Verhovayak Lapja, 1945 (28. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)

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arrive in a logical way at some philosophical conclusions in the evaluation of the significance of Easter, so that we may be of service to many of our fellowmembers who cannot find it possible to believe in the unseen. For, naturally, it is our aim to send a message to all of our fellow-members on this Easter holiday: a message of hope and comfort which we all need.

MODERN MARTYRS

While natural man cannot be compared with Christ as far as goodness or any other quality is concerned, nevertheless, it is true that ours is the age of martyrs . . . the age of millions of men and women dying for no fault of their own.

The number of our heroic dead is nearly 150. It is always larger than the number reported in the Journal for the necessary documents have to be awaited before the story can be published, Obviously, these 150 young men did not deserve to die in their early youth . . . they have done nothing to deserve the horrible and early death that became their tragic lot . . . They died because the insane lust for power brought a war upon the world in which they had to fight Whether or not they wanted to, and dying in the service of their country they became martyrs of the cause for which their country fights. Not having deserved any punishment, least of all death, they are to be considered as having died innocently at the hand of those powers which in their fury of senseless hate turned this peaceful world into a hell of agony.

Many of those, who died on the field of battle, went willingly, inspired by the ideals that called them into service and many of them died, giving up their lives for comrades whom they tried to save by their self-sacrifice.

In these men the story of Christ is repeated, as far as his martyrdom is concerned, and, of course,. without the very important religious significance of his self-sacrifice, which is the only cause of the perpetuation or His death’s story. For that reason the memory of these men will not live as long as that of Christ, neither can it have the same effect on mankind. But the story of Easter gives us good reason to believe that their usefulness, i. c. all that was valuable in their personality, has not ceased with their death, but continues to have an effect far exceeding their circle of influence while among the living.

Somehow, this may be the reason why people will often do things for their dead which they would not have thought of doing While they were alive. The death of someone we love may cause heartbreak, hut it also purifies the heart and awakens in it the finer and better instincts that have remained dormant throughout the period of life during Which the presence of the loved one was accepted as a matter of fact.

Our nation has lost many of Its best sons . . . and this war's great cost in lives will force the survivors to demand the creation of a better and safer world, with security and opportunity for all

The great aim of this war is the liberation of the oppressed. We believe that Hungary is one of the countries to be liberated. 150 of our members have already died in the war . . .for the liberation of the oppressed . . . and having been called upon to invest many lives in this great cause, Verhovayans will feel a stronger urge to come to the aid

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Verhov ay Journal

Truths Versus Half-Truths

Beware of false prophets from Central Europe who pervert facts to their own secret ends

By STEPHEN HUZIANYI

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From the Danubian Basin a secret weapon is being launched against Americans that may decide the war long after the weapons have been silenced and armies have ceased to deploy. This secret but by no means new device is PROPAGANDA and may well destroy again, as in 1919, the structure of peace in Central Europe by an arbitrary reshuffling of boundaries baaed on lies and falsification of history. The sly agents Who direct Central European propaganda against us are here in our midst. They wear the disguise and protective coloring of allies and friends of the United States but machinate against the long-term welfare of Americans and the world at large. They spread propaganda for a new and powerful world state, a Slav empire, in a cunning and innocent manner by filling columns and pages of ostensibly disinterested and respectable magazines and periodicals with seemingly ‘'impartial” and “analytical” essays and articles. I will use excerpts from these articles to show samples of the lies and distortions of the truth with which we are being bombarded. We hope that Americans will learn to recognize these hifalutin and documented “analyses,” “editorials,” “criticisms,” etc., no matter in which high-sounding magazine or periodical they find them, as just so much sophisticate^ baloney and plain hooey.

POINT 5 (Part 2) "... the fundamental idea was

Installment XIII always the supposed superiority

of the Magyar culture.”

—(Rustem Vambery)

As had been mentioned in the previous installment, this statement by anti-Magyar propagandists is not even half the truth. It is a deliberate lie. Hungary made cultural ties with other nations and took from the outside certain traits of culture and blented it with the Magyar.

