Verhovayak Lapja, 1937. január-június (20. évfolyam, 1-26. szám)

1937-03-27 / 13. szám

VOLUME XX. ENGLISH EDITION march 27, 1937 No. 3 1848-------TRIANON ... 1920 Stephen K. Huzianyi In a supreme crisis it can be seen whether the senti­ment of patriotism is de­voutly cherished in the hearts of the people. This is weighed when a nation is chained, when its territories are under foreign invasion that its people, both at home and abroad — no matter to what corners of the globe they have gone — that they treasure and foster the work begun, the task of their forefathers. We turn to the history of the Hungarian nation dur­ing the last hundred years for it is those mournful events which have transpir­ed that we feel the bitter pain of agony. The first Hungarian War for Inde­pendence in 1848-1849. In­stantly, we link the great heroes —- Kossuth, Petőfi, Kölcsey, Batthyányi, Csanyi and others — for such pa­triots can never be seperated from Hungary; they have left this world but their un­daunted souls remain with us. They enkindled the spark in the hearts of the Hungarian nation; they lit that spark which moved the people desiring armed ex­pression against the despotic Habsburg dynasty, the reign­ing House of the Austro- Hungarian Empire; fo.r the Emperor of Austria was the King of Hungary. It was a sad misfortune that befell the Hungarian nation in 1527 when the St. Stephen Crown of Hungary was transferred upon the un­worthy heads of the Habs­burg rulers who are char­acterized by perfidy and faithlessness. All their pro­mises of adherence to the Hungarian Constitution of 1222 was treacherous and black as were their very souls. These so-called rul­ers of Hungary — these Habsburgs were heartless, following despotic principles and governed by the Aus­trian Camarilla. Each rul­er in turn, found a way to plot and to exterminate the ideals for which Hungarian patriots had for centuries so uobly given of their life­blood for humanity. Each Habsburg ruler in turn, like a dragon, encircled Hungary from where wailings and tears of the lacerated echoed into the very abode of the despised Habsburgs. But the. spark of Hungarian free­dom — that freedom which was trampled upon by these foreign rulers — the spark of Hungarian freedom took form; it set with unswerving aims in the hearts of each Hungarian generation that passed after the fateful year of 1527. In 1802. on April 27, in Monok, Zemplenmegye, was born Louis Kossuth. His education was in a school at Ujhely, and later at the Cal­vinist college of Sárospatak; then the study of law at the Lutheran- college of Eperjes. And finally, this future statesman, went to Pest to attend the High Courts of Law. In the meantime, the seeds of hatred, distrust and vengeance against the Habs­burgs, grew in Louis Kos­suth, Pie was indignant to the law of the despotic rulers and in 1832 he published re­ports of the Diet and in such form that it escaped the eyes of the Habsburgs’ censors. Thus, by voycing the desires of the Hungarian people, Kossuth became recognized as a man of influence — even recognized by the Aus­trian ruler who then impri­soned him in the fortress of Buda. Here, Kossuth was denied any communication whatsoever. Even after his two year term expired, the Habsburg ruler, fearing this great Hungarian patriot, made new faults against him, thus sentencing him to four more years in the dun­geon. But upon his release from prison, Kossuth recruited his ill health and commenced a work that was a rising fear in the Austrian Camarilla. Every move they intended to make for the suppression of Hungary, Kossuth fore­saw; every plan and scheme against Hungary that they made was thwarted, was frustrated by Kossuth. His name was on the lip, was in the heart of every freedom­­loving Hungarian. Kossuth was recognized — he de­fended the noble Hungarian cause; he became consecrat­ed in the soul of the Hungar­ian nation. At the head of a delegation to Vienna in March, 1848, Kossuth was given his demands; he reob­tained possession of the Hungarian Constitution and immediately formed a Hun­garian cabinet, which was composed of such outstand­ing Hungarian patriots and leaders as Count Louis Bat­thyányi , Francis Deak, Count Stephen Széchényi and others. It seemed that the Aus­trian ruler had at last suc­cumbed to the intense feel­ings of the Hungarian wishes, but such was not the case; for underhand, the Austrian Camarilla stabbed Hungary in the back; they enticed the Croatians and Serbians and then the Wal­­lachains into revolt against defenseless Hungary. During the middle of May 1848, the insurrection start­ed and every horror of hu­man imagination was per­petrated upon the Hungar­ians. Austria remained stern. The situation in Hungary grew tense. Croats and Serbs had sent an army against the Hungarians. What could be done to stem the tide of this wild, out­burst? Kossuth addressed the Hungarian people. He re­lated to them what was be­ing done; that an uprising had commenced in the out­lying districts of Hungary, that the Austrian Camarilla committed perjury, that an Hungarian army was neces­sary and provisions for this army had to be had; and that the Hungarian treasury was without funds. It seem­ed that at this moment Kos­suth’s voice failed him —­­silence reigned in the hall. Then Paul Nyary stood up and raising his right hand, exclaimed in a loud voice, “Megadjuk,” or “We grant it.” Following his words four hundred hands were raised and in one voice the Deputies shouted '‘Megad­juk.” Homed — Home Defense — troops were immediately called for and organized, equipped and put into the field against the marauding Croat and Serbian invaders. Hungarians from cities, vil­lages and farms, rallied to the red. white and green tricolor. Even many of Prince Esterhazy’s private soldiers in Vienna, escaped that city and came to Hun­gary to fight for the sacred cause of Hungarian free­dom. The life-blood of the Hungarian people was con­centrated in vain efforts to prevent the despotic Habs­burg ruler and his paid em­­missaries from precipating Hungary to doom. For many months Hungarian soldiers fought courageously and had almost defeated the Austrians in every one of the late battles, but an ill omen appeared. The north-In the Board of Directors’ room of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association Dr. Louis Alexy Royal Hungarian Consul General and Joseph Daragó Supreme President unveil the gift of tKe Hungarian Government: A miniature replica of the artistic creation of György Zala, the statue of Árpád, first leader of the united seven tribes of Hungarians.

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