Evening star., 1949-02-05
Cardinal
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Francis Cardinal Spellman of New
York and others, along the lines
of previous charges in the govern
ment's yellow book on the cardinals
case.
America wanted to influence
Hungary economically and polit-
ically," he said There is no doubt
about it but that the Mindszenty
movement was based on imperialist
organizations which speculate on a
Third World War and on suppress
sion of the whole world by America.
This was not a dream of an aged
man who wanted to have back the
past but a dangerous organization
to overthrow Hungarian democracy.
Hatred of democracy. not defense
of religion, was the motive of Mind
szenty's deeds"
War Declared Aim.
The prosecutor said the primate
aimed to induce the United States
to interfere with the internal affairs
of Hungary and to declare war.
That was the treason" he said.
He declared this was too much
for Minister Schoenfeld former
United States Minister Arthur Scho-
enfeld who represented the United
States in Budapest and who stated
in a letter to the cardinal that it
was the long-standing policy of my
Government not to interfere in the
internal affairs of other nations. "
The cardinal, said Elapi, organ
lied a spying group and one of his
agents was DR.. Zigismunt Mihailo-
vic, whom the Americans granted
o false passport" Mihailovic was
former head of Catholic Action
here.
Touching on the cardinals money
operations, the prosecutor said no
one in the courtroom would say
that dollars had to be sold on the
black market in the defense of re-
liglon."
The prosecutor called the cardi-
nails activities horrible crimes
and refused to accept as serious the
prelate's statements in court that
he regretted them.
There can't be any doubt that
he wanted to escape that he
wanted to continue his activities
against Hungarian democracy"
Attack on Religion Denied.
Commenting on the cardinals
own statement, the defense attor-
ney said there is no attack on free
dom Of religion in Hungary.
"On my part I would like to add
that this peoples democracy, when
it made religious teaching compul-
sorry in the schools, went further in
this respect than countries of the
West" he said.
He belittled the role Of royalists in
Hungary.
1T would not occur to anybody
in Hungary to restore the Haps-
burgs, not even those who opposed
the peoples democracy" he said.
Kicko declared there was no mass
backing for such royalist movement
"and it would be impossible to set
up an organization like this today
in Europe when a front of peace,
headed by the great Soviet Union,
is increasing in strength daily"
Otto of Hapsburg. pretender to
the Hungarian throne, learned the
profession of a king and is now
without a job, strolling around the
world" Kicko continued. But he
surely has no weight at all in Amer
lea, q country of free thinking. Pos
sibly society accepts him in America,
but certainly not political circles
Denied Plotting Revolt.
Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of
New York, was not, he declared,
"a definite factor in American po-
litical life" and only those like
Cardinal Mindszenty, who lived
after all in an ivory tower, could
consider Otto and Spellman as seri-
Gus factors"
One of the accusations against
Cardinal Mindszenty is that he
sought to restore the monarchy in
Hungary. He has denied plotting
to overthrow the regime.
The cardinal, Kicko went on, de-
livered no secrets to anybody. In
formation that he delivered-f1g-
ures, data, statistics-were known
to all.
In addition, the cardinal did not
use q penny for his own purposes,
the lawyer said. He commented
on the high official position of his
client and his duty to arrange for
eign currency affairs for his church.
Cardinal MindsZenty followed the
statements of both Kicko and the
prosecutor intently. At one point.
when Kicko remarked about
meeting of the cardinal and Otto
in Milan, the cardinal signaled him,
shook his head and made the word
Rome" with his lips. Kicko cor
rected himself
After the luncheon recess, Bar
rister Emil zaboray took up the de-
tense for the cardinals secretary,
| the Raw NodraS Zakar He said