Figure 1.--Hrre we dee three Scottish Scouts with an unidentified Scout at the 4th World Scout Jambiree in Gödöllö, Hungary. Scottish Scouts were always popular at these jamborees because of theiur destinctive uniforms.

The 4th World Jamboree was hel at Gödöllö, Hungary in 1933. It was attended by over 26,000 Scouts representing 46 countries. Its setting was the great park at Gödöllö. It was notable for the excellent weather which was enjoyed and the assembled Scouts were thankful for the shade which the trees of the Royal Forest afforded. Scouts who attended this gathering remember particularly the sight of B.-P. making his rounds on the camp site on a magnificent brown charger. It was also most noticeable that the whole Hungarian nation had cooperated to make the event a success. The Fourth World Jamboree was held in Budapest Hungary. Ominous trends were notable. Italy had banned Scouting in the 1920s. Russia in 192?. The Soviets established their own competing youth movement, the Pioners. Some Russians attended as immigrants. The new German NAZI Government absorbed the Scouts in the Hitler Youth movement. The numbers attending reflect both the strenth of the natioanl Scout associations and location near to Hungary.

Location

The Fourth World Jamboree was held near Budapest Hungary, at the great park at Gödöllö in 1933. It was attended by over 26,000 Scouts representing 46 countries. The Gödöllőeans really couldn't be blamed for their town's unpronounceable name. It goes the whole way back to the fourteenth century and isn't really so difficult for them to say. But for a stranger—just try it yourself! The letter ö is pronounced like the "u" in "hurt"—the first two ö's are short and the last is long. The "I's" are pronounced in the ordinary way. In other words, altogether somewhat like "Gurdurllur," with the r's silent like the z's in "umbrella." Gödöllő itself is a small town of 12,000 inhabitants, with a history a mile long. It was here, in the Twelfth Century, that King Bela went hunting. Here, three hundred years later, the Turks and the Hungarians fought their bloody battles. Here, Count Grassalkovich, in 1737, built a castle, which, a century and a half later, became the property of the Crown as the summer residence of the Hungarian kings. In these historical surroundings, the Scouts of the world had gathered to spend together the days from August 2nd to August 15th, 1933.

Weather

The Fourth World Jamboree was notable for the excellent weather which was enjoyed and the assembled Scouts were thankful for the shade which the trees of the Royal Forest afforded. Scouts who attended this gathering remember particularly the sight of B.-P. making his rounds on the camp site on a magnificent brown charger.

Hungary

Scouting was very populr in Hungary. It was also most noticeable that the whole Hungarian nation had cooperated to make the event a success.

The Gathering Storm

Ominous trends were notable. Italy had banned Scouting in the 1920s. Russia in 192?. The Soviets established their own competing youth movement, the Pioners. Some Russians attended as immigrant Scouts. The new German NAZI Government absorbed the Scouts in the Hitler Youth movement. Thus the German Scouts were absent. The Catholic youth groups were exempted for a time by the NAZIs, but apparently no Germans participated in the Jamboree.

Participants

The numbers attending reflect both the strenth of the natioanl Scout associations and location near to Hungary.
Participation was well below that of the 3rd Jamboree in 1929, in many ways reflecting the march of totalitatianism in Europe. The Soviets had outlawed Scouting as did the NAZIs in Germany and the Italians in Italy. The countries and number of Scouts attendeding included: America (406), Armenia (34), Austria (712), Lichtenstein (?), Belgium (54), British Empire: Australia (87), British Guyana (3), Canada (7), Ceylon (22), England (1,286), Gibraltar (3), India (65), Irish Free State (70), Jamaica (46), Malta (29), Newfoundland (1), New Zealand (1), North Ireland (65), Palestine (15), Indodesia (5), Scotland (92), South Africa (62), Wales (37), Trinidad (10), British Foreign (40), Bulgaria (21), Czechoslovakia (328), Denmark (277), Egypt (40), Esthonia (14), Finland (81), France (921), Algiers (?), Morocco (?), Greece (16), Holland (116), Hungary (17,981), Iceland (24), Iraq (5), Japan (9), Latvia (49), Luxemburg (59), Lithuania (35), Norway (120), Poland (970), Danzig (?), Portugal (7), Roumania (212), Russian Emigrants (16), Siam (6), Spain (24), Sweden (165), Switzerland (462), Syria (23), Yugoslavia (52), International Bureau, Delegates, etc. 607. Total was 25,792.

American Participation

And now again, a group of lucky American Scouts were meeting the boys of other nations and experiencing with them another Jamboree, this time at Gödöllő, outside of Budapest, Hungary. The American Scouts remember returning to their camp through the Gödöllő parks after the impressive opening ceremony, arm in arm with a string of foreign Scouts, talking in different languages but all thinking the same thoughts, yelling and singing. The big rush for the reviewing stand and the mixing of all nationalities in one grand jumble had broken down all barriers of reserve.