HUNGARY: Potter's Son

Up to the mossy, domed Cathedral at Esztergom-on-Danube wound a solemn, resplendent procession of robed prelates and civil functionaries heavy with chains of office.

A thick snow, softly falling, added serenity to the high occasion, which was no less than the installation of Justinian Cardinal Szeredy (TIME, Jan. 2) as Primate of Hungary, an office which carries with it the rank of Duke.

Last week Hungarians honored their new Duke Primate as perhaps subordinate in rank only to Regent Nicholas Horthy of the kingless kingdom of Hungary. The newly exalted Primate is humble of origin, has two brothers who are still...

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