Count Stephen Bethlen, Hungarian Premier from 1920 to 1931 and lately leader of a movement against extension of German influence in this country, announced today that he was retiring from public life and would not take part in the forthcoming elections.
The former Premier, who is a deputy, said in an open letter to his constituents of Nagykanisza that the new electoral law makes it extremely difficult for independent candidates to take part in elections and that he considered his participation in public life” a tilt against windmills.”
(The Associated Press quoted the letter as further stating that he could not serve his country “where national prophets in the holy name of national interests eat a Jew for breakfast, a count for lunch and before going to bed distribute all land and property which does not belong to them.”)
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