January 1918, in large cities, it was stipulated that every adult should be provided with 100 grams of bread per day. In June, the quota was reduced to 82 grams, and the supply was often not available. In small cities, there is no rationed supply at all, and the masses of people are hungry and cold, struggling with death.

Dissatisfaction among the people is gathering in this situation. Among them, on November 25, 1917, a parade of 100,000 people broke out in Budapest. Regardless of the government's ban, people held a rally in the city square. They chanted: "Down with the war!" "We want peace!"

However, the Austro-Hungarian government used softness to suppress the will of the people.

However, in this rally, the ultra-left socialist Otto Colvin, Sharay Imre and others, and the leftist Landelier of the publicly active Hungarian Social Democratic Party (founded in 1890) , Which established a connection. They promoted their ideas among the industrial and mining, enterprises, trade unions, and soldiers in the front and rear, and the effect was not bad.

Then, in January 1918 and June 1918, there were two consecutive strikes and rallies, each of which was larger than the other.

In July, the Hungarian government represented by Tisza could no longer hold up in the face of the national independence movement that broke out one after another in various places. He could only step down in the face of the resentment of the turbulent people. Then a coalition government formed by parties such as the Independence Party and the Social Democratic Party for 48 years was established in Budapest.

However, the new government has not resolved major issues. For example, the land issue has not been resolved at all, the equal rights of ethnic minorities, and democratic reforms. This made the people’s grievances unable to be counteracted. At this time, Lenin, who was busy with the civil war, saw the direction of shifting pressure. He released the Hungarian Communist Party, headed by Bella Kuhn, and gave it a batch of funds. Let go of the revolutionary cause in Hungary.

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

This Kuhn Bella, whom Lenin had high hopes for, was also a worthy figure. He was born in Transylvania and graduated from the Law Faculty of Kolozhvar University. Be a reporter. Joined the Hungarian Social Democratic Party in 1902.

After the outbreak of the war, he was conscripted into the army, captured in Russia in 1916, and joined the Russian Social Democratic Labor 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 its leader. It can be seen from his experience that he is a person 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.

Bela Kuhn, who had been in Russia and participated in the revolution personally, certainly knew the importance of propaganda, so he established the Red News within a month. Vigorously advocating Lord Lenin and the Russian Revolution, advocating that the Hungarian poor should be allocated land and workers' salaries should be increased.

Therefore, under its enchantment, the Hungarian Communist Party has developed rapidly. A month later, it has grown from a small organization that is not well-known to a large party in the country. In the ensuing time, the Hungarian Communist Party grew like a snowball.

Bella Kuhn used this time to form his own armed red guard in an attempt to use it to seize power.

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

This made Bella Kuhn more confident, and the government released multiple conflicts.

For example, on December 25, 1918, in Ketchikmet, cavalry under the influence of the Communist Party occupied the barracks and disarmed the officers. On the 26th, in Budapest, workers had a **** clash with the government's armed police. Some people were injured or killed. On the 31st, in some of the largest barracks in Budapest, there was another **** clash between troops affected by the Communist Party and troops loyal to the government.

By late January 1919, armed conflicts became more frequent in Budapest and the provinces. In order to strengthen the control of the army, the government ordered the disarming of soldiers affected by the Communist Party. But by this time it was too late, and the Communist Party's armed forces had grown bigger and the government's attempts had failed.

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 belonged, together with the soldiers affected by it, used their weapons in their hands to first occupy the fort on the Guerel Mountain and control the center of the capital from a high level.

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

The insurgents also surrounded the two groups of Moroccan troops stationed in Budapest by France ~ www.novelhall.com ~ so that they could not move in the barracks. That's it, the Hungarian Communist Party captured Budapest.

And Edel saw this telegram, which was sent back by Romania in the Hungarian intelligence organization.

Edel looked at the telegram, but he was concerned about the reaction of the Allies. If they insist on intervening by themselves, what should they do?

After thinking about it for a long time, Edel couldn't figure it out, and then ordered the guards: "Call Admiral Pree, there are important things to do."

Looking at the leaving attendant, Edel thought about the disarmament report that was made some time ago, and couldn't help but laugh. It is estimated that Preyssan will be furious for the actions of the Hungarians.

But what benefits should Romania get from this this time?

Edel patrolled the Tisza River line on the map, and simply asked the Allies to confirm that the territory belonged to Romania. Regarding the delay in negotiating the demarcation of Hungarian territory, Edel was still a little worried.

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