Papers and Documents relating to the Foreign Relations of Hungary, Volume 1, 1919–1920 (Budapest, 1939)

Documents

1920 143 No. 118. 35/B.I. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Somssich, to the Secretary General of the Hungarian Peace Delegation, Mr. Praznovszky. [TRANSLATION] Code telegram No. 54. BUDAPEST, February 6, 1920. Count Apponyi requests that, in view of continued atrocities, you again urge the evacuation of Hungarian territories occupied by the Rumanians. Reports have just been received from Tiszalúcz that Rumanians are continuously robbing and carrying away the harvest and food stuffs. Both men and beasts are threatened with famine. Innocent people are arrested and beaten. Penalties amounting to millions of crowns are imposed without any legal ground and collected by force. State employees are constantly discharged. We request assistance and investigation immediately. No. 119. 56

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/pol. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Somssich, to the Minister of Hungary in Vienna, Dr. Gratz. TRANSLATION] BUDAPEST, February, 6, 1920. I fully approve the position you have taken in your conversations with the Rumanian minister at Vienna wich you reported to me under No. 17/pol.

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2 Guided by practical considerations, I am also in favour of a policy which, without abandoning the ultimate objective of regaining a substantial part of our lost territories, recognizes the immediate necessities arising from our present situation and seeks to find a modus vivendi through friendlier relations with our neighbours. The basis of rapprochement already exists in the undeniable economic interdependence of all Danubian states. Therefore I believe that, for the time being at least, rapprochement 1 Supra, Doc. No. 67. 2 Supra, Doc. No. 98.