Evening star., 1947-06-16
| Hungary Communists
Defied by Sulyok's
Call for Open Rally
By The Asseeiatsd Pres.


BUDAPEST. Hungary. June 16.-
Deszo S,ilIok, Hungarian Freedom
Party leader, def1ed Hungaryis Com
munist rulers today by calling an
open political rally at which he was
expected to denounce the new re-
gime in even stronger words than
he used last week.
Sulyok infuriated the Communists
Thursday with a speech in Parlia-
ment in which he cried that ''the
widest and most Objectionable po-
litical terror reigns in Hungary. He
said Hungary had become police
state.
The general opinion here was that
there would be no attempt to in
terfere with the rally today, since
many British and American report
ers expected to attend
Courageous Leader.
Sulyok. considered by his friends
to be the most courageous anti
Communist in Hungary today and
the leader of the Hungarian anti
Communist element whether he
likes it or not, called the meeting
in defiance of what he said were
defenders of democracy" hired to
prevent freedom of assembly.
Friends describe Sulyok as en-
tirely fearless and determined to
speak his mind concerning his
passionate belief in the ideal of
western democracy regardless of any
personal or political danger in
volved.
He is a devout Catholic, nimble-
witted and is in his fifties. He is
married but has no children. Asso-
ciates said he was considered for
appointment as premier in Febru-
ary, 1916, when the first postwar
coalition government was formed,
but was vetoed by certain members
Of the Smallholders Party who
thought he was too strong a leader.
Ferenc Macy later got the job
and lost it last month in the Com
munist coup SuIyok was forced out
of the Smallholder Party because
of Communist charges that he was
"resctionaIy," and formed the
Szabadsag freedom, or liberty
Party, which now has 18 members
in Parliament, including Sulyok.
May Be Tried In Absentia.
There was talk today that in the
event of free elections the Small
holders again would rally to his
support, although Sulyok declared
last week that he would not par
ticipate in elections unless they were
supervised by an international
body.
Budapest newspapers, meanwhile,
declared that Macy and Bella Varga,
former Smallholder speaker of the
House. would be tried in absentia
on charges of trying to overthrow
the republic. Macy is in the United
also was reported outside the Soviet
States with his family, and Varga
sphere.
The papers quoted Justice Minis
ter Istvan Ries as saying he had
ordered the peoples prosecutor to
start criminal proceedings" against
both men. The papers also said the
Government intended to issue
white paper soon detailing the
actions of Macy and Varga and
showing that Macy was the man
who actually led the whole con-
spiracy from behind the scenes
His forced resignation was based on
similar accusat tions
May Denounce u. S. Note.
Political observers commented
that there was strong possibility
that Lajos Dinnyes, the new pro-
Communist Premier, would issue a
statement denouncing the recent
American note asking for informa-
ton about the coup and proposing q
tri-partite inquiry as interference in
Hungarian affairs.
1t. Gen. v. P. Sviridov, COM
mander of Russian occupation
forces in Germany, rejected the
American note Saturday night, say
ing that a three-power hearing in
the matter would constitute "a rude
interference in Hungarian affairs,
which is not permissible
Sviridovs reply said the American
inquiry proposal was an attempt to
help persons involved in a plot
against the republic,