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RACIAL PROBLEMS IN HUNGARY By SCOTUS VIATOR Appendice 10 b |
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APPENDIX X
POLITICAL PERSECUTION OF THE NON-MAGYARS
(B) Roumanian Political Trials (1897 — 1908)[1]
| Year and Month. | Name. | Court. | Sentence. | Offence. | ||||
| Imprisonment. | Fine. | |||||||
| Yr. | Mo. | Days. | Crowns. | |||||
| 1897. June 8 | Dr. N. Nilvan } Nagy-Somkuta | Hermannstadt | — | — | — | 1300 | }For singing a Roumanian national song. | |
| „ „ | Vasile Dragoş | „ | — | — | — | 1300 | ||
| Oct.06 | Andrew Baltes, editor (Tribuna) | Kolozsvár | 1 | 4 | 0 | CP. | 600 | Article in Foaia Pop. |
| „ 15 | Rev. V. Morar, priest of Ciufud | „ | 1 | 6 | 0 | SP. | 600 | |
| „ „ | Crăciun Simion, teacher | „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | SP. | 400 | |
| „ 16 | Joan Simu, student of theology | „ | 0 | 6 | 0 | SP. | 200 | |
| „ „ | P. Călciunar, advocate in Orsova | Weisskirchen | 0 | 0 | 5 | Arrest | 100 | }Instigation against Magyar |
| „ „ | J. Neagu, capt.,Glodna-Rom. | — | 0 | 6 | 0 | SP. | — | nationality. |
| „ 18 | Rev. J. Păcurar, priest of Tür | „ | 0 | 6 | 0 | C.P. | 240 | |
| „ „ | Geo. Fagarasán, teacher | „ | 1 | 6 | 0 | S.P. | 400 | |
| „ 20 | Dr. Joan Ratiu, President of Roum. National Party | Hermannstadt | 0 | 0 | 10 | Arr. | 140 | }For summoning meeting of Roumanian delegates. |
| „ „ | Dr. O. Russu .... | „ | 0 | 0 | 3 | Arr. | 50 | |
| „ „ | Dr. A. Frâncu .... | „ | 0 | 0 | 3 | Arr. | 50 | |
| „ „ | Dr. N. Vecerdea .... | „ | 0 | 0 | 3 | Arr. | 50 | |
| „ „ | Onoriu Tilea . | „ | 0 | 0 | 3 | Arr. | 50 | |
| „ „ | Zaharie Boi ..... | „ | 0 | 0 | 3 | Arr. | 50 | |
| „ „ | Dr. I. A. de Preda . . . | „ | 0 | 0 | 3 | Arr. | 50 | |
| „ „ | Dr. A. Murăşan, editor (Gaz Tr.) | Minist. Order | 0 | 0 | 8 | S.P. | 100 | For summoning meeting of delegates in Kronstadt. For a toast. |
| „ 22 | Rev. E. Besa, assist, priest of Poiana | Hermannstadt | 0 | 1 | 14 | C.P. | 50 | |
| Nov. 8 | Rev. M. Rubinovici, asst. priest Brusnic | Hermannstadt | 0 | 6 | 0 | S.P. ' | 538 | " Instigation." |
| Dec.08 | Foaia Poporului .... | lf | — | — | — | 64 | do. | |
| „ 18 | Aurel Ciato, student | ,, | 0 | 6 | 0 | S.P. | " Instigation." | |
| 1898. Feb. 12 | Rev. J. Secheli, priest of Tarian | Nagyvárad | 0 | 3 | 0 | C.P. | 300 | Agitation against Church Laws. |
| Mar.14 | Manoilá Sara, Vurpar . | Gyula-Fehérvár | 0 | 5 | 0 | S.P. | 200 | Instigation. |
| Apr. 1 6 | Geo. Micu, teacher . | Szeged. | 0 | 2 | 0 | S.P. | — | „ |
| June 8 | Aurel Trií (Tribuna Pop.) | Nagyvárad | 0 | 3 | 0 | S.P. | 100 | Article " The time has come." |
| Dec.13 | Avram Giurgiu | }Maros Vásárhely | 0 | 0 | 14 | Arr. | 120 | Instigation. |
| „ „ | Andrei Russu .... | 0 | 0 | 14 | Arr. | 120 | „ | |
| „ „ | T. L. Albini ..... | Gyulafehérvár | 13 weeks preventive arrest | For starting fund for erection of monument to Jancu, the Roumanian leader in 1848. | ||||
