'v-; /. ’ - 86 was not in a position to take cognizance of the decision of the Peace Conference and flatly refused to execute the decisions of the Supreme Counsel and passes the power into the hands of Bela Kuhn’s communists, with the intention of letting loose a general bolchevik revolution in the centre of Europe, which joining hands with the Russian soviets was to turn over the order of the State in the East of Europe, and after that with the help of Germany to spread the cataclysmeall over the West. In front of such a situation created in Hungary, the Supreme Counsel in the wish of reestablishing as soon as possible peace in Central Europe, sends General Smuts to Buda-Pest who proposes an agreement to the Hungarian Government on April the 4 th 1919. The Hungarian Government sees in general Smuts mission, a sign of weakness on the part of the Entente and proposes inacceptable terms while the Allies seeing the insuccess of the mission, maintain on the one part the blockade against Hungary, and on the other decide to undertake a common military action, considering it oven necessary to conclude a convention with Roumania in April 1919 for: 1) To assure the execution of the military convention of Belgrade of Nov. the 13 th 1918, and of the decision of the Superior Council of war dated Feb. 26" 1919, concerning the neutral zone betiueen Hungary and Roumania. b) In futur to execute the decisions of the Peace Conference in reference to the decisions conditions and armistices mentioned above. 2) To oppose the defensive barrier against bolchevism jointly with the Tcheco Slovak and Polish Allied armies. The Roumanian armies whose general mobilization was yxearly complete will act with the Allied armies in the East for the above objets. The Hungarians who were in permanent communications with the Russian soviets continued their provocations which in the month of July became more and more violent and when numerous attacks took place along the Tisza. At the same time as their military preparation, the Hungarians fomented plots, and began an intense propaganda in the whole of Central Europe and es - pecially in Roumania were they hoped at the same time as the offensive ot the Tisza to provoke a revolution. On this account the Supreme Counsel on July the 10 th 1919, invites the president of the Roumanian delegation at the Peace Conference, to come and confer with him on Friday July the 11 th 1919, on the eventuallity of mili tary measures to be taken against Hungary, ai d on Ju'y the 11 th the Council meets under the presidency of Mr Clemenceau at which also Marshal Foch at tended. (Annex 23). At this Conference the delegates of the other succeeding States refused to give their military assistance for several reasons, and only Roumania did not bargain and offered to give several divisions which made Mr Clemenceau say: * Roumania offers her divisions and asks nothing in eschange*. The Hungarians however who knew what the Allies were preparing,