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the spirit of revenge among the Hungarians in Yugoslavia against the Yugoslavians continuedMr. Kardelj. For this reason the Hungarian leaders backed all the activities of fascist and terroristforces, which aimed at the undermining of the Yugoslavian authority.The Hungarian government eluded its responsibility ensuing from the Peace Treaty ofTrianon, especially in concern with the flood-control system, cut off by the borders, whichcaused our population incalculable losses. Failure to fulfill these duties brought unfortunateconsequences. The Danube and its affluents flooded the rich plains of Vojvodina, and changedthe productive region into a swamp."In Bacska the southern Slavs were in a minority at the time of the dictated peace atTrianon, not even reaching one-third of the population. The flood-control system, cut off by theborders damaged the Hungarian plain first, since all the rivers of Hungary spring from outsideits borders. The accusation that Hungarian carelessness had turned the rich plains of Vojvodinainto marshland is simply untrue, a political humbug."Horthy and his government's policy made Hungary a real storm-center of impatience incentral Europe. Hungary joined the fascist states and obviously helped in the preparation for thefascist offensive, which demanded the martyrdom of freedom loving nations, said Kardelj.The Horthy regime disloyally broke the Lasting Peace and Eternal Friendship Treaty,which it had signed with Yugoslavia on December 12,1940 and with Germany on April 3, 1941which aimed at an offensive against Yugoslavia. The government put its territory at the Germanarmy's disposal to help the latter in its military operations against Yugoslavia."The Serb delegate completely forgot the fact that the German military force haddelivered an ultimatum to the Hungarian government, and that because of the forced breaking ofthe Eternal Friendship Treaty, Prime Minister Pal Teleki committed suicide.155There is no similar precedent in contemporary European diplomacy."At the time of the occupation, the Hungarian military forces and the Hungarian officialshad committed an endless number of crimes against the Yugoslavian population. They hadmurdered 18,000 Yugoslavians in Bacska and harmed 104,000 people which means that 122,000or 43% of the population became victims of the Hungarian terror. Every second Yugoslavianwas killed or became a victim of violence in concentration camps during their imprisonment andinternment. The Hungarian occupying forces committed such crimes in large numbers atMurakoz and Murantul. In spite of all fundamental decrees of international law, Hungaryincorporated these Yugoslavian regions apart from Murantul, and relocated BukovinianHungarians there to change the ethnic character of the Yugoslavian lands for its own benefit."There were unscrupulous falsifications in the exaggeration of the Hungarian ArmedForces' crimes. The official Yugoslavian data serves as up-to-date refutation: The officialpublication "Zlocini Skupstore u Vojvodini" Novi Sad 1946, which still exaggerates, mentions6094 executed and 11,658 slandered Serbs. This is one-third and one-tenth of the peacedelegate's agitative, false figures.