| „ 13 | Dr. Vasile Lucaciu . | " | 553 | Condemned to pay expenses of the gendarmes sent by the authorities to protect his house ! | ||||
| „ 22 | Rev. I. Băbuţ, priest of Bucium Sasa | „ | 0 | 1 | 0 | C.P. | — | Instigation. |
| „ 30 | Grigorie Sima, Bucium Sasa | „ | 0 | 0 | 8 | Arr. | — | For going to welcome their priest on his return from prison. |
| „ „ | (Aurel Danciu | „ | 0 | 0 | 8 | Arr. | — | |
| Joan David .... | „ | 0 | 0 | 8 | Arr. | — | ||
| „ „ | Geo. David . . . . | „ | 0 | 0 | 8 | Arr. | — | |
| „ „ | Nich. Băieşan .... | „ | 0 | 0 | 8 | Arr. | — | |
| Virgil Todescu .... | ||||||||
| „ „ | Simion Bandea | „ | 0 | 0 | 8 | Arr. | — | |
| „ „ | I. Naicu | „ | 0 | 0 | 8 | Arr. | — | |
| 1899. Jan. 20 | Dimitrie Palcu Curtici | R. Curia | 0 | 3 | 0 | S.P. | 100 | For crying "Down with the Magyars." |
| „ „ | Petra Drägoi .... | lt | 0 | 0 | 8 | C.P. | — | ) For singing the " Lucaciu [ Hymn." |
| „ „ | Ilié Stefanida .... | It | o | o | 8 | CP. | — | |
| „ „ | Rev. Gíurgea, Halmágy | — | o | 2 | o P | re v. Arr. | — | For conduct at county elections. |
| Feb.22 | Emanuil Mäglas (Tribuna Pop.) | Nagyvárad | 0 | 2 | 0 | C.P. | — | For article " Happy Country" (which he describes as a country of thieves). |
| 1899. Apr. 22 | Dr. Aurel Lazar | Nagyvárad | — | — | — | 100 | ||
| June 12 | Rev. J. Jurca, priest of Dragomireşti | Szeged | 2 weeks | — | Instigation. | |||
| 1900. Feb. 10 | Twenty-four youths from Szelistye | — | 2 days each (i.e. 288 days' total) | — | For carrying Roumanian tricolours. | |||
| 1901. Aug. 27 | S. Moldovan (Foaia Pop.) | — | 0 | 0 | 14 | Arr. | 100 | Instigation. |
| Oct. 27 | Sever Bocu (Tribuna) . | — | 0 | 3 | 0 | S. P. | 100 | ,, |
| 1902. Mar. 19 | Andrei Balţes (Tribuna) . | Kolozsvár | 2 | 0 | 0 | C.P. | 8400 | Instigation |
| June 1 8 | N. Novacovici | Deva | 0 | 2 | 0 | S.P. | 200 | Speech in favour of Jancu's monument |
| Oct. 4 | P. Baciu (Neven) | Szeged | 0 | 6 | 0 | S.P. | 200 | Article "The Racial Question in Parliament." |
| Nov. 21 | V. Lazar (Foaia Pop.) | Kolozsvár | 0 | 4 | 0 | S.P. | 600 | Article "An Easter Present." |
| „ 27 | Teodor Păcăţian | 0 | 8 | 0 | S.P. | 1987 | For book entitled "The Golden Book," containing (without all comment) do-cuments dealing with the Roumanian question during the past century. | |
| 1903 Feb. 6 | G. Mohan | Kolozsvár | 1 | 3 | 0 | S.P. | 11 | Article in Tribuna. |
| Mar. 30 | „ | „ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 500 | Ditto "The rope is straining." | |
| „ 31 | „ | „ | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1600 | Ditto "The Magyar Policy." | |
| Apr. 6 | Tr. H. Pop (Gaz. Trans.) . | Maros Vásárhely | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 3 articles. | |
| May 14 | Dr. Casiu Maniu . . . | Kolozsvár | 1 | 0 | 0 | 200 | Incitement against Magyar nationality. | |
