Magyar News, 1994. szeptember-1995. augusztus (5. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1995-06-01 / 10. szám
GIVEN TO OTHER COUNTRIES TERRITORIES IN SQUARE KILOMETERS POPULATION 1. ).21 to Italy......................49,806 2. )............4,020 to Austria . 292,031 3. ) .........589 to Poland.................24,880 4. ) 61,633 to Czechoslovakia ...3$15,351 5. )............103,093 to Romania . 5,256,451 6. ) ....63,092 to Yugoslavia......4,132,851 (Croatia included) TOTAL 232.448.........................13,271370 ONLY 92,963 to Hungary...........7,615,117 against the Germans and eventually gained her independence from them. TACITUS: “WE HATE WHOM WE HURT’ In any society, the acid test of civilization is the respect for minority rights. The Great Powers attempted to guarantee these rights by making the successor states sign “minority treaties”, which outlined the language, religious, cultural and property rights of the minorities. For example, the minority treaty signed with Romania on the 9th of December, 1919 in Paris, a treaty guaranteed by the United States, Britain, France, Italy and Japan, stated tiie following: Article 8: “No restriction shall be imposed on the free use of any language.” Article 9 provided: “Equal rights to establish, manage aid control religious institutions, schools and other educational establishments.” In Aiticle 11: “Romania agrees to accord to the communities of the Szecklers (Hungarian Szekelys) and Saxons in Transylvania local autonomy in regard to scholastic and religious matters” Article 12: “Romania agrees that the stipulations in the foregoing Articles, constitute obligations of international concern. Similar treaties were signed with the other successor states, but none were ever enforced. In fact, the Great Powers looked the other way while the successor states attempted to “solve” their minority problems, first through denationalization, then by ethnic cleansing through deportations, expulsions, transfers, dispersions and other forms of uprooting. Hungarians had to choose between their nationality and their property: Because erf the savage oppression, intimidation and coercion, 350,000 Hungarians decided to leave all their possessions behind and flee to rump Hungary. The institutions and possessions of Hungarian communities were also targeted. In Transylvania alone, the Hungarian community lost 1,665 of her schools, including the world famous Janos Bolyai University, named after Einstein’s predecessor, the inventor of the new (non-Euclidean) geometry. THE PARIS PEACE TREATY On tiie 10th of February, 1947, the Great Powers had another opportunity to enforce the until then disregarded minority treaties. Border of Hungary before Trianon, Territory: 324,921 square kilometers THE TRIANON PEACE TREATY CUT UP HISTORICAL HUNGARY This map shows how the original historic territory of Hungary was cut up. It is amazing to see that Romania received a larger area than what was left for Hungary. The combined area given to Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia also exceeds what was left for Hungary. Hungary lost 71.4% of her former territory and 63.6% of the population. TERRITORIES GIVEN TO: 1. ) Mexico 2. ) Japan 3. ) Independent Indian Nation 4. ) Canada 5. ) Independent Afro-American Nation 6. ) Spain 7. ) France WHAT IF THE U.S.A. WAS DIVIDED BY A TREATY LIKE TRIANON? 3
