TREATY OF TRIANON.

Waikato Times, Volume 104, Issue 17503, 10 September 1928, Page 8

TREATY OF TRIANON.

“JUSTICE FOR HUNGARY.’ HUNGARIANS PRESENT CASE. REVISION SURETY FOR PEACE. In “Justice for Hungary,” a review and criticism of the effects of the Treaty of Trianon, by Count Albert Apponvj, and others, ten leading Hungarian statesmen and professors have combined to present to the world their points of view on Hungary's plight. It is an important contribution to the literature of the problem—all phases of which, are described in this volume. Methods by'which the injustice afflicting tfie country may be redressed are discussed with a fulness of detail not iound in any ’other. authoritative publication. Each chapter deals with a distinct subject, and a useful ethnographical map is added prepared by a geographical expert, Count Paul Teleki. The authors directly and frankly present the Hungarian case, and the book must be studied from that point of view. As a work of reference for everyone who is interested in the problems arising out of the Treaty of firianon, the book will be welcomed. The main object of the contributors is to plead by facts and arguments the I cause of Hungary and then to demonI strate how the injustice can be removed by pacific means. This quesI tion is dealt with specially in a con- | tribution by Count Julius Wlassics on “The legal amendment of the Treaty of Trianon through the League of Nations.” Dr. Emil Nagy writes on the “Road towards rectification," also by way of pacific negotiation. Moderating Influence. ) i ! One reads sometimes comments by ill-informed critics that while Lord Rothermere’s intervention has raised the hopes and ambitions of the emotional Magyars it has also inspired them to yearn after their former greatness, re-establishing dominion over other races, consequently causing irritation and increasing the dangers j which menace Central Europe. Lord Rothermere pleads for the revision of the treaty by pacific means and has induced Hungarians to concentrate on remedies which are realisable within practical politics, seeking a solution which will prevent—instead of adopting tactics which might pro- j voke—armed conflict. He has exer- j cised a moderating influence on the j Magyar politicians. l| While Hungarians have lost theirij hearts in gratitude to their bene- 1 ; factor, they have followed his advice j and kept their heads. Their cause has been made familial - to millions of people who before did not know how the Treaty of Trianon menaced the peace of Europe. The book reflects the attitude.of the leaders of thought, who rely on a campaign of education, as initiated by Lord Rothermere, to win sympathy and lead up to a solution. This spirit is illustrated in Baron Wlassics’s article in which lie says' that in spite of all disappointments in approaches to the League of Nations in the past: “We . . . trust that on recon-1 sideralion the League of Nations will > find inapplicable, and therefore un-1 tenable, the determination of the 1 Trianon frontiers, and that its mem- I hers will convince themselves that I these endanger the peace of the world, I as already shown by many distinguish- | ed literary authorities, English, Ameri- ! can, Austrian, and even French. They l will understand that the Trianon fron- • tiers are the cruel and inhuman result of uninformed judgment. They will understand that there can be neither peace nor contentment until ■ the artificial maintenance of injustice gives way to a spirit of wide and . tolerant humanity, which will not; suffer iniquity, and looks to a straightforward, loyal peace as its goal. Enormous Sums to bo Saved. ' \Dr Nagy, who occupies a democratic position in Hungarian politics, is an enthusiastic supporter of Lord llothernicrc’s plan of revision. He says: , “Such revision would not merely be in the interest of Hungary but also in that of the neighbouring States. Such a modification would not be of such a nature as to shake the foundations of the neighbouring Stales; on the contrary, they would bo freed from a persistent nightmare u they restored territories inhabited by Hungarians to the State to which they belong on all principles of selfdetermination and justice. what enormous sums would be saved by the three countries adjoining us if by trie suggested modification of the Trianon frontiers they took the thorn from the flesh of Hungary and were thus relieved front the burden of maintaining armies on the present gigantic scale—— a burden the chief reason for which must be fear of the just vengeance of Hungarians.’’ He adds that supplementary to tne revision of the treaties so as to incorporate solid blocks of Hungarians 1,0 the Mother-country, some scheme of autonomy should be adopted for the non-Rumanian inhabitants of h'ansylvania, including the very stubborn race called the Szelders, and the Saxons as well as the Magyars. Hungary itself would accord the same element of autonomy to Germans and Slovaks who came within her territory on a revision of the treat}.