Evening star., 1938-12-12
Csaky Is Appointed
New Hungarian
Foreign Minister
Stoyodinovitch Success
Laid to Death of
Czech Democracy
BY M. w. FODOR,


Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent
ZURICH, Dec. IL (By Radio) -
Parliamentary elections in Yugo-
slavia, a further step by the Bu-
charest authorities toward complete
eradication of the Iron Guard move
ment IN Rumania, and the appoint
ment OF a new Hungarian foreign
mln1ster-these were the outstand-
Ing political developments in South
eastern Europe over the week end.
Yugoslavia's general elections were
accompanied by no untoward Incl
dents and resulted in a more than
80 per cent majority for the govern
ment of Premier Milan Stoyadino-
witch. A total of 2,132 candidates
Wed for 374 seats in the Belgrade
Parliament.
The large majority in favor of the
government, however, does not nee
essarily represent actual voting Ca
pacity, since the Yugoslav fran
chise law allots a fairly large ma
jority of seats to the party which
obtains at least 40 per cent of the
votes.
Influence from Czecho- -Slovakia.
The governments success is prob
ably aScribable to negative factors
chief of which is the destruction of
Czecho-Slovak democracy which de-
prived the opposition of a powerful
weapon with which to foment dis
turbance.
BY 'liquidating" the remnants of
the Iron Guard movement the Ru-
manian government has unques-
tionably achieved another notable
success. In this connection it must
be recalled that not long ago more
than 300 leading members of the
Iron Guards surrendered uncondi-
tionally to the government, and it
Is learned over the week end that
Nae Jonescu, former editor of the
Iron Guard organ, Cuvantul, has
relinquiShed his former connections
and joined the government camp.
Not only was Jonescu influential in
Rumania, but he was also the
Bucharest representative of one of
the largest German dye concerns
an organization generally suspected
OF being an Intermediary for the
distribution of funds among Fascist
organizations.
Thirty-nine orthodox priests have
also severed their connections with
the Iron Guards, it is announced;
hundreds of arrests were made
throughout the country over the
week end, and clandestine print
ing press engaged in printing ma
terlal antagonistic to the govern
ment was also discovered.
Csaky New Foreign Minister.
With regard to Hungary, Count
Stephen Csaky was yesterday ap-
pointed as the new foreign minister.
Count Csaky is one of the most pop
ular Hungarian diplomats and is
only A years of age. He formerly
was cabinet chief under Foreign
Minister Koloman Won Kanya.
In an inspired article the Buda-
pest newspaper Poster Lloyd writes
today that Count Csaky's appoint
ment does not imply any change in
Hungarian foreign policy, which, it
says, is governed by Hungarys
friendship toward the Rome Berlin
axis-a policy that has already
netted important gains for Hungary.
Commenting on Hungary's rela-
tions with neighboring states, the
Poster Lloyd adds that the minority
question with Czecho-S -Slovakia is
now virtually settled that insofar &c
Yugoslavia is concerned any minor
ity difference which may exist does
not constitute barrier, and that
Budapest still cherishes the hope
that ways and means will be de-
vised for smoothing out outstanding
difficulties with Rumania.
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