Evening star., 1921-06-12
JUGOSLAVA SEEN
ASFUTURE POWER
Being Welded Into Real Ma
ton, Serb Envoy's Re-
call Shows.
By HERBERT COREY.


BY HERBERT COREY.
Each hundredth man in the United
States is a Croatian. according TO
some statisticians. Usually found in
the neighborhod of steel mills or iron
foundries. Husky, enduring, 1rusai
fellows Prolific. patriotic and pels
vering. Once opon time they saved
their money and went home at the
end of seven years hard labor now
they stay here. Life in the Balkans
has been a bit hectic during the last
decade.
That is why Slavko X. Grouitch,
JuEuslavian minister to the United
States, is going back to Serbia in the
next, few days. He has been a very
good minister. indeed. but he is a
in tho United States. Inasmuch as
Croafia 10 now a part of Jugoslavia.
Quit4 as much as is Serbia, it is prob
able that he will be replaced here by
Oroatian- The Jugoslavs seem
agreed that this is only fair.
On& deduction to be made from this
change is that Jugoslavia is being
welded into a real nation from an
aggregation of states whose one tie
was that of blood. There are other
evidences Prince Alexander Of Ser
bia. 1t is reported. is to marry Prin-
cess Mary. who is the only daughter
Of King George and Queen Mary of
England. Events in the recent past
have inclined the average reader to
regard the average royal marriage as
Of the same relative Importance as
the watermelon crop in Ireland. but
the average reader is wrong. A royal
marriage in European diplomacy is
sort of an underwriting of the Sc
curity Of a country.
Tho two persons most concerned are
t4I ~ oh t,a
fashion in which a pair of proud par
ents consult with the son and heir as
to the college he will honor. He gets
into the conversation. but with very
limited right of veto. The Prince of
Wales has thus far evaded the matri-
moniel halter. Princesses have been
picked for him. but he has refused to
ratify. 1t is a safe bet, however, that
when he marries the lady will be
princess He may vamp peeresses and
piebeians. but in Westminster Cathe-
dral he will stay inside the blood lines.
How France Is Affected.
If . marriage has been arranged,
then between Prince Regent AleXan-
der Of Jugoslavia and Princess Mary
OF England it means that the two gov
ernments have been consulted. Down
ing street has looked over JugoSlavia
and has decided it will stand up. That
being the caSe-European diplomacy
not having yet descended to the shirt
sleeve status-Great Britain is form
ing . sort Of an informal political
alliance at the time the royal bonds
are being welded. 1t IS what a rude
American would call good politics.
Her friend and ally France is being
nudged out of a control she has been
aiming at in central Europe.
France has been the best friend of
the little entente. which is made up
Of Jugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and
Rumania. Her friendship has been of
the practical sort and has been recip-
rocated- The little entente is a fairly
sound affair. The three countries are
fertile. well mineraled in spots and
populated by a sturdy, hard-hghting.
sound-hearted peasantry Jugoslavia
and Czechoslovakia were carved out
OF what was once Austria Hungary.
The Jugoslavs were never on the best
OF terms with either Bulgaria or
Greece. Neither was Rumania So
the formation of the little entente was
IN accordance with the rule Of the
Balkans, which is to prepare for war
in times of peace.
Not many months ago the outlook
was stormy. Jugoslavia was not on
good terms with Italy. thanks to
D'Annunzio and the Fiume affair
each other bit. Then Prince Charles
of Austria Hungary played the part
Of peacemaker. The dear fellow didn't
know it, of course. With that keen
acun1en so often displayed by princes
Of G9rmanic blood-witness the latest
brillience of William Hohenzollern,
who thas secured possession of the
Dutcp goat by selling off a bit of the
historic estate at Doom in which he
has neen permitted 10 hide his dimin-
thought that all he had to do was to
show himself in his former domain to
start the sturdy yeomanry rallying
around him.
He, could practically see them rally.
according to all accounts. But when
he got there he found that to the ma
jority of those who were once Austria
HungarianS he was as popular as a
billygoat in parlor. The big entente
fused and parley-vooed good deal.
but the little entente began to roll up
its sleeves. Its leaders announced
that If Prince Charles did not catch
an early train out of there they would
come over and catch him. and after
they caught i'm the game law would
be declared off on Austrian royalties.
1taly-which is a most practical and
commonsense country-supported the
little entente. So. Charles went back
to Switzerland. The Swiss, according
to the latest reports, are to give him
the royal razz.
AN Important Assurance.
THAT event seems to have produced
a better understanding between Italy
and the little entente in general, and
Jugo$lavia in particular; which is
fact that must riIe Prince Charles
wheH he spells it out in the papers.
Frante and England likewise sup
portda the little entente. SO that there
is peace in the Balkans instead of the
trou4e that ruled there so long until
it f1n&lly broke out in the world war.
A more important assurance. perhaps.
that qugoslavia is a safe cou TRY for
a royal princess to marry into may
be foRnd in the recent adoption of the
constitution. Lots of good judges
;hqufht II III it could never happen But
Juepslavia is made up of Serbia.
Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia a-Herzegovina
and 4ontenegro. In the good old days
they fwere all more or less antago-
nisti4 in spite of the tie of Serbian
blood common to them all. The Croats
and eSlovenes. under the Austrian
monafchy. had fought the others.
Theys are of different religions. too.
and fhey take religion hard in the
Balkans. The leaders of the various
state1 wished to preserve their state
identifies. When it came to adopt
constitution two plans were offered.
One was federalistic. involving the
maintenance of the five states as
political entities. federated in the
Jugo4avian kingdom. The other was
for ation-wide statehood, in which
the Aentity Of the states was to be
merEfd in that of the kingdom. Prime
Mini5{er Pachitch fought for this lat
ter Qan, and it was adopted at the
meeting of the Jugoslavian parlia-
ment3a few days ago by a majority
Of foSty.
The kingdom is to be divided into
twenF departments, each under
prefer, and in turn divided into sub
prefeStures, each Of which will elect