Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-02
Hungary Makes Determined
bRecoUery From Ruin of War

BUDAPEST, Hungary-Hungary
I wants back some OF the ancient
lands which were taken from her
nnoer the peace treaties following
the World War. but she will not
indulge in val to obtain this end.
She trusts to the ultimate n Of
Justice OF the big powers and TO a
1ulfillment OF Woodrow wilson's
plea for self-determInation OF peo-
Piles.
The man who said this to me was
the n who more than anybody
else has been responsible for the
w~ell-being OF Hungary for the past
decade-Count Bethlen. prime min
lister OF his country
Today he Is the dean among all
the premiers Of the world. having
served for a longer continuous term
than any other man.
Real Hospitality
He received me in the beautiful
residence occupied by Hungarian
premiers, which Is IN the neirhbor-
nooo OF the great royal palace once
occupied BY H~arpsburg Kings or
Hungary and now BY Admiral
Horthy. Regent OF Hungary. The
handsome waiting room has its
wails lined with oil paintings. but
the most noteworthy things were an
open box OF cigarets and two books.
Iney revealed a hitherto u~nsuspect-
ca side OF Count Bethlen. This Sc
riouS-faced man, who has sur
mounted SO many serious problems.
a a decided sense Of humor. For
n OF the books contains cartoons
or all the government and the mar
lament by Laszlo Madras. and not
the least funny Is that Of Bethlen
himself.
The Brown Danube
Count Bethlen receives In his biz
work room which has a wonderful
view across the brown, not blue.
Danube, towards the Pest side of
budapest. He did not waste much
ti4F. Said he:
len years ago. when I entered
ofh &c as Prime Minister of Hun
gary, two main problems stood out
clearly before my mind-how 10
start a new life in the interior OF
the country and how to secure a
new life In the interior or
the country and how TO secure a
satisfactory position in the COM
munity OF states for this remnant
OF a nation which had lost II per
cent OF its historic territory and ga
per cent Of its population.
The situation was desperate in
deed. The war, the final catastro-
phe OF two consecutive revolutions.
the ruthless invasion of the de-
fenseless country had left Hungary
IN ruins. The value Of currency
dwindled az a tremendous rate and
nobody was able to foretell where
the depreciation would end. What
remained OF railways and all other
means Of communication was prac-
tically unavailable. The entire ma
chinery Of the state and its ADMIN
istration had TO be reorganized
Faith had to be restored to all
classes Of society. And all this with
out & single friend beyond the line
which was destined to become later
the new frontier Of the country.
And then on top OF all this came
the peace treaty which contained a
hundred gallows for Hungary. and
not one thing allowing a fair chance
for her recovery.
Tribute To His People
In looking back upon this chaos.
j feel compelled 70 bare my head
IN humblenesS before this nation
which-on the verge Of dcath-har
the courage. the energy and tenacity
10 start a new life. Of course, this
gigantic effort involved very heavy
sacrifices, but today, l nay state
with all modesty, Hungary has
contrived to secure order az home
and " a Ger ain anlouns OF ap-
probation and respect abroad.
1T was evident from the very
beginning that economically Hun
gary could not be rescued without
a foreign loan and that this could
never be raised without stabiliza-
ton In the interior Of the country.
American Is Praised
AFTER ! had contrived TO unite
the overwhelming majority or this
country into one political party and
after the admission Of Hungary 70
the League Of Nations. 1t was an
American. Mr.. jeremiah Smith of
Boston. the high commissioner lp-
pointed by the league for the con-