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

Documents

1920 227 No. 189. i5oi,/poi. The Secretary General of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Kánya, to the Representative of the Hungarian Government in Belgrade, Mr. Wodianer. [TRANSLATION] BUDAPEST, March 16, 1920. I took note with satisfaction of your report No. 82/res.

1 of March 5th concerning the arrest of General Ybl and communicated its content to the competent authorities. I am now informed by the army command that the Serb authorities do not treat General Ybl in a manner befitting his rank. He is treated as an ordinary criminal. His cell in the prison of Zombor contains only a cot. He is not even allowed to shave and only with great difficulty is he permitted to receive food from outside. You are requested to take immediate steps to improve the treatment of General Ybl and to report the outcome of your intervention. No. 190. 2386/pol. The Prime Minister, Mr. SimonyiSemadam, to the Parliamentary Committee of the British Trade Union Congress. Telegram. BUDAPEST, March ..., 1920.

2 Having taken office on sixteenth instant as Hungarian Premier it is only now that I have received your telegram addressed to my predecessor

3 under date of twelfth instant.

4 From contents of this message Hungarian Government painfully gathers how malevolently certain factors endeavour to influence opinion of foreign countries concerning present Government of this country and to render impossible sound judgement. In order to definitely remove this inconvenience and to facilitate just appreciation of our cause, Hungarian Government would be glad if 1 Supra, Doc. No. 167. 2 The exact date of this communication could not be ascertained. 3 Huszár. 4 Supra, Doc. No. 183,