Evening star., 1923-06-10
Hungarian Envoy
And Wife Interesting
Residents of Capital
Minister Is Grandson of
Count Szechenyi. Who
! Figured in Daring and Ro-
mantle Magyar Adven-
tures.

OF the many nations which re-
newed their lost sovereignty through
the treaty of Versailles and these
independencies make up almost one
fourth of the diplomatic corps in
Washington, none is more interest
ing and important than Hungary. Ma
tionai interest may be said to have
focused on the land Of the Magyars
with the coming in 1852 of Louis
Kossuth who represented the revolt
OF Hungarian patriots against the
grip of the Hapsburgs and their
determination. kossuth was given
rousing ovation from one end of
the union TO the other. He ad-
dressed the house OF representatives
from the floor and received not only
moral support and sympathy but II
comforting aid to his crusade Tor
liberty.
IL Is of exceeding interest that at
the time Kossuth preached his goSp"l
Of liberty and popular government 10
nent in the affections of the MaS!Hrs
was the grandfather of the present
and first minister sent from independ-
ent Hungary TO ,n ms faSltaii SrsnhenSi Ir is
a hero perhaps more hrinly en- :
throned in the hearts of the Hun
garian people than the brilliant NOS
suth. for his doctrine was more fea, ,
sonable and conservative and IN fact
Is the foundation on which the char-
Ter OF liberty Of the Magyars has
been erected. One of the 1irst acts
of the independent government was
to order the hungarian Academy "i
Letters to print the complete WORKS
Of Count Itsvan SZechsnyi III the
native tongue, for previoSulE the9
were to read only in German.
sound political philosopher ana econ
omist, but he is the central heure IN
a. number OF daring and romantic ad-
ventures. which read almost IKE nc ,
tion. He made a famous ride, crossed
the swollen Danube on his steed 10
deliver to Gems. Blucher and Berna-
dotte a message from the Austrian
emperor just before the battle OF
Leipsig Kossuth called him the
greatest OF the Magyars and per
haps his proudest legacies to ms dc
scendants was that, in the face OF
stupendous opposition from the Aus
t-ian crown and from the radical wing
under kossuth. he formed and led the
fyst responsible Magyar ministry uh-
der Batthyani.
The Hungarian minister. GRANDSON
Of this revered national hero OF the
Magyars has to d marked degree fol-
lowed the teachings OF ms dlSlln-
ruished ancestor He was always un-
alterably committed TO separation
of Hungary from Austria. and TO the
scientific cultivation of the land as
the surest means of economic freedom
He has studied agriculture IN the ac-
cepted centers of Europe on agricuI-
tural progress. and has several oe-
ssrees from German, French and Swiss
culleges He was living quietly on the
vast estates of his family in central
Hungary, and was training the peas :
ants who lived on them in the most
advanced scientific measures when the
world war broke into his routine he
took no part in the revolutionary
measures which followed the break
down of Austria, bur was among the
ksst of the old noblesse TO offer his
rortune and his aid TO reconstruct MS
country. He served unrcmittingly in
the foreign office of Budapest ana
was CONSPICUOUS in his aid in agricul-
rural and industrial affairs. lie was
nfade minister to this capital IN No
yember. 1921. but it was January IL.
fs22. before he presented his creden-
fYAis to President Harding.
Countess Szechcnyi, who was Miss
Gladys Vanderbilt. youngest of the
Aye children of the late Cornelius and
1frs. Vanderbilt, spent part OF her
ahlhood in Washington. when her
p&rents leased the Levi Woodbury.
pransion on Vermont avenue for two
Winters. She was just about the age
Of her eldest daughter when she first
Dame to Washington, and she has eX-
pHrienced much pleasure in taking her
laughter over the scenes which were
dear to her in those days. Miss Gladys
Vanderbilt met Count Laszlo See
<nenyi during a tour OF Europe six
fSen years ago. and after the death
ot her father. There was some oppo-
Sftion to the marriage, but II may be
Accounted one Of the happiest and
most successful of International al
lance. There are six lau"hters the