The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-24
Hungary Creates New Sensation In Europe
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cause the government of Premier Bela Imredy had agreed to sign though the signing did not take place until today, the German Japanese Italian "Anti-C Communist" agreement. Russla's action was in- terpreted in diplomatic quarters here, where it was Q complete sur- prise, as 0 notification to the small- CT eastern European, states that they could either belong to the "anti- Communist" group or be friendly with Russia.
 Then came the bombing.
 Martial Law Declared
 Next day, Feb. (, the government declared martial law throughout the country.
 It was announced that oil such crimes as murder, attempted mur- der, or conspiracy aiming at mur- der, attempted murder, or conspiracy aiming at murder with fire arms, bombs or other explosives were to be dealt with by courts martial.
 Coincidentally the government banned for four months the Na- tional Socialist organ, Magyarzag,
 Next came 0 government crisis which resulted in the resignation of Imredy and the accession of Teleki to the prime ministry.
 Rumors Prevalent
 There had been rumors for some days of growing opposition to Imredy in parliament. The stern anti-Jewish laws-in some economic features surpassing even the orig inal German Nazi Nuremberg laws --the Russian break, the fall of the Stoyadinovitch cabinet in Jugosla- via, which was taken to mean Q withdrawal to some extent ct least from the totalitarian orbit, and Great Britain's growing influenct in Rumania were cited. It was be- ing noted that the government has not yet signed the ''anti- -Commu- hist" agreement because of tech- nical difficulties"
 1mready resigned Feb. IS.
 His resignation was followed by c new sensation-he, author of and sponsor of stern anti-Jewish laws announced that he resigned part- ly because he had found that one of his grandmothers was Q Jew. Teleki, assuming the prime min- istry, announced that foreign and domestic policies would remain un. changed, and that he would put through bills-Started under I'm. redys prime ministry-to amelior- ate the anti-Jewish laws.
 In his first speech before parlia- ment, Wednesday, Teleki reaffirm. cd Hungarian solidarity with Ger. many and Italy. He added that friendly relations with Poland however, were c political reality which Is one of the fundamentali of Hungarian foreign policy"
 Disturbed Relations With Germany All these events came coincident with incidents which diplomatic quarters interpreted as sympto. matie of disturbed relations with Germany,
 There had been q bitter dispute between the newspaper Pester Lloyd 6 pro-govrnment, liberal organ. and the German NaA organ, Voelki' scher Beobaehter, of Berlin, over elections in the Carpatho- Russian area of Czechoslovakia. Pester Lloyd accused Germany of "deceitful' interference in the elections.
 There was angry dispute at c German minority "district bali" ai Pecs. Fourteen Hungarian Catholic students attended. They were or. dered to leave. They did SO but re. turned, to be elected. according te Hungarians, with shouts of Hun. garian pigs, Hungarian dogs" This was taken up by the newspapers. A third incident was tho arrest of i4 German minority "agitators" at sopron. where handbills were dis tributed saying "eopron was and is German"