BRITAIN REAFFIRMS RIGHT TO PROBE CONTRAVENTIONS.

Chronicle (Levin), 11 February 1949, Page 5

BRITAIN REAFFIRMS RIGHT TO PROBE CONTRAVENTIONS.

Received Friday, 9.50 a.m. LONDON, Feb. 10. ; The British Minister in Budapest has handed the Hungarian Minister a Note reaffirming Britain's right to probe any act which might contravene the peace treaty and rejecting the Hungarian accusation of aiding the "Fascist enemies of the democracies." Mr. Ernest Bevin asked Mr. Janos Eros, Hungarian Minister in London, to call on him today. It is believed he informed1 Mr. Eros of the strong reaetion in the British Press and public opinion about Cardinai Mindszenty's trial and referred specifically to the "extremely discourteous rejoinder" which the Hungarian Government made to Britain's perfectly justified and unimpeachable request for the admission of British Legation representatives to the trial.

The Hungarian reply of February 7, refused to accept Britain's protest against the non-admission of British observers. Mr. Bevin handed Mr. Eros a copy of the British Note, which, according to London diplomatic circles, appears designed to reserve Britain's right to make further representations about the whole conduct of the Cardinal's trial. In Brussels today, the Prime Minister, M. Paul Spaack, said that Belgium would! be associated with any United Nati'ons measures to throw light on the Mindszenty trial. M. Spaack said that the Cardin- - al's case was. not unique. "Hundreds of men, including Catholics, Liber-. als, socialists, workers and intellectuals had been the victims of inhuman trials in the countries where a dictator triumphs."