DOUBTFUL GAIN.
HUNGARY'S NEW TERRITORY. (From Raven try.) “Rumania and Hungary have come to an agreement over Transylvania it it can be called an agreement with a tim'd party standing over the other two with a large howitzer in his hand,” stated a commentator from Lontlon to-day. “From the geographical, point of view Transylvania ought to belong to Hungary, because the Carpathians separate it from Rumania. But for the last- four or five hundred years several million Rumanians have been living in Transylvania, and when Rumania laid claim to it after the Great War she had the solid backing of good citizenship.” The Berlin Government stepped in and drew a line across Transylvania so that Hungary gets two important towns, each name of which is given in three languages—Rumanian, Hungarian, and German—illustrating the language and ethnological difficulties of the situation. “It is difficult to believe that the settlement between Hungary and Rumania will be permanent, because it is a settlement based entirely oij force. Rumania may. say she had appealed to Germany, and Italy, but the truth is that Rumania has yielded to an ultimatum. The joy bells in Hungary may not ring wholeheartedly, because Hungary is not getting all she want-eel. The German minority in Hungary is to be free to develop its German aspirations unhindered, this meaning that the Germans can organise Nazism with a free hand. They have the use of their own schools and language, arid where they comprise a third of the population German, becomes the official language. Germany has also laid it down that the minority may carry on any occupation in the same manner as Hungarians. It looks as if Hungary has obtained a good strip of territory, but- has lost a good deal of independence. “Rumania now faces the worst trial in Europe,” the commentator added, “for she is guaranteed by Italy and Germany. She may well tremble in, learning that she is receiving the guarantee of Messrs Ribbentrop and Ciano.”
Bucharest is stated to be in a general state of gloom, and there are no en-
tertainments. A change of Government is expected; 1 ■
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 234, 31 August 1940, Page 7
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353DOUBTFUL GAIN. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 234, 31 August 1940, Page 7
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