Evening star., 1939-02-01
Hunqory's Economic Resources
Are Being Sopped by Reich
Failure to Fall in Line With Berlin Brings
Retaliation on Shipments to Outside

| tries which might be competitive
with those of the Reich, or keep
them in production to complete
those from Germany.
The Hungarians are being stif1ed
as they have never been before:
worse than in the days of the
Turks, their leaders say. In an
effort to get some air they have
turned to the Italians. The two
countries have been friendly since
the end of the last World War
Mussolini began to rearm this
country clandestinely in 1924 and
II Duce still has soft spot for his
Hungarian friends.
Ciano came. He was dined and
much wined. He offered palliative,
! an understanding between Hungary
and Yugoslayia 1t was not exactly
a solution to this country's troubles
but vague hope that the two neigh
bors might conceivably offer stiff
front when the Germans became
intolerably exacting. The Hunga-
rians gave up all claims for a re-
vision of the territories taken from
! them by Yugoslavia in 1919 and ac-
cepted the hand Of friendship of
Premier Stoyandinovitch. But the
Hungarian leaders have no illusions
as to the meaning of this attempt
on the part of Ciano to establish a
common front between the Danu-
bian countries: 1T is just like the
little entente" said one of the men,
bers of the government. 1T works
when there is peace and quiet but
will fall to pieces as soon as real
trouble starts. Berlin will not tol-
t.erate any monkey business on the
apart of the smaller countries in the
Balkans: And Berlin's hand is
heavy. We have seen it fall upon
Isthe Austrians and again on the
: Czechs At the slightest sign of re-
sistance we and the Yugos will be
crushed like flies"
A Shot Across the Bow.
The Hungarian oficials words
were prophetic. The day after he
| spoke there was frontier Incl
dent at Muncaczi in the newly
acquired territory Czecho-Sl
regulars supported by artillery and
tanks attacked the Hungarian town.
The attack was unsuccessful; it was
meant to be SO. Following the we'll
known japanese policy which is
now fashionable ir the totalitarian
states the Prague government told
the Hungarians: I'VE are so sorry
We knew nothing about it. An in
vestigation will be made right
awav" But the Hungarian govern
ment knew that the Muncaczi at
tack was one of Hitler's shots across
the bow. A warning before Count
Csaky, the Hungarian foreign
minister, went to Yugoslavia to
hunt" with Count Ciano and DR.
Stoyadinovitch. The German gov
ernment approves of those hunts
but wants to make sure that not
too many birds are killed with one
shot.
And the Hungarians console them
selves by loudly cursing Hitler and
his followers. But that does not
worry the Fuehrer. The Hungarian
press is muzzled: the man in the
street might have the satisfaction
of expressing loudly his opinion on
Germany and Hitler. No concentra-
ton camps have been established
here because it is immaterial for
Berlin what the Hungarian thinks
privately. But the press is a dan
gerous propaganda instrument and
it can be read in Germany and in
Austria. Hence, it is not allowed to
say anything disparaging about Hit
Ter and the Reich. In this ultra
Catholic country the oficial Catholic
organ was suppressed early in jan
uary because in an editorial it ex-
pressed unpleasant views on the
policies of the totalitarian states.