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

Documents

1920 209 situation so that the psychological considerations hampering Polish action no longer exist and Poland could safely come to our assistance, not merely in our, but primarily in Poland's own well-conceived interests (common frontier, economic advantages, etc.). I regard it very important that you put the matter from this angle to the competent Polish statesmen and that you endeavour, by constant and insistent urging, to move the Poles from their benevolent passivity to active support of Hungary. No. 195. 1754/pol. The Acting Representative of the Hungarian Government in Belgrade, Mr. Magyary, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Simonyi-Semadam. [TRANSLATION] No. 107,/res. BELGRADE, March 20, 1920. With reference to my report No. 82/res. of March 5th,

1 I am enclosing herewith the note

2 received from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in reply to my intervention in this matter. This reply contradicts in some respects the encouraging declarations made to me by Mr. Rasic, the chief of the Political Department of the Foreign Office, and by General Pesic which are summarized in the above report. This is the more surprising because, since that time, the British minister

3 has made repeated representations on behalf of General Ybl. I learned from the counsel of General Ybl, who was in Belgrade, that the prosecution against the General is the consequence of personal vengeance. Among those persecuting Ybl are George Nikolics, an attorney at Zombor, who was a hostage at the beginning of the World War. This man declared in public that when he testifies he will „finish" General Ybl because the latter threatened him with hanging in 1914. General Ybl denied this statement and stated that he does not even know Nikolics. Another enemy of the General is Dr. David Konyovics, 1 Supra, Doc. No. 167. 3 Young. 2 Supra, Doc. No. 180. 14