Even at the early dawn of Hungary’s history, King Stephen of Hungary received into his court the two orphan sons of Edmund Ironside, who were then educated in Hungary. One of them, Edward, remained for some time in Hungary, returning to England in 1057 A. D. (accompanied by several Magyars), to occupy the British throne, following the death of Edward the Confessor. Prince Edward married Agatha, daughter of King Stephen. Three children were born to them, all in Hungary, the eldest who became St. Margaret of Scotland.

The Magyar King László (1077-1096) spread the Christian faith among the Creations, and established a bishopric at Zagrab when Croatia was added to the Hungarian realm in 1089 A. D. King László is recorded as among the most noteworthy rulers of the Arpad dynasty.

Magyar students frequented the University of Paris, and the Oxford University in England. From 1193 to 1196, when this university was in its inception, a famous student from Hungary was studying there, his expenses being defrayed by Richard Coeur de Lion (Richard the Lion hearted), King of England. Perhaps it was the bond of relationship, between the Magyar anct the British dynasties, since Richard I of England was the Hungarian Queen Margaret’s brother-in-law.

It is of interest also to record that the English Charter granted by King John at Runnymeade in 1215 A. D., and the Magyar Golden Bull by King Andrew in 1222 A. D. —7 years apart— were similar in more ways than one. The “JUS RESISTENDI” clauses in each of these charters are nearly identical, for they have the declaration that under various circumstances the power of the King can be opposed. Among the signatures affixed to the Magyar charter (Bulla Aurea) was that of the Bishop of Veszprém, who was of British descent. Tamas, Bishop of Eger, also affixed

of their oppressed brothers in Hungary than they would feel if this war would not have cost us the lives of any of our members.

The aim of this war is to secure conditions that will assure lasting peace. 150 of our best young members have already given their lives for the realization of this goal . . . Their memory will, somehow, affect the membership of our Association in such way that generosity, understanding and consideration, the conditions of peace amongs ourselves, shall prevail over the selfishness that causes quarrels and conflicts among our own ranks. Thus the memory of our heroes will bring the members of this organization closer to each other and effect a harmony which before, seemed impossible.

Of course, all this will be the result of our losses only, if we realize that Easter is the protest of God against hate and selfishness and if we understand that, in the end, might will not prevail

over right and, hate will not succeed over love. Easter serves to remind us of these unalterable truths and calls upon us to live up to the principles of fraternalism. For, after all, we shouldn’t forget, that fraternalism was born in the tenets of Christianity. Brotherhood is essentially a Christian principle and if we draw away from the Golden Rule of human brotherhood, we are opposing the natural and divine force directing the course of humanity towards the final victory of love, peace and understanding. And in doing so, we would make to naught the sacrifices of our heroes who have given their lives in the fight against forces which took it upon themselves to oppose the obvious plan for the future of humanity which has never been revealed as clear as on Easter-day when God served proof to the world that those who live for love, shall never die but see the day when Love shall conquer the

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his signature, for it was by his influence that the “JUS RESISTENDI” clause was included in the Magyar charter of liberties. Tamas was with the English contingents in the Holy Crusade. The Archbishop of Esztergom, another ecclesiastic whose signature is on the document, was to England on a visit—a guest of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Langton—who formulated the text of the English Charter. This shows a striking' example of the influence of British culture on the Magyars at that time.

From the year 1231 A. D. Magyar students studied at the University of Padua, Italy, and from that year to 1526 there are no less than 323 Magyar students registered there. Many others also entered the University of Ferrara.

In 1367 the Magyar King Louis the Great founded the University of Pecs, in southern Hungary. Between 1388 and 1600, over 800 Magyar students studied at various foreign universities in Scotland, in Holland and in Germany.

In 1415 the Magyar King Zsigmond attended the sitting of the British Parliament. The result was the influence tending toward the development of constitutional ideas in Hungary, similar to those in England.

