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

Documents

310 1920 a former attorney, at present a presiding justice of the District Court of Zombor, who, in this capacity, will be called upon to pass judgment in the case of General Ybl. This man's hostility is based on the allegation that General Ybl wanted to intern him at the beginning of the World War. Another dangerous enemy is the assistant district attorney, Kolarics, a former official of the Ministry of War, who does not even permit the General's counsel to inspect the dossiers of the suit. The accusation against the General is that he carried out the execution of J. R., a Serb merchant at Zombor who fired upon Austro-Hungarian troops. I understand from the General's counsel that this accusation is wholly without foundation; R. was sentenced to death by due process of law by a regular military court and General Ybl, who did not in any manner participate in the court proceedings, carried out the sentence as the commander of the town in pursuance of a direct order from the army command. The matter was investigated during the summer of 1919 by the military court of the Serb „Tisza" division, but proceedings were dismissed. As I have already reported, the British Minister in Belgrade

1 is also intervening on behalf of General Ybl. I shall continue to pay constant attention to this matter and intercede whenever it is possible and I shall attempt to keep the British minister's interest alive. No. 196. 1709/P0I. The Secretary General of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Kánya, to the Minister of Hungary in Vienna, Dr. Gratz. [TRANSLATION] BUDAPEST, March 21, 1930. There are in Budapest at present approximately 10,000 refugees from Transylvania who cannot even send letters to their families who remained in Transylvania. Representatives of these refugees petitioned this Ministry to take steps to enable 1 Young.