BERLIN VISIT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23123, 23 August 1938, Page 9

BERLIN VISIT

REGENT OF HUNGARY ROYAL WELCOME LAVISH NAZI DISPLAY POLITICAL IMPORTANCE MEETING WITH HITLER By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright (Received August 22, 7.50 p.m.) LONDON, August 22 No monarch of former times had a more royal welcome in Austria than had Admiral Nicholas Horthy, Begent of Hungary, on his way to Germany to visit Herr Hitler, says the Berlin correspondent of the Times. Every railway station through which he passed was decorated, and the Vienna terminus was a bower of flowers and bunting.

A choir of 2000 boys and girls sang the German and Hungarian national anthems, and speeches made at a banquet of welcome emphasised the close friendship between Germany and Hungary that has lasted for centuries.

Berlin is decorated with the same lavishncss that was shown for Signor Mussolini's visit, indicating the expectation that there will be important political consequences, especially in view of the presence of the Hungarian Foreign Minister, M. de Kanya, the Minister for War, General Dermacz, and a large military and diplomatic staff. Herr Hitler will meet Admiral Horthy at Kiel, and they will watch the German naval manoeuvres aboard Herr Hitler's yacht.

CLAIMS UPON CZECHS HUNGARIAN MINORITY LITTLE ENTENTE'S FEARS ALLIANCE WITH GERMANY LONDON, August 17 Great importance, says a Berlin message, is attached to the visit of Admiral Horthy to the German capital, and much prominence is being given to Magyar (Hungarian) claims against Prague. There are about 750,000 Magyars in Czechoslovakia. It is reported that at a meeting at Levencz, in Czechoslovakia, 150 Magyar delegates raised four points:— "(1) Is Prague willing to recognise the State as not exclusively Czechoslovak ? "(2) Does the Czech Government intend to place at the disposal of every national group the territory on which it lives, so that it can establish its own administration ? "(3) Is the Government willing to draft a new constitution ? "(4) Is the Government prepared to establish the nation's neutrality by the adoption of a new foreign policy?" The fourth point recalls the earlier insistence of Herr Konrad Henlein, leader of the Sudeten German Party, on Czechoslovakia's abandonment of her alliances with Franco and Russia —a demand which for the moment has boon discreetly placed in cold storage. The Little Entente, which was formed for the specific object of protecting its members (Czechoslovakia, Rumania and Yugoslavia) against attack by Hungary, is showing activity, in view of the fear that Hungary may enter the German orbit as a result of Admiral llorthy's Berlin visit.