The report of the Minister of Finance to the Counsel of Ministers on the situation of Roumania created by the reparation and interallied debts policy

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Identifikator:: 102318091X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-55477

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Title:: The report of the Minister of Finance to the Counsel of Ministers on the situation of Roumania created by the reparation and interallied debts policy

Place of publication:: Bucarest

Publisher:: Government Press

Year of publication:: 1925

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (115 Seiten)

Collection:: Economics Books

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which these obligations have with the rights these same treaties acknowledge formally, for Roumania. It is necessary to point out on this occasion, that at the moment the treaties were concluded, the reparations owed should lia>e covered, and even exceeded the obligations imposed on the Koumanian State, The treaties with Austria and Hungary are the ones which lay obligations on Roumania, the same as on the older suceeding States, without taking into consideration that their situation was different. For Roumania the question of these obligations must only be looked upon as being closely bound with the reparations. "By cutting down the reparations as has been done, it is imposible not to cut down in a similar manner the obligations also, as this would mean crea ting a new negative balance, wdiich would he in contradiction with the vei\ spirit of the Treaties of Peace. This is the spirit of equity with which the reparation and obligation problem must be examined. We will therefore examine each obligation separately, when the same is special to Austria or to Hungary, and jointly when they are common to both Treaties of Saint Germain and of Trianon. SECTION I SPECIAL OBLIGATIONS DERIVING FROM THE TREATY OF TRIANON The dubious text and the erronous interpretation which some have at tempted to give to article 181 of the Treaty of Trianon, determined Hungary to consider that she had a right to compensations from Roumania arising Irom the operations of the Roumanian army in 1919, to quell Hungarian anarchy, operations which culminated in the occupation of Budapest. Such a claim, having no juridical foundation, and in (act quite unjustified, as will be seen from the documents we publish (Annex . . - ) had to give way before the reality, and by the agreement entered upon between the Hun garian and Roumanian Governments, the matter was finally settled by both parties reciprocally renouncing article 181. The arrangement betwen M" Titu- lescu and Count Bethlen on January 25 th 1924, completed by the arrangement between M' Korany and M r Titulescu on March 14 th 1924, was communicated to, and approved by the Commission ol reparations (Annex 35). Although this matter is finally settled we insist on pointing out that the requisitions and carrying away ot material which are imputed to Roumania, could in no case have given rise to claims tor reparations on the pai I of Hun gary, nor could they constitute diminutions in the. common patrimonium of the allies, or enrichment in Roumania s advantage. The truth is that these requisitions and transports were simply: 1) Identical recoveries of materials carried away from Roumania dur ing the war. 2) The recovery of carriages and other railway material accrue!ng to oui lines including the annexed territories.

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