Anonymous

“ President Bacher of the biggest flour mill company, a millionaire, told us that he cannot get a single kilogram of flour for himself.
The saddest sight in all Budapest is begging, caused by war and by the destruction of economic life of the country as a result of the bolshevist episode. The streets are full of war invalids, clad in rags and barefooted, begging for something to eat. There are also thousands of children, terribly neglected, appealing to your mercy. ”

“ Not merely Jews, but all kinds of people go to the Czechoslovak legation, and Hodža is today one of the biggest persons in Budapest. His influence is immense and his word goes far. They look on him as the representative of one of the Great Powers, and many speak of him as the boss of Hungary.
Nobody pays attention to politics; there is general apathy toward all political questions. ”

“ Nobody is ashamed of begging; it has become a matter of course.
Roumanian field kitchens are besieged all day by crowds of all classes who beg for scraps of food; similar crowds are found around the Roumanian barracks.
The office of our diplomatic representative in Budapest, Mr. Hodža, is filled all day long with applicants for passports to our republic and with petitioners for help of all kind. Most of them are Jews, and that presents a serious problem to us. Jews from Hungary flock in thousands into our state. ”