The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-30
EUTURE REPUBLIC is
BARRIER TO GERMANY

I,BARRIER TO GERMANY
= .Tugoslayia "a commonwealth in The
making ]is described by Bogumil Vosn
jak in the Outlook who makes pruc,
tically tho Fame points as does the
Serbian minister His article says in
pafts IsgHEr
40 The future historian of the world
war will abe especially interested in
the heginnings of the new state life
among the nations which lost their
Independence under the iron heel of
Hapshprg rutocracy. Tho downfall of
the Hapsburps is considered by Ju
EoslaVss Qzecho- Nlovaks, aud Poles as
the c6paition of their emancipation
from GeIiaan asccndency, and the in
deperdente Of JngOslavia, Bohemia, and
Poland is for these nations the only
Issue.
Hold vast Area
WHO are the Jugoslavs, or South
ern ,Slavsf There is from the Adriatic
TO the Egcan Sea, from the Triglav
next the Slav Italian German linguistic
frontier to Saloaica, a territory, in the
form of a great triangle, which in
eludes Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia Her.
zepovina, Croatia, southern Hungary,
Dalmatia. Istria, Trst (Trieste), Cor,
lea, Carniola, Carinthia, southern Sly
ria.%'''This territory Is populated by
the same nation with three names, tho
Serbs. Croats, and Slovenes. What is
the Jugoslav problemf The uniRca,
tion Of these twelve. millions in ono
tn1nnanAnOt tnfa It,rnula,ysa ,.,hi Oh
will be. bulwark against German az
gression and aspiration to be master
Of the road to Bagdad.
AntedAtes War al >..s,...
irttIh the last years before the out
break Of the great war there was a, say
ing that the future Of Austria Hun
gary depended upon the solution Of the
Jugoslav question. But Austria Hun
gary was unable to solve the problem
that is, to unite the Serbs, Croats, and
Slovenes, within the boundaries of the
monarchy. hungary opposed to the ut
most every attempt at incorporation
of Dalmatia and Bosnia. Herzegovina
with Croatia. Moreover, the unifca-
ton of the Jugoslavs of Austria Hun
gary alone would have impaired dan
gerously the idea of complete national
unity, which naturally includes the
Jugoslavs of Serbia and Montenegro
The outbreak Of the great war simpli-
fed the, whole situation. From the
very beginning every one thoroughly
acquainted with the facts was con
WINGED that any partial solution of the
JugoslaY problem, within Austria Hun
gary alone, is impossible, and that the
world war must definitely settle this
crucial problem. The settlement can
be only the unity and independence of
the whole Jdgoslav nation.
Problems Are Vital
There are three vital problems
which must determine the fate of Aus
tria- Hungary; the Jugoslav, the Czech,
and the Polish questions. But among
these the JugoslaV problem was a
question Of death and life for Austria
Hungary. Neither Czechs nor Poles
had national states on the boundaries
of that empire. " Serbia, on the other
hand, by the very fact of her existe nee
and geographical Situation, was dan
gerOus foe. The evolution of the re-
cent revolutionary movement in the
southern provinces teaches us that
Serbia was not guilty of spreading high
treason in Jugoslay lands, but that
there is a national movement which has
its reason in itself and in Austrian
methods Of government. By crushing
Serbia, Austria Hungary thought to
crush the Jugoslav movement.
Hapsbrgs' Effort Fajls
The Hapsburgs did not succeed in
this attempt, but their attitude i'm
menseIy strengthened the Jugoslav
movement both inside and outside the
monarchy. The Jugoslavs appeared as
the strongest, most decisive, and stout
est antagonists, OF HapSburg injustice.
Nowhere did Austrian militarism car.
ny out greater crimes than in Jugo
slav countries; nowhere was repres.
sion, with destruction of life and prop
rrty, more brutal than in the Jugo.
slav countries. 1t was only natural
that the Jugoslav exiles in Western
Europe were first among the Slavs of
Austria Hungary to create n revolu
tionary body, the Jugoslav committee
of London. 49,.
Program Outlined
"Whcn in May, 1915, the Jugoslav
committee drew up it's program, the
starting point for future work was
dear and settled. An evolution of
centuries prepared the way. That
racial and Linguistic unity must de
velop into state unity is truism for
political refofihors. But owing to the
duaIism of the Jugoslav nation, which
as Serbian was in the orbit of Con
stantihople aud Of the Eastern civiliza
ton, aud as Croatian was exposed to
the influence of the Church of Rome,
two rival state ideas arise, the Ser.
bian and the Creation. AS the Croa
tians endeavOred to unite the whole