Fraternity-Testvériség, 1960 (38. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1960-06-01 / 6. szám
2 FRATERNITY country accepted only because its borders were surrounded by such “good neighbors”, who were ready at the slightest move — with the pious consent of the “peace-makers” — to bite off even bigger chunks of the agonizing nation. But Hungary survived even that. She got to her feet. And she hoped that those victorious powers which, with the contradiction and mockery of Wilson’s 14 points, paralyzed: a thousand- year-old nation and upset the balance of Europe and the whole world, would realize some day their fatal mistakes and, amending the terrible injustices, would create — in their own interest — such a situation that would prevent further tragedies. However, they did not do that, but, as a residt of manipulations that were always too little and too late, exploded another horrible world war, which exceeded the first cataclysm a thousand times in destruction. As a result of her tragic geographical and geopolitical circumstances, Hungary, that small country whose wounds from the First World War were just beginning to heed, became involved in the Second Woriel War as an “unwilling satellite”, ageiin on the losing side. And now she had to peiy ein even more dreadful price for it. For now she was given a “peace” that mocked not only the famous points of Wilson, full of lofty ideas, but eilso the “Atlantic Charter”. After the “liberation”, proclaimed in the triumphed, frenzy, not one of the equally celebrated “four freedoms” of the Charter were effected in those territories where Asiatic hordes were set upon not only the guilty but also the victims of the war. Among the latter were the forlorn, brotherless Hungarians. But the once-committed, injustice will strike back. It will take its revenge. Much more so if it is committed not only once but twice in the life span of a human being. The victors punished themselves along with the vanquished. For they also do not have peace. And that so-called life with freedom from fear does not exist anywhere. Nowhere in this whole wide world. Fear of each other and the future set free such great and previously unknown powers, through science, that the possibility of their being used for destruction now fills the victor, the vanquished, big and small nations, free and captive countries, with terror. And what the future will bring is covered with dark and secret clouds, such as never before loomed over this earth. We Hungarians, whose eyes were sharpened to keener vision by the forced standing on guard for a thousand years, see and
