Evening star., 1949-02-06

own purposes, but was duty bound
to arrange foreign currency opera
tions for his church. Cardinal
Mindszenty, who has offered to re-
turn the profits, followed the pleas
intently.
Defense For Zakar.
Father Zakar's lawyer, Emil Ia
boray, said Father Zakar could be
charged only with neglect of duty
for failure to report the cardinals
activities to police. The young Sec
retary was arrested before the car
dinal was picked up.
Consider the fact that Zakar's
confession unveiled the whole
crime" the lawyer urged the court
He said the court should take into
account also that Father Zakar hao
to take an oath first as a priest ano
second as secretary to the cardinal
Cardinal Mindszenty nodded ir
agreement.
Duke Esterhazy's defense followed
His lawyer, Janos Karos, opened by
praising Prosecutor Elapi as "a new
star in Hungary's juridicial life"
Karos said the duke committed
economic crimes by making unre.
ported dollar purchases at the car.
dinals household, but took no par,
IN any political alliance with sub.
versive aims.
Referring to Duke Esterhazy's
statement yesterday that the Hun.
garian government distributed 2O0,.
600 acres Of his lands to peasants ir
l945, the lawyer produced a persona
diary OF the duke to support ar
assertion that the duke did moi
mourn the loss.
Royalist Links Admitted.
Prof. Baranyay's lawyer, Miha
Mora, pictured him as an ineffective
proponent of a Royalist regime
Prof. Baranyay's memorandum tt
Cardinal Mindszenty about a pos.
slble cabinet in a Royalist govern.
ment was only discussion of a pos.
sibility and was no crime, the lawyer
said.
Prof. Baranyay sought a restora.
ton OF a Royalist regime ''only after
a plebiscite, which is, after all, the
most democratic form" Mora said
He commented that there was nc
mass movement for restoration O
the monarchy and, therefore, there
was no movement Prof. Baranya,
could have led to overthrow the gov.
ernment.
Judge Olthys, dapper professional
Jurlst who shares the bench with
four laymen, is the man who or.
dered Victor Csornoky hanged or
a treason charge late last year
Mr.. Csornoky, a young diplomat
was the son-in-law of President
zoltan Tidy. Mr.. Tidy had te
resign.
Rumors Declared False.
Prosecutor Elapi took up early in
his summation reports that the
cardinal was drugged, tortured OF
threatened, to force his admission
OF partial guilt.
This is not a proper place tc
deny such false rumors," he said
He declared the foreign press /.
trying to compromise the (Com.
munist) peoples democracies."
Who dareS say that threatened
or tortured people are sitting here
IN the dock?' he demanded.
CThe charges have been made
by exiled ex-Premier Ferenc
Macy of Hungary and many
Catholic churchmen in the
United States, Britain and other
Western countries, as we'll as at
the VaticanD
The prosecutor said there was ne
doubt whatever that those present
would state that the proceedings
were conducted according to the re.
gulations of every civilized country
He said the charge was that Card.
inal Mindszenty led an organiza.
tion to overthrow the democratic
republic of Hungary and to helr
Otto Hapsburg to the throne.
There Is no name more hatec
in Hungary than the name o1
Hapsburg," he added.
He said an authorization given tc