orking man outworks and therefore
undersells or can undersell the English working man. The nation whose
working men are ready to do most work is the most fortunate in 1921.
If Hungary can avoid indemnities and export taxes she is likely to do
well. The Government will no doubt undergo many changes, and most
people believe that the King is bound to come back. By popular vote he
probably would--just as Constantine did in the Greek elections. But
external opposition is too great. If Czechs and Serbs quarrelled it
would be different. International animosity and the general ill-will
militate most against the peaceful development of the new Hungary.

Budapest no doubt will always win friends for the country of which it
is the capital. Capitals can be of enormous service to states in the
matter of silent propaganda. A handsome comfortable city of impressive
buildings will always predispose foreigners in favour of the country
itself. On the other hand, an inadequate capital will be a hindrance
to a state. In this respect, Belgrade, as it is to-day, is a handicap
to Jugo-Slavia. But Budapest will help Hungary enormously.

What a glamour there is upon Budapest in the evening, with myriads of
lights on each side of the gliding Danube. Formerly one arrived under
the grand bridges in a house-boat at night and came alongside the stone
quays, and without passports or customs walked up into one of the
gayest and brightest cities of Europe. But now the Danube, mother of
mighty countries, is enchanted and enthralled. When will she be
disenchanted again?

LETTERS OF TRAVEL

VIII. FROM VIENNA

At Budapest you begin to suspect that you are in Europe; at Vienna you
are sure of it--with its great array of fine shops, full of elegancies
and delectable grandeur which leave Paris and New York in the shade.
The whole press of Europe seems to have "written up" Vienna as "the
ruined city" and "the end of a great capital," and even at
Constantinople where terrible affliction was constantly before the
eyes, the fiction held that Vienna was even worse. You are, therefore
agreeably surprised to find the wheels of modern civilization running
smoothly--a well-dressed, easy-going people on the streets and in the
cafes, every business house working to full capacity, and all at first
glance going well. The children, and especially those of the working
class, look healthy and full of life. Starving Vienna seems somewhat
of a myth