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SPLIT THREATENED

BUDAPEST STRIFE CABINET PROBLEMS OPPOSITION STRONGER (N.Z.r.A. —Reuter—Copyright.) BUDAPEST, Sept. 2. The Communists who had a narrow victory in the elections and now face a strengthened Opposition vote and the tnreat 01 a split in the Coalition Government, have called for a united front against reaction. Neither the Smallholders, formerly the largest party and third in the ballot. nor the Social Democrat Party, which was fourth, has yet indicated its attitude to the continuation of the Coalition.

The Social Democrat press indicates that it is prepared for a bigger share in the Coalition. The newspaper Npeszava said the recent difficulties in co-operating in the workers’ parties, which showed themselves openly during the election, proved that there was no harmony or mutual confidence between the Communists and the Social Democrats “although the two parties outwardly have the same share in the Government.”

The newspaper added: “There are serious differences in their real power. If we want to prevent a further deterioration in the relations between the two parties, we must do so by mutual agreement.” M. Matyas Rakosi, Communist leader, in the Communist newspaper Szakad Nep said that although the Communist Party has become the strongest, it had not changed its mind about the need to maintain the Coalition. He denounced the independent party as 1 the direct successor to the Freedom Party, which was the rallying point for the enemies of Hungarian democracy which must be fought ruthlessly.”

Father Balogh. of the Independent Democratic Party, who was formerly secretary of the Smallholders, is reported to be negotiating with the Smallholders to be taken back into the party. If he succeeds the Smallholders would become the second strongest in the Coalition. M. Istvan Baronkovics, whose Democratic People’s Party had Such surprising success in the elections by becoming the strongest Opposition group, denied that he had negotiated with the other parties or had received co-opera-tion from them. He declared that his party programme was strictly Catholic and that he would make no concession of principle to anyone.

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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22425, 4 September 1947, Page 5

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SPLIT THREATENED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22425, 4 September 1947, Page 5

SPLIT THREATENED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22425, 4 September 1947, Page 5

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