Word: karolyis
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Count Michael Karolyi, ex-Premier, ex-President of Hungary and now exile,* came to the U. S. from England a few weeks ago to attend at the bedside of his wife, who was ill of typhoid fever. It became known that in obtaining a visa for his passport, he had promised not to discuss political questions in public during his visit. Meanwhile, the U. S. Hungarian press began to attack him, but he could make no answer. Reporters questioned him and he only made reply: "By my agreement with the State Department, I may not receive reporters...
...visas. A consul has a right to refuse a visa to anyone likely to come into conflict with the laws of the U. S?as, for example, a person who might advocate overthrow of the U. S. Government or the practice of polygamy. It is very dubius whether Count Karolyi, unmuzzled, would do such things...
...appears that he applied in haste for a visa to come to this country because his wife was ill. The consul in England, doubtless wishing "to play safe" and yet to grant the visa without waiting to consult Washington, agreed to grant it summarily if Count Karolyi would avoid public discussion of political matters?and the Count voluntarily pledged himself to silence...
Secretary Hughes denied that the pledge of silence was exacted at the request of the Hungarian Minister to this country, declaring simply that Karolyi "having given his pledge, is expected to keep...
...Emperor Karl there undoubtedly existed a warm national affection, but this availed him nothing at the end of the War. Almost without a blow, Hungary became for a few months a Republic under Count Michael Karolyi, although it would be truer to say that Budapest, the capital, became a Republic. Bolshevism succeeded Republicanism and was even shorter lived; for in August, 1919, after a harrowing Rumanian occupation, the Monarchists, led by Admiral Horthy, were once again in power. Horthy was elected Royal Governor, usually translated as Regent. He was invested with some of the royal powers, was empowered to enact...