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the Hungarian and Swiss models. The entire text was not published at the time, and was in manuscript form into the 1930s. 422 On the day after the proclamation of Lajta-Banate, October 5, the Constitutional Council issued a directive: To all state and local council offices At their offices On the authority of the Constitutional Assembly, I have assumed the office of head of state until such time as a Viceroy is elected. My goal is the protection of the independence, sovereignty and neutrality of the people in the territory of the state the rebels’ arms have won and protect. Equal and equivalent responsibilities and rights accrue to every citizen of the state without ethnic or religious discrimination. My greetings all of the country’s civil servants and local council officials, and ask them to stay at their posts and be kind enough to support us in the work of these present hard times. May God’s blessing follow the independence of Lajta-Banate and its people! Felsőőr, 1921, October 5 Pál Prónay, Commander in Chief 423 Also on the same day, the following announcement was released by Viceroy Prónay, exercising his executive power: Notice! The people of Western Hungary have unanimously announced, amidst the greatest enthusiasm, their independence, sovereignty and neutrality. The formative work has quietly begun and now everyone is working in accord, shoulder to shoulder. There is no place among us for opposing agitation, destructive propaganda and stirring of regressive politics against stated goals. Hence, I direct every person in the territory of Lajta-Banate, who voices tenets against state or class in the interest of agitating against the existing order and 422 Ádám T., 1935, op. cit., p. 131. 423 Lajtabánság, Felsőőr, year I, issue 1, 1921, November 3, p. 4. 164
peace, attempting to bring down public order and attempt to influence the attitude of the population in contravention of the October 4, 1921 resolution, to leave within 24 hours or face arrest. Said local persons I will bring up in front of a summary court and have their property confiscated. The decree to take effect on the day of its announcement. Felsőőr, 1921, October 5 Pál Prónay, Commander in Chief. The army of Lajta-Banate made public a notice, shortly after the declaration of independence: Notice! Soldiers, brothers! Your brothers, who have taken up arms in defense of the country, appeal to you from the frontiers. Heed us while it is not too late! Do not break your oath you made in the country’s constitution [more accurately ‘on’ the constitution-J.B.] and to our foremost brave comrade, the governor. Place no belief in the cowardly, lurking liars who want to sell our country out of personal interest and use you for material gain. Do not forget that we hold traitors as greater enemies than Austrians. There is no pardon, no clemency for those. Woe to those who fall into our hands. All should beware of the fist of the frontline troops. Stay on the path of righteousness, do not be break your oath, do not change colors! Accept the extended friendly hand and let us fight together against the internal and external enemies of the country. With you, if possible; against you, if necessary! The rebel forces 424 The newspaper of the rebels, Lajtabánság, reported the official public administrative divisions of the new country, based on the Hungarian census carried out on December 31, 1920. Incorporated council town: Kismarton (area – 3,027 cadastral acres / 4,304 acres, 2,917 population). Boroughs: Nezsider (134,948 c.a., 19 villages, 33,119 pop.), Nagymarton (36,539 c.a., 19 vill., 27,556 pop.), Felsőpulya (69,509 c.a., 36 vill., 29,237 pop.), Felsőőr (83,722 c.a., 60 vill., 43,038 pop.), and Németújvár (74,938 c.a., 50 vill., 32,687 pop.). 424 Ádám T., 1935, op. cit., p. 97. 165
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contemplate - no matter how the cra
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declaration.” 3 The basis for the
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1918, in its second edition. 8 ) Ge
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of President Woodrow Wilson’s 14
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assessed from this perspective.”
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agreement regarding the delivery of
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goal was to organize, in advance, t
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accompanied by an Austrian military
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The reasons for the minuscule milit
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statements, among other things, is
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counties. The Romanian Army advanci
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were made up of about 20,000 armed
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The tacit support by the Austrian g
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addressed a memorandum 63 to Prime
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county directorates published their
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with its seat in Sopron. It brought
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The later name of ‘Burgenland,’
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the representatives of Romania, Cze
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Romanians, in like manner, wanted t
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191,000 (13.5%) Slavs would have be
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committee of the Peace Conference u
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to a rejection of the Anschluss (un
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Pozsony County and, in the Paris Pe
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István Széchenyi (1791-1860) and
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and consultation of the affected po
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Also significant was the trade in p
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Austria,” and Zoltán Palotás,
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August 16, stating that every armed
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Finally, and once more, we must fir
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The center of the Vend region, 143
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Szombathely travelled to the Vend r
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his co-nationals in the Vend region
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force - 7 battalions, 8 mounted com
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two Szekler battalions and an artil
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odies and contact with foreign enti
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large volumes of maps and statistic
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agenda.” Lansing: “Perhaps it w
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the subject matter and content of t
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consideration the existing western
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external political education, raisi
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Proclamation: “Our historical iss
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amount).” 210 French Prime Minist
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31, 1920. 215 French forces pulled
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supported by the Styrian government
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stronger stance with regard to West
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continue talks with Hungary. Howeve
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Hungarian Cabinet meeting, that und
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involvement in the royal coup attem
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closed case - Please do something,
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it was a secret report by Lt.Col. O
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e ceded to Austria. The area is to
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trade concessions. This was justifi
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etained lawyer József Östör to a
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Gévay-Wolff, Lajos: Csoda történ
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Gecsényi, Lajos: Iratok Magyarorsz
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