The Washington times., 1934-03-06
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Premier Gomboes Sees Hitler
As War Foe; No Clash Due
to Accomplish Revision
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to Accomplish Revision
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q map. It is an impressive map
He says:
Here II Is without political
tendency, merely showing the
boundaries Of tn old and new
Hungary"
His excellency is a fit COM
panion to the bluff admiral on the
regents seat. A soldier, war min
lister, general, he is as plain spoken
as his chief. No ceremony sur
rounds him. He received me later
In a smoking jacket.
He explained:
"First Of all the peace cut
off three and q half million
Hungarians from their father
land. As you see further, Hun
gary was . natural unit, al
most completely surrounded by
mountains where the watershed
made the natural, GOd-given
boundary.
STRANGE FRONTIERS
'sNOw, If you look at the pres
ent frontiers you see that in q
complete circle, all the way
around the country, territory
was taken from us to such an
extent that only a kernel was
left. But most extraordinary
was the way the frontiers were
drawn.
"As you see, all the way
around, the line was drawn
down on the flat plain inside
Of the circle of mountains.
Thus in the second place we
were robbed Of our most val
Nable natural resources of raw
materials. Here in the North
our iron ore, to the east our
Salt, here our gold and here
our petrOleum-all taken.
But the real purpose Of the
new frontier can only be un-
derstOOd when you consider its
military meaning. Every one
Of our natural defenseS was
taken from us.
"NObody could have drawn
that frontier but general staff
officers. This, too, IS rea-
son why 1 think we have .
right to improve our present
defenceleSS position"
'What hope, your excellency,
have you for reviSiOn?"
'T understand two things
under revision. The first is the
attainment of equality Of
rights. This is bound to come.
It is a right of ours that is in
dOrsed by the covenant Of the
League.
ARMY LIMITED
"We are now limited to an
army Of $4,000, while around
US are countries with troops in
peace time Numbering ten times
that many. The second cate
cory Is territorial revision.
'NOw, what is it we want?
We demand a correction of our
borders which would remedy
the worst injustices the Hun
garian nation has had to suffer
and allow us once more to live
economically and feel q reason
able degree of security.
But am compelled to be-
1ieve in the possibility of peace
full revision, and shall continue
to work for it. Nobody SuppOses
It can come in year or two, but
come sometime it must. The
Little Entente exclaimS 'Revi-
sion means war Why, then,
was paragraph 19 written into
the League covenant? Our de-
mand for revision is not illegal.
It is expressly authorized by the
League.
"YOu may be sure of one
thing-that Hungary does not
intend to try force. What
nation does? If we learned
anything from the war we
learned that the next war will
utterly destroy civilization in
Europe, and maybe in the
whole Western world.
HITLER NOT FOR WAR
Hitler, am convinced, is
well aware of it. do not be-
heve that Hitler desires war.
Not even when Germany Is
rearmed. I have met Hitler
and the impression received
from him was that he does not
desire war either now or at
any time in the future.
$50 you feel convinced that
war Of European origin may not
be expected for at least 10
years?"
II did not say that, but fer
vently hope so. Nothing, how
ever, could be more daring than
to try to make predictions
"The world can be certain
that Hungary with all her just
demands will work to preserve
the peace with all the means at
her command"
(TomoTroU-Should DGr come
IN Europe, tOhere Dould RumGniG
StGnd?)