Levéltári Közlemények, 39. (1968)

Levéltári Közlemények, 39. (1968) 1. - FORRÁSKÖZLÉS - Karsai Elek: Brit diplomáciai iratok az 1921. évi húsvéti királypuccs történetéhez / 105–139. o.

128 Karsai Elek After having made my report I again saw my friend and induced him to send a guarded telegram to the ex-Emperor warning him against his attempt. During his visit to Prangins my friend also heard that the Italians were attempting to arrange a marriage between Franz-Joseph, the son of the Archduke Joseph, and an Italian Princess with the object of putting the young Archduke on the throne of Hungary. This story was new to me but I have, since I returned to Vienna, learned from the Italian Minister that Franz Joseph passed the whole day at the Italian Legation when he passed through Vienna some two months ago» The Marquis della Torretta explained the fact by the close relations existing between the Archducal families and the Italian Court, and he added that the young man was in terror of being assassinated in the streets of Vienna and had begged to be allowed to remain in the Legation which he only left to go to the station. Finally my friend informed me that count Ottakar Czernin, former Minister for Foreign Affairs, had sought him out in Switzerland to warn him that Hungarian officers intended to upset the Austrian Government some time towards the middle of April and put a reactionary one in its place. My friend told the Count he had better speak to me, but he is not in Vienna and I have, therefore, been unable to see him. This story has so often cropped up that I was disinclined to attach any importance to it but a Hapsburg restoration in Hungary would create a new situation. There appears to be little doubt that the ex-Emperor left his principal supporters, both here and in Hungary, absolutely in the dark regarding his intentions. His representative here is a certain Baron Schager-Eckarts whom I know personally and who, I am convinced, is sincere in his denial of all knowledge of the journey. In fact he told me that, had he had any idea of it, he would at once have gone to Prangins to dissuade his master from the attempt. As regards the actual journey, it appears that Karl crossed the frontier into France on foot and got into a car which was waiting to take him to Srasbourg. From that town he travelled with a Spanish passport by train to Vienna, where he spent the night of the 25th

— 26th in the apartment of Count Thomas Erdődy. Next day he travelled by car to Steinamanger and crossed the Hungarian frontier by means of a Red Cross certificate made.out in English under the name of Codo. It is not yet clear whether this pass purported to be British or American. I have sent a copy of this despatch to His Majesty's High Commissioner at Budapest. I have the honour to be, with the highest respect My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant J. O. Lindley Három pldalas, gépelt tisztázat, Lindley sajátkezű aláírásával. — PRO FO 371. Hungary (21) 1921 — f. 180 — С 6800. — A jelentést 1921. április 4-én iktatták a Foreign Office-ban. Kivonat: Lindley március 29-én szerzett tudomást arról, hogy a volt uralkodó két nap óta Magyarországon tartózkodik. Utal az egy héttel ezelőtt Londonban kapott információra, részletesen leírja, mit hallott különböző időkben a volt uralkodó környezetének intrikáiról. A fentebb ismertetett Strutt információ még eddig nem említett részletei: a spanyol király támogatta Károlyt, a franciák szerint „a Habsburg restauráció az egyetlen lehetőség az Anschluss megakadályozására"; Bécsbe történt visszatérése után értesült arról, hogy József Ferenc, József főherceg fia két napot töltött a bécsi olasz követségen. Lindley véleménye szerint Károly sem ausztriai, sem magyarországi híveit tervéről nem tájékoztatta. Jelentésének befejező részében körvonalazza az exkirály útját Svájctól Magyarországig, — megemlíti, hogy angolnyelvű Vörös Kereszt igazolvánnyal rendelkezett. 16. Budapest, 1921. április 1. Mr. Hohler jelentése Earl Curzon-nak Károly kéréséről a francia cáfolat ügyében, a budapesti ántánt főmegbízottak által a magyar kormánynak nyújtott támogatásról My Lord, In my despatch number 159 I reported that General Berzevicsky had been arrested at Hajmáskér. This is erroneous; the person who was arrested was a certain Mr. Benicsky, who