Papers and Documents relating to the Foreign Relations of Hungary, Volume 2, 1921 (Budapest, 1946)

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9 il dors in the sense hinted at in your telegram No. 543

1 would therefore not be appropriate. As soon as the Chancellor, after his intended discussions, has given a substantive answer and the Council of Ministers has come to a decision, I shall immediately inform you as to the reply you should give.

2 Finally I am sending you the following information for your own guidance, with the view of your making use of it in the event of a discussion, that the Chancellor firmly denied the fact that he had repeatedly urged the solution through the [Austrian] Legation in Paris.

3 He only admitted that on taking office he sent a circular instruction to the Austrian diplomatic missions abroad, in which he declared that in the question of Western Hungary Austria insisted upon her rights, although she was not opposed to entering into negotiations with Hungary on the question in the event of Allied mediation, and would think it best if the cession was also carried out through the Allies.

4 No. 4. 45/P°lThe Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Teleki, to the Representative of the Yugoslav Government in Budapest, Mr. Milojevic.

5 BUDAPEST, le 3 janvier 1921. Plusieurs fois déjà le Gouvernement royal hongrois a élevé sa voix contre les abus que les autorités subalternes d'occupation serbes-croates-slovènes commettent en territoire encore occupé, sous des aspects les plus différents, au préjudice de la propriété privée, surtout de la propriété foncière, des citoyens hongrois. Le séquestre et le bail forcé sont à la fois la base et les formes les plus usuelles de ces abus. La Mission militaire interalliée elle-même les a constatés, et dans sa note No 3100, datée du 18 septembre 1920,

6 „d'accord avec les Haut-Commissaires de l'Entente, fait remarquer au Délégué du Gouvernement S. H. S. qu'un tel procédé n'est pas conforme aux règles du droit international". Après une telle déclaration et une telle démarche, aussi bien le Gouvernement royal hongrois que les propriétaires, victimes 1 Vol. I, Doc. No. 885. 2 Cf. infra, Doc. No. 16. 3 Cf. Vol. I, Doc. No. 886, 887 and 890. 4 Cf. infra, Doc. No. 8. 5 Copy of this note was sent to the Representatives of the Principal Allied Powers in Budapest. 6 Vol. I, Doc. No. 655.