| „ 15 | Rev. I. Stupineanu | Deva | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | For forbidding Roumanian school children to greet him in Magyar. | |
| „ 16 | Joan Moţa (Liberiatea) . | Kolozsvár | 0 | 2 | 0 | l00 | Incitement and laudatio criminis, reduced by Curia from 1 year to 2 months. | |
| Sept. 12 | Vasile E. Moldovan | — | 0 | 3 | 0 | 500 | For article "Mene, Tekel, Phares." | |
| Oct. 12 | Dr. N. Oprean | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 | (For use of Roumanian tricolours. | |
| „ „ | Rev. T. Oprean | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 | ||
| „ „ | Rev. J. Petrovici . | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 | ||
| „ „ | Lipovan, teacher | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 | ||
| Nov. 11 | Dr. V. Moldovan (Tribuna) | Kolozsvár | — | — | — | 500 | Instigation. | |
| „ „ | J. Jovanovici (Libertatea). | — | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | Instigation in 2 articles. | |
| 1904. May 13 | Vasile E. Moldavan (Tribuna) | — | 0 | 4 | 0 | S.P. | — | Articles in Foaia Poporului. |
| Oct.26 | Sever Bocu (Tribuna) | Nagyvárad | 0 | 0 | 14 | C.P. | 500 | For insulting a Magyar Mayor. |
| 1905. Feb. 16 | Valériu Joanovici (Libertatea) | Kolozsvár | 1 | 0 | 0 | S.P. | Article "Route de Belgrad." | |
| Mar. 12 | Five Roumanians. | Nagyvárad | — | — | — | 500 | For publicly protesting in the theatre against a Magyar play, " The Silent Bells," which contained insults against the Roumanians. | |
| July 19 | Silv. Moldovan (Foaia Pop.) | Kolozsvár | — | — | — | 440 | Political articles. | |
| 1906. Apr. 3 | Milan Markovici (ed. N.R. | Budapest | 0 | 9 | 0 | S.P. | 400 | Instigation. |
| Jan. 22 | J. Russu-Sirianu | Arad | — | — | — | 40 | " The Roumanians in the Hungarian State." | |
| Feb. 27 | Petru Crina Damaschin | Budapest | 0 | 0 | 7 | Arr. | — | Poem in Poporul Roman. |
| „ „ | Avram Indreica (Tribuna) | Nagyvárad | 0 | 6 | 0 | S.P. | 500 | Article " Out of the Political |
| Waves." | ||||||||
| Apr. 17 | M. Gaspar (Drapelul) . | Kolozsvár | 0 | 10 | 0 | 100 | } Instigation. | |
| „ „ | Dr. C. Jurca (Drapelul). | „ | 0 | 8 | 0 | 400 | ||
| „ „ | Dr. Stephen Petrovici (Drapelul) | „ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | ||
| Apr. 22 | Sever Secula (Tribuna) | Nagyvárad | — | — | — | 100 | ||
| July 1 | Joan Mota | Curia | 0 | 0 | 14 | 50 | }For referring in church to a speech delivered by the Roumanian M.P., Aurel VlAd. | |
| „ „ | J. Sacarea | ,, | 0 | 0 | 14 | — | ||
| Mar.05 | Rev. And. Ghidiu, archpriest | Police Court, Karánsebes | 0 | 0 | 15 | A. | 200 | }Electoral agitation (total, 50 days and 1,025 crowns). |
| „ „ | Dr. Peter Barbu, professor | „ | 0 | 0 | 10 | A. | 200 | |
| Dr. M. Brediceanu, advocate | „ | 0 | 0 | 8 | A. | 200 | ||
| „ „ | Emilia Brodatschi . . | „ | 0 | 0 | 8 | A. | 200 | |
