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

Appendix III. Parliamentary debates

98? in principle to permit the return of those expelled and only the details of carrying this into effect have yet to be agreed upon

1.. . I wish to emphasize that this is not all that the Government intends to do. We will continue to watch the situation with the greatest attention and we shall not miss a single opportunity to have these conditions changed. (General approval.) This refers not only to the Magyar - speaking peoples in Northern Hungary but also

—as I assured you the other day — to our co-nationals who, although not speaking Hungarian, have for a thousand years been loyal citizens of this country. (General applause.) [The House resolved to accept the Minister's reply.] 8. Excerpts from the Minutes of the National Assembly, 128th Meeting, November 13, 1920. Records of the National Assembly, vol. 7, pp. 4 ff. The Speaker : The Reporter of the Foreign Affairs Committee wishes to address the House. Mr. Charles Huszár : I am compelled to perform a cruelly sorrowful duty in recommending to the House on behalf of the Foreign Affairs Committee the adoption of the statute ratifying the Treaty of Peace of Trianon. I should like to propose on this occasion, with your permission, the following declaration : „The National Assembly, in deciding to assent to the ratification of the Trianon Treaty, declares before God, and appealing to the conscience of humanity, that it considers the peace document as being based on false data, unjust and contrary to the interests of humanity ; that this treaty is not the result of an agreement reached through the bilateral examination of facts and interests, but is unilaterally imposed on us by alien forces ; therefore, the National Assembly assents to its ratification solely because of this irresistible pressure. By its assent, under the circumstances, the National Assembly cannot impose any obligations on territories which are not herein represented. The National Assembly does not give up the hope that the return of normal 1 Cf. Docs. Nos. 716 and 752.