Hirünk a Világban, 1955 (5. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1955-01-01 / 1-4. szám
HÍRÜNK A VILÁGBAN OUR REPUTATION IN THE WORLD /Cont.from page 27/ Former Premier Ferenc Nagy made a lecture tour in Asia, and visited the Philippines, Hongkong, Thailand, Burma, India, and Pakistan. Everywhere he received detailed press coverage. In Manila, where he was received by President Magsaysay, Nagy lectured before the Overseas Press Club and. suggested the following conV di.tions for peaceful co-existence: 1. right of self-dew»-* mination for every natio- of the world; this means scrapping the old colonies as well as the new Soviet empi$j?: 2. disarmament of nations under international supervision, possible only if the Soviet opens its borders; and 3. a guarantee that the Soviet Onion will stop supporting the communist and other subversive movements all over the world. Before the Bandung Conference, Ferenc Nagy had in Karachi an opportunity to negotiate with Mohammad Ali, Prime Minister of Pakistan, with Nasser, Prime Minister of Egypt and with the Turkish and Ceylonese ambassadors. In his lecture, delivered before the Institute of International, Affairs of Pakistan, he pointed out that, ■ while the western powers liberated six hundred million Asiatics from colonial oppression, the Soviet Union conquered and enslaved some one hundred million Europeans. * In connection with our discussion of foreign opinion about Hungarian literature, Biriink a Világban announces an English translation contest, with a first prize of 100 dollars. Translators may choose between two Hungarian short stories: Moricz’S Bet krajcar,' and Kosztolányi’s Furdes. Professors Lamont and Remenyi, and Mr. Sziklay will be judges of the contest. In this issue, Dr. William H.F.Lamont, Professor of English literature at Rutgers University, and Messrs. Sziklay, Major and Padanyi Gulyas continue the literary discussion. Professor Lamont compiled a list of thirty Hungarian novels, and asks our réagîtes to answer the following que^^ons: 1. Which further novefll|should be included? 2. Which ar^ the ten best Hungar ^p-^ls? 3. Which one among fet >e ten is important enough to be^ncluded among the Fifty Masterpieces of Vtorld Literature? Andor Sziklay, in the second part of his article. On the problems of translating, discusses actual problems of the subject, Gergely Hajnóczy, in his study, Bungarian Experience Abroad, analyses the ideas of a Hungarian living in exile, who is exposed to the opinions of foreigners about Hungarians. * The activities of thirty two Hungarian scholars and experts are reported. Professor József Remenyi celebrated the 25th anniversary of his teaching career; John von Neumann, eminent mathematician, became member of the Atomic Energy Commission; Theodor von Karman was awarded the Mright Brothers Memorial Trophy and named a member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, in Rome. In Hungary, Oszkár Asboth was awarded the Paul Tissandier Diploma for 1954 by the International Association of Aviation. Oszkár Asboth built the first helicopter of the world in 1928. The column, Mestern Observer, gathers news from forty five countries about the success of Hungarian artists, life of the Hungarian émigrés, and Hungarian references to be found in recently published books. The policy of tolerance, which had lasted for almost two years in Hungary, came to an end with the recent downfall of Malenkov. For that short time, however, Hungary was accessible through the Iron Curtain, ' and foreigners could get a glance at the unified resistance of the Hungarian people against the communist usurpers. Probably the most significant document in this respect was the series published in the B eue Zürcher Zeitung during the summer of 1954. This report shows, among other things, that "workers, employees, tradesmen and peasants agree on one important point: they are completely immune to the ideology and the propaganda of Communism and they refute passionately the Government of today. During my fortnight'S stay, aside from a few functionaries of the press department, I scarcely met anybody who could be called a convinced Communist. In view of the impenetrable wall of silence and contempt the people have erected, the ardor of the propagandists has obviously weakened. Today, • the number of convinced Party members is no longer able to accomplish the daily task in plants and schools which would be necessary to break the resistance of the people. The Communist regime in Hungary not only lacks the mass base, but also an ideological advance guard. It can survive only because of the presence of foreign troops. " HÍRÜNK A VUAGBAN Hungarian Bimonthly Szerkeszti : Csicaery. Rónay István • Megjelenik kéthavonta Szerkesztőség és kiadóhivatal: 'P. O. Box 1005, Washington 13., DC., U.S.A
