Baják László Ihász István: The Hungarian National Museum History Exhibition Guide 4 - The short century of survival (1900-1990) (Budapest, 2008)

Room 17. The Hungary of Trianon from the Election of the Regent to the Last Year of Peace (1920-1938). László Baják

In around 1920 a number of organisations operated quite apart from the League for the Protection of Territories, among them the Upper Hungary League, the Southland League, the Transylvanian Szekler-Hungarian Alliance and others. However, in the summer of 1921 István Bethlen dissolved and reorgaRevisionist propaganda leaflet, 1920s nised these organisations in the interest of foreign policy. But after the country re-won its total independence in 1927, irredentist propaganda became once again freer. It was at this time that the Revisionist League was formed, led by the writer Ferenc Herczeg and Tibor Eckhardt, which was closely connected with the strange story of the so-called Rothermere Action. At the instigation of the Duchess Stefánia Hohenlohe, the British press mogul Lord Rothermere printed in multiple copies in his newspaper the Daily Mail first one and then a series of articles in support of a revision of the Trianon Peace Treaty. Hungarian public opinion, and especially the Revisionist League, sang the lord's praises, and some even suggested that Rothermere should be crowned King of Hungary. In just a few days 1,200,000 people signed the letter of gratitude that was sent to Britain. Officially, the Hungarian government