Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-18

Bolshevik Agents Believed to
Be Fomenting QuarreIs in
Those Countries.

BELGRADE. August 1S.-What the
Balkans now need to prevent new
wars is man of strong personality
and charitable tendencies or humor-
Gus DON Quixote, according to Pre-
mier Vesnitch of Juxoslavia
Whether it is within the compass of
human intelligence to prevent the
present war tendencies the next few
weeks will show. The broader aspect
of the situation is that for central
Europe or the Balkan countries to be-
come a great battlefield will be play
ing into the hands of the bolshevik
agents. who are believed to be work
ing industriously in each country, cir
culating war rumors and fomenting
quarrels for which there are already
too many reasons.
That the Jugoslav government GER
tainly does not want war with any
other country the Associated Press is
authorized to state from a high au-
thor1ty. 1t was pointed out that the
JugoslavS got all they could possibly
hope for by the peace treaties in ter
ritories from Hungary and Bulgaria,
and a new war might set back the
infant nation. But they are deter
mined to have Fiume. The people
make loud protestations that their
army can master the Italian army.
The Jugoslav army, they say, is re-
garded by outsiders as being in good
shape, with 100000 fresh troops ready.
Also the word has been passed for
as the harvests are in at the end of
July.
Hungarians Are Heartbroken,
What the Jugoslavs do, it appears
here, will be the signal for the Hun
garlans to jump after TRANSPLANT a
and Slovakia and later to attempt to
retake the enormously fertile Batchka
from the Serbs.
Riding south from Budapest into old
Serbia, the correspondent found few evil
dences to the eye of war preparedness
on either side of the frontier vet all the
peasantry were receiving notices of mo-
biliZation. The Hungarians now within
the Serbian frontier appeared to be
heartbroken that they must. belong to a
country whose people they regard az of
culture lower than their own. They
also complain they are unable to obtain
passports to visit their friends in New
Hungary.
While the Jugoslavs are said to be
| unafraid of war. yet they realize they
occupy a perilous position with respect
to international political dissensions, as
we'll as concerning what the Bulgars and
Greeks might do in case the Jugoslays
| made war on Italy. Not counting the
I Hungarians. it is not believed in Amer
lean circles here that the Serbs and
for common action. However, regard
ing the Spalato incident, it is believed il
| it is shown the Italians started the trou-
BILE, the Jugoslavs will insist strongly or
an indemnity. "a crowd of Croats at
tackled Italian naval officers at Spalato
July IL, and killed an Italian COM
mander and several sailors)
A trip through the city streets con-
vinces one that all is quiet Citizens
generally deny any war madness. Dur
| ing the recent celebration of King Pc
ters birthday no demonstration of a
war nature occurred during the large
parade.
Leave Case to U. s. Navy.
| The premier, prior to the celebration
issued request to the people asking
| them to refrain from unfriendly acts anC
| to allow the government to handle the
affairs with Italy. He made a speech ir
parliament of the same tenor, stating ne
was willing to abide the investigation
| by the American naval authorities re-
| garding the Spalato incident.
| The recent British loans and reports
of a good harvest have improved the
dinar exchange, the Collar being WORT
! 10 to II, as against 20 to 80 a few
months ago. Prices, however. are high
meals in hotels costing from one to two
American dollars. Cheap shoes may be
purchased at from twenty to twenty
| five American dollars. Country people
are selling foodstuffs to Austria and Il
\ the Poles and CZechs, but otherwise ne
real business is going on, owing to the
adverse exchange rate preventing buy.
| ing abroad and the demand of mer.
chants for credit, which few are willing
| to extend.