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

Documents

1920 447 Au nom de toute la Nation polonaise qui mieux que toute autre comprend l'ardent et unanime patriotisme hongrois, je saisis cette occasion pour présenter à Votre Altesse Sérénissime, digne représentant de cette noble et fi ère nation, l'assurance de ma plus haute estime et l'expression des voeux que je forme pour l'avenir et la prospérité de Sa Patrie. No. 441. 199/res. pol. The Representative of the Hungarian Government in Warsaw, Count Csekonics, to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Teleki. [TRANSLATION] No. 115/pol. WARSAW, July 10, 1920. I called yesterday first time on Prince Sapieha, the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the new Polish Government. Prince Sapieha began our conversation by saying that his first act as minister was to prepare President Pilsudski's reply

1 to the letter of His Serene Highness.

2 Sapieha told me how much he regrets that this reply was so much delayed on account of the cabinet crisis and assured me that the content of Pilsudski's reply will be most satisfactory. Discussing the question of Hungary's recognition de jure by Poland, Sapieha said that he himself would extend de jure recognition to Hungary at once. He would have preferred if Poland had been spared from signing the Treaty of Trianon which he characterized as harsh and unjust. However, he said, Poland in her present situation is forced to follow the Allied and Associated Powers and, therefore, she will not be able to establish formal relations with Hungary until the ratification of the peace treaty. As far as the future is concerned, Prince Sapieha told me that the only foreign policy which he can conceive for Poland is an alliance under French auspices with Hungary and Rumania. According to him, this plan can not be realized as yet because, on the one hand, the French have not yet lost their illusions about the Czechs and, on the other hand, 1 Supra, Doc. No. 440. 2 Supra, Doc. No. 321.