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

Documents

1920 153 No. 129. 857/pol. The Hungarian Delegate to the Interallied Mission for Western Hungary, Baron Villani, to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, CountSomssich. [TRANSLATION] Code telegram No. 1. SOPRON, February 15, 1920. Interallied Mission prepared a plan for evacuation which is, however, quite general and superficial, so much so that it is impractical. It requested the submission of various data the compilation of which will require considerable time. Colonel Vigna intimated that he would be willing to make an oral report to the Peace Conference on the true situation in Western Hungary. However, the initiative should not come from here. Perhaps Count Apponyi could request the Conference of Ambassadors to invite Vigna. It is impossible to predict as yet the result, in the whole territory, of a plebiscite, although there cannot be any doubt that the counties of Sopron and Moson would vote overwhelmingly for Hungary. No. 130. 848/pol. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Somssich, to the Secretary General of the Hungarian Peace Delegation, Mr. Praznovszky. [TRANSLATION] Code telegram No. 84. BUDAPEST, February 16, 1920. The Czechoslovak authorities at Rimaszombat issued on February 10th an ordinance requiring Hungarians to take an oath of loyalty within eight days; those who fail to do so will be expelled. I filed a protest against this measure with the Interallied Mission. You are requested to call the attention of the Peace Conference to this flagrant violation of international law in consequence of which thousands of Hungarians will again be homeless as was the case in Transylvania.