Papers and Documents relating to the Foreign Relations of Hungary, Volume 1, 1919–1920 (Budapest, 1939)

Appendix III. Parliamentary debates

i81 The peace treaties must be revised, not merely because they are inherently bad and untenable but also because conditions are changing. The situation today is in many respects different from what it was at the end of the war and if the Allied Powers understand this, they will themselves try to devise a means to accomplish quickly the revision of the peace treaties. (Approval.) In this connection I wish to inform the House that we have begun preparations for the work of the frontier delimitation commissions. I mentioned this matter when I submitted the peace conditions to the House and when I pointed out the broader powers conferred on these commissions by the lettre d'envoi. Now we have a whole department built up in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs working on the material concerning Hungary's frontiers. (Approval.) [The rest of the Prime Minister's address deals with internal problems. ] 6. Excerpts from the Minutes of the 118th meeting of the National Assembly, October 27, 1920. Records of the National Assembly, vol. 6, pp. 189. ff. Mr. Eugen Karafiáth : As one of the representatives of the county of Hont, considerable parts of which are at present under the administration of a foreign State, I feel it to be my duty to watch carefully what happens on the other side of the demarcation line. A few days ago several reliable and earnest men from the other side called on me and asked that I call the attention of the House to their sufferings. I realize that these atrocities can be stated in exaggerated terms. It is not my intention artificially to create an impression ; rather I should like to present to you some facts with the greatest objectivity . . . [After reading Articles 55, 58 and 59 of the Treaty of Trianon concerning the protection of minorities in Hungary] : I have taken the liberty of reading these treaty provisions in order to contrast the present behaviour of the Czechs in prohibiting throughout the former Hungarian territories under Czech administration the use of the Magyar language, in preven-