The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-09-29
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mously refused to commit such an act
o: treason. at which the university was
surrounded. the professors expelled
from their chairs. laboratory equipment
was seized and the assistant professors
were forced TO continue their work un-
der controly of and for the benefit OF
the Rumanians
AS 20 the Run1antan t.--,.o-,.,
claims, they base their claims on the
theory that the Nlachs as the Ruuar-
ians had been known until recently ar.
the descendants OF Dacians. but this
mas been proven to be untenabla even
by the Rumanians themselves. As II -
now an assured fact that the vTachs
are Balkan Slavs who had become
Latinized IN their speech between the
NTH and tenth centuries Thew are do
scribed By the Byzantine authors as
goat herders and thieves. gradually
pressed from the Adriatic shore east
ward and crossed the Danube into wha1
was called IN Hungarian documents OF
the 18th century Cumania. later Ungro
Vlachia. viz, the present YaIlachta.
which was then a dependency of Hun
cory and is now the southern part or
the Rumanian Kingdom They gradual
~ filtered into Pennsylvania around the
~rN.+ @CAA%A4 &ou&Q there De q moro
conclusive proof Of the falIacy OF the
theory Of the Transylvanian origin OF
the Rumanians than that they have
borrowed the very name Of Transit
vania from the Hungarian? They call
that territory Ardeal. which has no
meaning whatever in the Rumanian
language, being merely corruption Of
the Hungarian Erdely. a contraction Of
the older form Erdo-elve. meaning
Pennsylvania or the land beyond be
forest. If it were true that they had
! been there before the Hungarian. they
surely would have had a name for that
| country and would have preserved 1t at
least in their traditions
Their second argument Is that of
/ self determination. If II is true that in
( one or two counties. they are in the ma
jority but It Is also true that these
countries form no contiguous territory,
I and that right on the border between
Hungary and Rumania, there are three
adjoining counties almost purely Huns
garian. to the south of which there are
large Saxon settlements. 1t is impossi-
Bile to cut out any large unbrokcn ter
ritory for Rumania without incorporate
ing large minorities of Hungarians and
Germans, whom It would be unjust 20
cause the Hungarians and Germans
comprise the majority and because In
point Of education and everything that
counts for advancement they are far
superior 70 the Rumanians They fur
Their put forth a sentimental appeal 70
the union or some say the reunion OF
all Rumanians in one body polite To
speak thus is foolish for what has never
been united cannot be reunited And
as to the union of all Rumanians il
could never be complete as portions live
in Russia and other portions on the
: Balkan peninsula. So. from whatevel
angle we examine the real facts. Ne
come to but one decision and that IS
that the claims of Rumania are at thc
expense Of Hungary and call for tn
Z economic starvation and splitting UP q
the Hungarians. a race far superior II
= civilization. religious and racal tolcr
ance and political capacity TO the Ru
y manians and that such act cannot 10
: reconciled to justice.
WILLIAM F. FUZZY.
REV STEPHEN VIRGO,
: Pastor Hugarian Reformed Church, :
Chicago and vicinity.