Fraternity-Testvériség, 1959 (37. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1959-10-01 / 10. szám
FRATERNITY 5 pain and torture under the lash of their beastly masters. The terrible fate of these 41 Hungarian ministers reached eventually to the ears of foreign Protestant powers, and it was they alone who Admiral Michael de Ruyler were instrumental in having the ministers released; although we must not discount the renewed attacks made by Protestant Transylvania upon the Habsburg power. The Dutch ambassador at Vienna was first instructed to intervene on their behalf. At this period Holland happened to be in alliance with Leopold I, so that after the repeated interchange of notes an agreement was finally reached. Both those in the galleys and those in prison were to be released, then all were to be given the choice either of turning Roman Catholic or of leaving their homeland for good. Then it only remained for the Dutch ambassador, Hamel Brui- ninx, with the help of the Swiss Welz brothers, to collect the huge sum of money necessary to buy the galley-slaves back from their masters. (To be continued)
