The Archive · 1934

Foreign Minister

The agreement is expected to result in the early subsiding of the grave situation between Hungary and Yugoslavia resulting from the assassination of King Alexander of Yugoslavia and M. Louis Barthou, French Foreign Minister, in Marseill ies, some weeks ago.

The resolution adopted to-day provides:

(2) Generat condemnation of error (2) Hungary shalt conduct an_ inquiry into" the "alleged remissness of certain Hungarian offelals and fake) measures for their punish-(a) "The Counch of the League of [Nations shall establish a committee to. examine all questions of ter= Forlst outrages, "particularly the Fights "and' abuse of political asylum, The acceptance of the draft resolu-Yon followed a violent attack against Hungary by M. Titulescu (Rumania) when the Council of the League of Nations resumed its meeting this afternoon 10 consider the Yugo slavian complaint against Hungary.

'M. Titulescu declared that never before had they realized the loss suffered by the death of "Count Apponyl, the late Hungarian delegate to the League of Nations. Count Apponyi, he stated, always kept discussions upon a basis of courtesy whereas Hungary's orities were now confronted with gratuitous charges of provocation.

As a long resident in Great Britain und Switzerland, the Rumanian Foreign Minister asked whether in their history there was an instance where refugees were allowed to have arms and training in arms, munitions and explosives, and twitted the Hun-garland on their nice sense of nation al honour regarding this,

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