The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-28
BALKANS NEED MAN
| OF QUIXOTE TYPE
Premier vesniteh of Juso- SIavia Says
Friction and War Almost Sure.
(Ry Associated Press


Belgrade, Aug. 27.-What the Bal
kan snow need to prevent new wars
is man of strong personality and
charitable tendencies or a humorous
Don Quixote, according to Premier
Vesnitch, of Jugo-Slavia.
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 great battlefield will be play
ing into the hands of the Bolshevik
agents who are believed to be working
industriously in each country circulat-
ing war rumors and fomenting quar-
rels for which there are already too
many reasons.
That the Jugo- Slavia government
certainly does not want war with any
other country the Associated Press is
authorized to tsate from high au-
thority. 1t was pointed out that the
Jugo- Slavs got all they could pos
sibly hope for by the peace treaties
in territories from Hungary and Bull
garia, and a new war might set back
the infant nation. But they are de-
termined to have Fiume. The peo-
pie make loud protestations that their
army can master the Italian army
The Jugo-Slav 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
mobilization of the peasants as soon as
the harvests are in.
What the Jugo- Slavs do, it appears
here, will be the signal for the Hun
garians to jump after Pennsylvania
and Slovakia and later attempt to re-
take the enormously fertile Batchka
from the Serbs.
Riding south from Budapest into
old Serbia the correspondent found few
evidences to the eye of war prepared
ness on either side of the frontier, yet
all the peasantry were receiving no.
tees of mobilization. The Hungarians
now within the Serbian frontier ap-
peared to be heartbroken that they
must belong to country whose people
they regard as of culture lower than
their own. The yalso complain they
are unable to obtain passports 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
respect to international political dis
sentions, as well as concerning what
the 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 Bulgarians
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 on an in
demnity.
A crowd of Croats attacked italian
naval officers at Spalato, July II, and
killed an Italian commander and sew
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 nature occurred during the
large parade.
The premier, prior totthe celebra-
ton, issued a request to the people
asking them to refrain from unfriendly
acts and to allow the government to
handle the affairs with Italy. He
made a speech in parliament of the
same tenor, stating he was willing to
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lean naval authorities regarding the
Spalato incident.
The recent British loans and reports
OF good harvest have improved the
dinar exchange, the dollar being worth
16 to IL as against 20 to 80 few
months ago. Prices, however, are
high. meals in hotels costing from one
to two American dollars. Cheap shoes
may be purchased at from 20 to 20