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Levéltári Közlemények, 43. (1972) 2. - FORRÁSKÖZLÉS - Kanyar József: Brit diplomáciai iratok a magyarországi földreformok történetéhez, 1920–1945 / 403–417. o.

410 ; Kanyar József Assembly, and much oratory and explaining away of awkward facts has resulted, but for the moment nothing serious in the nature of a ministerial crisis need be anticipated. I gather that M. Szabó Nagyatádi made his speech with two objects in view, firstly to rally his supporters who were beginning to mistrust the Cabinet company he was keeping, and also to hearten his electioneering agents throughout the country, and secondly he was not unwilling to show both to The Governor and the Prime Minister that the Government of the country cannot be conducted on any lines of which he and his party do not approve both Count Ráday, the Minister of Interior, and M. Tomcsányi, the Minister of Justice, have seemed lately to be forgetful of this fact, and the Czegléd speech can be looked upon as a sharp rap over the knuckles of the more aristocratic and reactionary members of the Government, given in the hope that these gentlemen may understand they are only tolerated on sufferance by the Small Landowners' Party on account of their superior administrative ability. I have the honour to be, with the highest respect, My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient, humble Servant PRO FO С 12706111489121. 3. Budapest, 1923. augusztus 16. John Balfour budapesti brit főmegbízott jelentése a földreform törvény novelláris módosításának problémáiról My Lord, With reference to my despatch No. 360. of the 10-th instant, I have the honour to report that the Amendment Act to the Land Reform Bill, submitted by the Minister of Agriculture to the National Assembly on Thursday the 9-th instant, consists of 27 articles, and aims, according to article 1, at securing the speedy and precise execution of the Land Reform Bill for the allotment of land to those who are entitled to it. In order to attain this end the competent authorities will be instructed to avoid all superflous formalities in matters concerning land reform. As regards the right to acquire land, the Act stipulates that those persons shall als be entitled to receive building sites who possess a house jointly with other people, and also those agricultural labourers who do not yet possess and independent income, provided that they have nonourably fulfilled their military service and are able to perform independent agricultural labour. War orphans even if they are minors may receive building sites without conforming to the above conditions. All those agricultural labourers must receive land who deserve the privilege, and have lost their employment whilst the Land Reform Bill was being carried out. The competent authorities will have to determine how many servants landowners must maintain' after the execution of the Land Reform Bill, and this minimum of staff may not be decreased during the first six years. Small farmers or tenants must also receive land who possess sufficient material means adequately to cultivate a small family estate,. The expression "family estate" is not defined in figures, but is to be taken to mean a piece of land, whose produce suffices for an average sized industrious family possessing the necessary means of production. The area of these estates will vary according to the soil. At he Act also regulates all questions relating to the Land Regulation Court. Article 6 deals with the pre-emption right of the State. Should the Minister of Agriculture wish to exercise this right, he is bound to state the purpose for which he claims the property required by the State. Should a change take place in the valuation of the currency during the period between the conclusion and the carrying into effect of a contract of sale, the Land Regulation Court must fix the purchase money in accordance with the latest rate of the Krone. This stipulation, however, does not refer to sales carried out before the Law came into force, neither will it be applied when the State exercises a pre-emption right in cases where the landowner did not acquire his estate in order to cultivate it, but for speculative purposes. The pre-emption right of the State must not be exercised as regards estates with factories or mines. The area of estates exempt from the stipulations of the Land Reform will be reduced by the present Act to half the area laid down in the original Bill. No exemption will be granted in cases W. A. Johnson Acting for High Commissioner