Magyar Egyház, 1946 (25. évfolyam, 3. szám)

1946-03-01 / 3. szám

VOL. 25. - NO. 3.

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MARCH, 1946

Editor:

JOSEPH URBAN 895 Home Street New York 59, N. Y.

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE FREE MAGYAR REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA

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NEW IDES OF MARCH

(U.) “Nearly two thousand years ago the first Caesar found a Brutus on the Ides of March. May be that a new Ides of March, will see the last of the Caesars fall under the avenging might of a thousand-handed Brutus — the name of whom is the "people”inexorable at last after it has been so long generous. The seat of Caesars was first in

the south...... and now it is on the icy north.

But the Caesar of the north and the genius of Freedom have no place upon this earth for both of them; one of them must yield and be crushed beneath the heels of the other. Which is it? Which shall yield? — America may decide!”

In broad outlines these were the words of Louis Kossuth, uttered in his farewell speech at St. Louis. The great Hungarian liberator, the sworn enemy of tyranny and its symbol, Russian pan-slavism in this speech referred to his own experiences marked by the Ides of March. Re referred to himself as he saw the principle of full civil and religous liberty triumphing over tyranny in his native land, on the 15th of March 1848; as he saw this freedom consolidated by victories on the first anniversary of that date, after the remnants of the first ten thousand Russians fled over the frontiers of Transylvania, back to their homeland; as he saw himself one year later on his sorrowful way to exile. It was again in the Month of March, 1851, that the generous intervention of the United States cast the first ray of hope into the dark night of his exile, by extending an invitation and offering a refuge to him. And on the fourth anniversary of the Hungarian revolution he saw himself once again, no longer a captive, but free in the land of the free, firm in confidence of the future, because he was exhilarated by a swelling sympathy in the home of the brave.

It is again the month of March which may prove to be a turning point in the life of all oppressedd peoples. On the 3rd day of this month we were witnesses of a great occasion, when a throng of about 6000 Americans of

Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Serb and Slovak ancestry manifested their love and devotion to the country of their adoption, and at the same time endorsed a resolution to help restore the human rights of the peoples on the land of their ancestors, and establish a genuine brotherhood between them. It was especially a joyous occasion for us, Hungarians, because in the intention of that mass-meeting we saw the realization of the dreams of Kossuth who was the first one proposing a Federation of Nations, to be built on the foundation of brotherhood of all liberated peoples in Central Europe. We had the impression that this meeting was the dawn of the new Ides of March, foreseen by Louis Kossuth.

For the great majority of us the United States of America is our country by preference, not by birth. However, when we pledged allegiance to this country, it was not an empty gesture but a genuine consecration of our lives to the ideals for which America stands. We proved it when we were willing to do our utmost for the war-efforts of our nation, and when our sons responded to the call with patriotic zeal. Through their heroic deeds we saw civilization triumph over organized barbarism; but we had to pay an enormous price for it. Upon many homes the shadow of sadness had fallen and many of us had tasted the bitterness of tears over the loss of our beloved one. And it seems now that we had to pay an enormous price in moral values, too, for the idea of the brotherhood of nations had suffered a damage almost beyond repair. Our sons were called to the colors in defense of human rights, of the lofty principles of democracy and to secure the blessings of the Four Freedoms for all nations of the world. And as soon as our victory was secure, the vile outlines of an evil sphere of influence took shape in the land of our ancestors and even to-day massextermination of “liberated” people is a daily occurrence in the countries where another