Gaza Henry Mika

“ It is time to cease making a distinction between Austria-Hungary and Germany so far as war policies are concerned. They are both in perfect accord and both determined to prosecute the war to a favorable termination, for only by a victory over the Allies will they be able to pursue their previous policies.
Those who look for any voluntary reforms in Hungary are doomed to a sad disappointment. There will be none, for any genuine democratic reforms are bound to undermine the coveted Magyar hegemony, which every Magyar statesman regards as the divine right of the Magyar people. ”

“ Even then those who knew Hungary best pointed out the fact that a change in the government of Hungary is but a change of person, involving very slight, if any, modification of policies. In Hungary politics are the privilege of a favored few aristocrats and plutocrats. There is no parliamentary system in the true sense of the word, and when a leader is compelled to retire, it does not mean that a new party, with different principles, comes into power. The fall of the leader is usually due to the fact that he is no longer able to dominate a majority. ”

“ We have Magyar law and Magyar policy because legally, on the basis of general laws and rights, we have only Magyar citizens. We have no law of nationalities, for in the common law sense we have no nationalities, but recognizing them in their actuality, for they exist, the Magyar state idea cannot admit—what the Austria idea demands as a requirement of time—the racial discussion of the unitary Magyar state. ”