| „ „ | A. Sîrbu | „ | 0 | 0 | 8 | A. | 200 | |
| „ „ | M. Săbăilă | „ | 0 | 0 | 1 | A. | 25 | |
| Mar. 8 | Petru Laslău, peasant | Déva | 0 | 2 | 0 | C.P. | — | Electoral agitation. |
| June 12 | 24 amateur actors | Beins | — | — | — | 480 | For acting a play with anti-Magyar tendencies. | |
| „ 12 | Mrs. Vlad (wife of M.P.) | Déva | — | — | — | 200 | Instigation to hatred. | |
| „ 18 | Voicu Niţescu, student . | Nagyvárad | 0 | 3 | 0 | 200 | Article in Unirea. | |
| Sept. 12 | Aurel Domsu .... | Kolozsvár | 0 | 8 | 0 | S.P. | 500 | Article in Tribuna. |
| „ 18 | Rev. Geo. Magheru | Temesvár | 1 | 0 | 0 | S.P. | — | Instigation. |
| Nov. 2 | Dr. Demeter Lascu | Nagyvárad | 0 | 6 | 0 | S.P. | 500 | Article in Tribuna ("Furor Asiaticus"). |
| „ 20 | J. Jova | „ | 0 | 6 | 0 | S.P. | 500 | Publication in Tribuna of telegram of greeting from Roumanian students of Vienna to Dr. Vaida on occasion of his forcible ejection from Hungarian Parliament, and comments thereon. |
| „ 23 | Vasilie Macrea .... | Budapest | 0 | 6 | 0 | S.P. | 1200 | Instigation in Lupta (article entitled "Apponyi," attacking the new Education Acts before they had become law). |
| 1908. Feb. 8 | Theodor Păcăţian . | Maros- Vásárhely | 0 | 10 | 0 | S.P. | 400 | Article in Telegraful Roman (official organ of Greek Oriental Metropolitan). |
| „ 9 | George Stoica (Lupta). | Budapest | 1 | 6 | 0 | S.P. | 1500 | Article in Lupta entitled "An Open Letter to the Borderers." |
| ,, 10 | Julius Joanovici | Kolozsvár | 1 | 6 | 0 | S.P. | 2000 | Articles in Libertatea. |
| June 7 | Rev. Nich. Bolboca | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | Arr. | 100 | }Church choir in Vermes (1 day and 10 crowns each). |
| „ „ | Joseph Miclău, teacher | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | Arr. | 100 | |
| „ „ | 27 men and 7 women. | — | 0 | 0 | 34 | Arr. | 340 | |
| Aug. 14 | Rev. Simeon Blajovan, priest of Hódos | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | S.P. | 10 | }Violence at elections. |
| „ 18 | Rev. Traian Gaşpar, priest of Hezeris | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | ||
| Sept. 8 | Paul Tomaneţ | — | 0 | 3 | 0 | Arr. | 100 | }Protest against Magyar hymns in a Roumanian church. |
| „ „ | Ana Kollar | — | 0 | 3 | 0 | Arr. | 100 | |
| „ „ | Joan Kovács | — | 0 | 3 | 0 | Arr. | 100 | |
| „ 24 | Stephen C. Pop (Libertatea) | Kolozsvár | 0 | 3 | 0 | S.P. | 400 | Two articles. |
| „ „ | Avram Indreica (Tribuna) | Nagyvárad | 0 | 7 | 0 | S.P. | 1200 | "The Journey to Vienna," "Unitis Viribus." |
| Nov. 7 | Aurel C. Domşa (Unirea) | Kolozsvár | 0 | 8 | 0 | S.P. | 1200 | Instigation. |
| Dec. 12 | V. Tenca, Tauţ | Nagyvárad | 0 | 8 | 0 | S.P. | 500 | „ |
| „ 20 | Daniel Iliescu, schoolmaster | Temesvár | 0 | 0 | 14 | 20 | „ | |
| „ „ | G. Rosu Pancsova. | Arad | 0 | 0 | 14 | 100 | „ | |
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