Abstract

The French-Hungarian Treaties

The following summary of three treaties, have been concluded by representatives of the French and Magyar Governments. the Railway Treaty confirms the purchase of the Hungarian state railways--the most important economic asset left in possession of the Magyar Government after the Treaty of Trianon, by a group of French financiers. The political agreement was signed on July 23, 1920. It provides that inasmuch as the Hungarian National Assembly would refuse to ratify the railroad treaty the Hungarian Government is bound to force through a law empowering the Regent to dissolve the Assembly and to ratify the railroad treaty by decree. Under military agreement, Hungary offers an army of 150,000 to assist against Soviet Russia. The army is to be under French command.