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

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1920 223 Consequently, no Hungarian employee was dismissed for having declined to take such an oath but only if he was found to be unsuited for his position either because of his ability or of his attitude. I am instructed by my Government to inform the Hungarian Government that Hungarian employees receive the same treatment as other nationals of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and need not fear dismissal so long as they behave correctly and discharge their duties conscientiously. The Minister for Foreign Affairs,Mr.Simonyi-Semadam, to the Secretary General of the Hungarian Peace Delegation, Mr. Praznovszky. The following telegram was received for the President of the Peace Delegation:

1 „We have reason to believe that the Yugoslavs have presented a petition with three thousand signatures to the Peace Conference requesting that the triangle between the rivers of Tisza and Maros be incorporated into Yugoslavia. Among the population of the nine villages in this territory, there are thirty-five hundred Serbs, including children, as against twelve thousand three hundred Hungarians and about two thousand Germans. In the name of this Hungarian and German population of fourteen thousand five hundred souls whom the oppression of the occupying authorities has prevented from expressing their views, energetically protest against this petition signed under threats. We would appreciate it if our protest were transmitted to the appropriate authorities of the Allies, together with our request for an honest plebiscite to ascertain the wishes of this population. Signatures." Count Apponyi requests that a note on this matter should at once be filed with the Peace Conference. No. 211. 760/B.I. [TRANSLATION] Code telegram No. 221. BUDAPEST, April 8, 1920. 1 Count Apponyi.