The Archive · 1934

HUNGARY ASSAILED BY YUGOSLAVIA

Geneva, Nov. 28, Incensed at the alleged terrorist activities of its northern neighbour, Yugoslavia published a 78-page docu: ment charging Hungary with responsibility for the assassinations of King Alexander of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, French Foreign Minister, in Marseilles recently.

Eschewing the usual pompous tone of diplomatic communications, Yugoslavia's memorandum is couched in @irect and forceful language alleging that it has' obtained documentary evidence showing the following facts responsible for the terrorism which culminated in the assassinations:

Firstly, assassins are chosen in Hungarian territory from among large groups of terrorists who are provided with a tong course of training in special camps; Secondly, the assassins of King Alexander and M, Barthou left Hun gary without restriction and were even furnished with Wungarian passports; Thirdly, the Marseilles crime was the culmination of terrorist activity continuing over a period of many years and which Is centred in Hun arian territory.

Publication of the oficial mem andum follows Yugoslavia's note to the League of Nations last week in which the charges were made but not substantiated with evidence. In the prevent—communication, "the 'Yugoslavian Government sets' forth the evidence it has on hand and ex-Dresses its willingness to produce this evidence when required.

The memorandum cites that the attention of the League way called to Hungary's terrorist activities last June but nothing was done about it-'The Marseilles. assassins, it declares, were among those cited in the June communication, attempt to settle the diffe fences and Keep peace between the countries, Yugoslavia entered Into a formal agreement with Hungary settle frontier questions and aid each other in eliminating terrorist activi-tes but Hungary only used this agreement as a cover for her real motives, the note said.—United Press,

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