Magyar külpolitika, 1930 (11. évfolyam, 1-7. szám)

1930 / 5. szám - Hungarian Possibilities in Foreign Politics

26 HUNGARIA LLOYD October 1930 Who has lost the most in the great war? The three maps shown below represent pre-war Germany, Bulgaria and Hungary On each of these maps we have market) in black the areas lost by virtue of the peace treaties The scale of all three maps is the same, the reader can, therefore easily draw a parallel between the losses of the three countries. Since the beginning of the Balkan wars the territory of Bulgaria has undergone several changes. Ultimately she has lost the area marked in black and obtained the black-dotted territory Germany 1. In Territory Country Before the Atter the Loss Country Square kllometres % Germany Bulgaria) Hungary •) In 1910 t 3ulgaria was 96 541. 000 112. 000 325. 000 betore the . 000 sq. km. 470. 000 103 000 93. 000 3alkan Wa 71. 000 9. 000 232. 000 the territ 13 10 72 ory of 2. In Population Country Before the war After the war Loss Country Germany (1910) Bulgaria*) (1915) Hungary 64, 926. 000 5, 500. 000 20, 886. 000 58, 450. 000 5, 070. 000 7, 516. 000 6, 476. 000 430. 000 13, 370. 000 64 , In 1910 the population of Bulgaria amounted, to 4. 329. 000 souls. Czechoslovakia would never have been created. To this we may add that none of the other Succession States either could have been established tin their present form. Why should it then be necessary to bring about the Treaty of Trianon? Why was it necessary to cut up the thousand year old Hungary, of which Michelet, the great French historian, expresses his opinion with the following question: ,, When shall we able to repay our debt of gratitude to the great Hungarian nation, the saver of the West". ' Perhaps geographical viewpoints justify the dissolution of the thousand year old unit ? Please examine the attached maps. In pre-war times Hungary was the model of a most perfect geographical unit. Rectus, the great French, geograph, made the following statement concerning it: „This country is a born country. " And history has justified the statement made by this great man, because nature is subject to the law of natural forces. The high range of the Carpathian mountains form a natural semi-circle which on the south is completed into a natural and logical unit by the water frontier of broad rivers. A territory so self-contained enforces its hues also an its political development. In the course of history Hungary's shape has many times — but always temporarily — undergone changes. Although it has never been as small as it is at present, Hungary often had to withdraw within her above mentioned natural frontiers. At other times she again extended her frontiers far beyond the enclosed semi-circle. There was a time when four sens