And the greatest book collector of his day, King Matthias! Corvinus (1440-1490) had well-known humainists of the day frequent his court. Artists, poets and learned men of science were also invited to the Magyar Court. King Matthias the Just also organized courts of justice. Hungarian cultural renaissance reached its zenith under his wise statesmanship; he founded the Corvina Library in Buda and established the famous- encyclopaedic work, CORVINAE, volumes of which are in the private library of J. Pierpont Morgan in New York City.

As early as 1450 about 21% of the students at the University] of Vienna, Austria, were Magyars. Between 1493-1525 there were 1448 Magyar students at the Polish University of Cracow. At the University of Heidelberg, between 1592 and 1621, there were 186 Magyar students. And at the Dutch universities of Leyden and Utrecht, several thousand Magyars attended. Fellowships were given to many of them. Two endowments "at Dutch universities are still in existence today. They were founded by the Dutch Van Everwijn and Bernhardt.

In the 16th century there were over 1000 Hungarian students at the University of Wittenberg. These formed their own organizations COETUS. Many who finished their studies later returned to Hungary and became rectors of the Magyar Debrecen College in Debrecen (founded in 1538)—the Hungarian Calvanist Rome. Later, in the 16th century, they went to other Calvinist universities, at Heidelberg, Geneva and Marburg.

At that time in Hungary, leading people founded various universities, for example: Gabriel Bethlen founded the Nagyenyed University in 1622; Kisdy founded the University of Kassa in 1657; Peter Pázmány (1570-1637) founded at Nagyszombat the theological and philological faculties of the Budapest University of today. His successors, Losy and Lippay, added the faculty of law.

In other words, higher schools of education, art, music, political science, commerce, technology, agriculture, et al, were founded,; An example was set by the Magyars, to show one instance only, when the Frenchman Fourcray (1755-1809) founded the Paris Ecole Centrale on the model of the Magyar Academy of Selmecbánya.

The examples mentioned are only a few of the many hundreds of cultural activities the Magyar pursued. The great objection of propagandists against Magyar culture was that it was not subservient or conforming to Pan-Slav ambitions in Central Europe. Magyar culture was and is a great bridgehead that cuts across Slav dominance in Europe.

Thus, thef Magyars are hated and attacked by propagandists and therefore the propaganda in various stuffy periodicals such as the “Annals” wherein Editor Joseph Roucek (a Czech) tries to present to an unsuspecting American public such mountebank or fake as Vambery, as one of “well-known specialists” in world affairs.

Note: This is the last in this series showing propaganda against which we must guard every waking moment. You can pick out examples throughout the entire article that Vambery wrote, and you will not fail to see the villain role Hungary is assigned by, Rustem Vambery, and the non-Magyar peoples are advertised, whether by implication or openly, as plaster saints.

Keep a wary eye out for propaganda and half-truths!

Detroit Verhovay Club Elects Officers

Very few people know that we have a Verhovay Club, for strictly social purposes, in the City of Detroit. The members are from all walks of life . . . professional, housewives, business people, office workers etc., etc.

Meetings are held the second Saturday of every month at 8 p. m. in the Verhovay Fraternal Home, 8005 W. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, 17,'Michigan, and after meetings a highly successful social life is indulged in.

The Club has its own charter, incorporated by the State of Michigan, and dues are so small that it’s a wonder more people are not members. To join the Club, leave your name with a member in good standing and the Membership Committee will vote on it at the following meeting. That’s ajl there is to it!

To date, very few younger folks are members, but tha officers invite prospects of all ages, over 21, to join and lead a satisfactory fraternal life.

New officers for the current year are as follows: President, Andrew Azary; Vice-President, András Homa; Secretary, Mrs, Anna Horvath; Treasurer, Josepbi Marczis; Trustees, Daniel Robb, Steve Csabi and Mrs. Theresa Gyulai; Caretaker, Henry Keller,

The Verhovay Club has held highly successful New Years’ Eva parties in the past, and social affairs of one sort or another are always on the calendar oi events. I would like to see the Club grow to huge proportions, because from where I am sitting, Fraternalism can be practised to a high degree by the members, (Reported by Lucas|