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

Appendix III. Parliamentary debates

959 and November, 1918. (Comments: „Yes, but just in the opposite direction!") Declarations were made by the people but they were in both directions ... The resolution of Rózsahegy had its own counter-resolution and the Germans resolved in one direction exclusively . .. Jakab Bleyer, Minister of National Minorities: In favour of Hungary. (Applause.) Count Paul Teleki : ... and we know who were the selfappointed delegates who passed the resolution of Gyulafehérvár. (Voices : „And what fees they have pocketed !" Approval.) Consequently the reasoning of the Accompanying Letter cannot stand scrutiny. In my opinion the decision of the Peace Conference would have had more authority if instead of such fallacious reasoning, it had been supported by a simple reference to the will of the Allies — although that would have appeared to us just as cruel. (Approval.) And perhaps it would have been better if they had treated us in that manner, for now they create in us the impression that, despite some change of political mentality, official circles abroad are still guided by the feeling that punishment must be meted out; a feeling the existence of which was admitted on March 3 in the [British] House of Lords. (Approval.) And despite the assertion in the Accompanying Letter that the voluminous documentation presented by the Hungarian Peace Delegation was carefully considered, I am inclined to believe it has not been studied by everyone with the care it deserved. (Approval.) Otherwise I can hardly conceive that Lord Crawford, speaking for the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the House of Lords, could have made the, I may say, bold statement that Hungarian officials and teachers assisting them altered statistical figures in the interest of the Magyars. (Voices: „Libel!") He could not have said this had he read our notes and memoranda of which I wish to mention but three (Hear! Hear!) in order that my statements refuting his assertion may not appear to be without solid foundation. From among the three memoranda, the first is that which was enclosed with our note regarding Transylvania. It is true that this note had fifteen annexes which may have escaped the attention of some of these gentlemen. This memorandum proved that while the Rumanians utilized every conceivable means to change and to explain statistical figures presented to the Peace Conference, they were unable to show any significant, or as they liked to call it, „very significant", difference between their own and the official Hungarian statistics. Rather they were forced to create an impression by the colour scheme of their maps.