The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-22
BALKANS NEED
 STRONG MAN TO
 PREVENT WARS

bELOnADE, S0pt. ll (Dy ASSOCldC0u ed ess).-What the Balkans need to prevent new wars is a man of strong personality and charitable tendencies or a humorous Don Quixote, accord ing to Premier Vesmich, of Jugo-Sla- via.
 Whether it is within the compass of human intelligence to prevent the pres ent war tendencies the next few weeks will show. The broader aspect of the situation is that for Central Europe or the Balkan countries to become a great battlefield will be playing into " the hands of the Bolshevik agents who are believed to be working industrious ly in each country circulating war fum- ors and fomenting quarrels for which 1there are already too many reasons.
 That the Jugo-slav government does not want war with any other country, the Associated Press is authorized to state from a high authority. It was pointed out that the Jugo-Slavs got all they could possibly hope for by the peace treaties in territories from Hungary and Bulgaria, and a new war they are determined to have Plume. The people make loud protestat ations that their army can master the Italian army The Jugo-Slav army, they say, is regarded by outsiders as being in good shape with 100000 fresh troops ready. Also the word has been passed for mobilization of the peasants as soon as the harvests are in at the end of July.
 What the Jugo-Slavs do, it appears here. will be the signal for the Hun garians to jump after Pennsylvania and Slovakia and later to attempt to retake the enormously fertile Batchka from the Serbs.
 Riding south from Budapest in to old Serbia the correspondent found few evidences of the eve of war prepared enss on either side of the frontier, yet all the peasantry were receiving not ices of mobilization. The Hungarians now within the Serbian frontier ap peared to be heart brokent that they must belong to a country whose peo- people they regard as of a culture low plain they are unable to obtain pass ports to visit their friends in New Hungary.
 While the Jugo-Slavs are said to be unafraid of war, yet they realize they occupy a perilous position with re- spect to international political dissen Bulgars and Greeks might do in case the Jugo-Slavs made war on Italy. Not counting the Hungarians, it is not believed in American circles here that the Serbs and the Bu1garians will reach an understanding for com mon action. However, regarding the Spalato incident it is believed if it is shown the Italians started the trouble the Jugo-Slavs will insist strongly on indemnity.
 A crowd of Greats attacked Italian naval officers at Spalato July II and killed an Italian commander and sev- eral 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 Peters birthday no demonstrations of a war time nature occurred during the large parade.
 The premier prior to the celebration, issued request to the people asking them to refrain from unfriendly acts and to allow the government to ham, dle the affairs with Italy. He made speech in parliament of the same ten or, stating he was willing to abide the investigation by the American nav al authorities regarding the Spalato incident
 
 of a good harvest have improved the dinar exchanges, the dollar being now worth 16 to IT as against 20 to 50 a few month ago. Prices however, are high. meals in hotels costing from one to two American dollars. Cheap shoes may be purchased at from 20 to 25 American dollars. Country peo- ple are selling foodstuffs to Austria and to the Poles and Czechs, but other wise no real business is going on, oW- ing to the adverse exchange rate pre- venting buying abroad, and the de- mand of merchants for credit which few are willing to extend.