Evening star., 1934-11-04
MACYARS LARGE FACTOR
In EUROPEAN DIPLOMACY
French Hand Seen as Indignation Over
Assassination Is Turned Upon
Budapest and Not Rome.

cupy the lands taken from Hum
garians like Count Apponyi.
Even Masaryk and Benes once
promised that there should be re-
vision in these regions. South OF
Pressburg large areas were taken only
to permit the Czechs to have a mill
tary flank on the Danube and TO bring
Budapest within range Of long-dis-
tance bombardments. In the foot
hills Of the Carpathians, by contrast.
the line was drawn in order to give
the Czechs control Of a military road,
which runs just within the existing
frontier, but through Magyar popu-
lations from LosoncZ to the outskirts
OF Kassa. where the majority is Slav.
l Travelled that road in 1881 and saw
for myself what had been done. The
same thing was also done on the
eastern edge of the great plain when
the purely Hungarian city Of Nagy-
Varad was taken. together with much
territory designed to bestow upon the
Rumanians possession of the lateral
railways between Arad and Nagy-
Varad and Nagy-Varad and Szatmar,
all actually inhabited by Hungarian
maj ajorities.
Czechs Course Mysterious.
What is difficult to understand Is
the course of the Czechs, who are all
ready almost surrounded by a hostile
Germany and have nevertheless at
all times refused to make any conces-
sion to the Hungarians who, in alli-
ance with the Germans. could easily
~ a hafr
ment and isolation. The situation Of
Rumania is from a practical point of
view easier to grasp, because now that
they have come to terms with the
Soviet Union and made a Balkan pact
with Bulgaria they are faced by no
problem Of war on two fronts as
are the Czechs and the Serbs.
The Danunbian basin thus presents
two apparently insoluble problems,
those of Austria and of Hungary,
either Of which can precipitate war
at any moment. Unless she can
either unite with Germany or enter
some Danubian economic association
which would restore her old markets,
Austria cannot exist and is destined
to economic disintegration leading to
obtain a revision of the Treaty Of
Trianon she will continue to reject
all proposals from the Little Entente
or France to make peace by renounc-
ing her claims II Italy ceases to
support these claims Hungary will 90
to Berlin.
Tragic for Hungary.
The situation of Hungary Is tragic
because, in clinging to her right to
recover the million and a half of her
fellow-Magyars just beyond the from
tiers of the Treaty of Trianon, she Is
at all times condemned to face the
possibility of new occupation OF her
soil, this time by the Serb and Czech
in addition to the Rumanian forces
as in 1919. For, despite the fact that
her army undoubtedly exceeds the
limits set by the Treaty of Trianon, 1t
is both in numbers and material in
adequate to cope with the army of
any one of the nations of the Little
Entente, let alone combination of
all.
Actually Hungary is today weak but
no more helpless than during either
the Turkish or German domination.
These precedents are not forgotten
among the statesmen Of the nations
of the Little Entente. Their policy
remains to keep Hungary defenseless
and, by refusing to satisfy her Just
claims, excluded from any system Of
Danubian peace and order. Always,
therefore, there hangs over Budapest
thee shadow of new invasion and, in
addition, the possibility of lombard
ment from beyond Hungarian from
tiers. That shadow, too, explains much
of the state of mind alike of the Hun
garian leaders and public. And it
constitutes considerable obstacle to
political peace and economic order not
only in the Danubian region but
throughout the continent.
(Copyright. 1934D