Several difficulties have cropped up in the present Hungaro-Czech negotiations at Komarno, but it is hoped that the parleys will not be broken off because of them.
The Hungarian claims exceed by far what they were previously expected to be. Calm prevails throughout Slovakia where not a single village or town is beflagged with the Hungarian colours.
The prospect of a reunion with Hungary does not seem to please even the Hungarian peasants living in Slovakia as they benefitted from the comprehensive agrarian reform carried out by the Prague Government several years ago, and now fear that their lands will be taken away from them in the event of their union with Hungary.
It is known that the Hungarian Government carried out only an insignificant agrarian reform after the Great War.
As far as the Slovak population is concerned ever since the institution of an autonomous Slovak Government they have been viewing Hungary's claims with suspicion, all the more so since the districts claimed by Budapest are often those with a strong Slovak majority, such as Kosice where the population is composed of 50,000 Slovaks and—3,500 Hungarians, Nove Zamki which includes 40,000 Slovaks and 12,000
Hungarians, and Lucenec with 8,000 Slovaks and 4,000 Hungarians.
If Hungary's claims were satisfied, the Slovak minority in Hungary would amount to 750,000, Cambridgeshire Call-Over Hungary's demands include Slovakia's meridional plains, its only source of wheat, the iron and magnesium mines of Kosice, the coal Newmarket, Oct, 11 basin of Filakovo, and the silver The Cambridgeshire Stakes, to be run here tomorrow over a mile and one furlong, is a very open race. mines of Kremnice. Secession of these territories would cut Slovakia in two owing to a lack of railway Even the absence of Michoumy, the favourite, who was scratched yestetday owing to an injury sustained duping training, does not help backers' problems much, although it has delighted the bookmakers, who would have lost the best part of £1,000,000 had he won, France hopes to repeat Palais Royal's win 10 years ago, having the well-fancied Khasnadar, Quartier Maitre, Sirtam and Lo Ksar running, while English hopes lie chiefly with Ramtapa, Bombay Duck, Domaha Convert, Hazel, Zaimis and Thanker-ton, The going is likely to be good.
The latest call-over is as follows:
21-2 Khasnadar Edgehill, taken and offered, Zaimis, taken and offere Bombay Duck offered, 100-7 taken Domaha\ Quartier Maitre Ramtapa Convert Agincourt Sirtam, taken and offered gees Thankerton, taken and offered Hazel taken and offered Pylon If offered, 40-1 taken Golden Sovereign offered, 40-1 taken 88828555585 Gainly, offered Carlisle, offered Gaerloptic, offered Magnet, offered Sea Bequest, offered Artist's Prince, offered 45-1 taken Lady of Shalott, offered 50-1 taken San Salvo, offered Hellenique, offered Bistolfi, offered Desiderio, taken and offered Clos Duroi, offered, 80-1 taken any others, offered.—Reuter.
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