Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-04-10

prepared by the National Geographic So
ciety, Washington. d. CO.
Croatia is about to become an active
partner In the Kingdom of the Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes, after being a
silent partner for nearly four years.
The Croats were not at all pleased
with the dominance of the Serbs in
the new kingdom, and since the adop-
tion Of the constitution in June, 1921,
Dc Croatian members of the national
parliament-nearly a quarter of its
membership-have abstained from
taking their seats. Their decision to
sit now, however, does not mean that
they are any more pleased with the
situation, but that. according to one
Of their spokesman, they are going
to use their votes to help the opposi-
ton. They have been spurred to this
decision by the treaty between Italy
and Yugo-Slavia turning Fiume over
to Italy and smaller nearby ports to
Yugo-Slavia. Fiume was originally
Croatian, and against the wishes of
the Croats was carved out by Hungary
as a royal town. After the World
wa OAOdtAd nOpCu W STE It's tucle0I
possession returned but D'Annunzio
and diplomacy have thwarted these
hopes.
Croatia has a coast line of nearly
100 miles on the bays and channels
of the northeastern Adriatic from
Fiume southeastward, and extends in
land toward the Save and the brave
rivers about the same distance. The |
Croatfans are the most western of |
the Southern Slavs both in location
and In culture, for they were per-
mitted to develop under their Austro-
Hungarian overlordship while the lots
of their fellow Slavs were cast in
a less promising environment.
Croats are by no means unknown to
America. Before the World war the
emigration stream from Croatia
flowed from Fiume and Trieste as
constantly as the water trickles
through and under the limestone
plateau of the Karst region, a note
worthy physical feature of Croatia.
Development Is Lacking.
Though Croatia and Slavonia" is
rich in agricultural land, has vine.
Yards, pastures and forests, lack of &
capital has handicapped commerce c
and industry. Indeed its southwest, @
Itch in forests and grazing land and
accessible to the sea, is accounted one 7
" the least developed regions, eco I
in Europe. The chilling p
blasts of the bora have something L
o do with the sparse population and
of this region. s
Wine is cheaper than water in some "
ections. A curious by-product of the Is
ineyards is the grape cure" at Zom- il
or, a sanitarium where the chief II
description is a stipulated ration of 81
he variety of grapes held to be bene- 81
cial for the ailment under treatment. tn
Croatia's chief city, center of her IL
olitics and culture, is Zagreb, former til
known better by its German name, lie
gram. II sits In the lap of the Gro III
ian hills and looks off across fer OF
e plain. The city is divided into wi
rec parts, one of which contains the 50
lace of the banus, who under the an
lie of Austria-Hungary was the local tel
ImlnlStrator, and Is reached by
nicular railway or by winding ca
'eets from the lower town. or
Up from the railway station, al ne
'st to the main square of the city. eat
ere runs a fine mall, in the midst Bu
whose lawns there are various fine art
bile buildings, and a little to the lea
I, as one looks toward the hills be- alo
ID the city, there are the beautt- wit
grounds and buildings of the Uni her
sity Of Zagreb, which Is unsur- OF
sed in all Yugo-Slavia. bla
Market Day In Zaqreb. dur
Except on market day this great bar
are is a drab. uninteresting place. and
'ly In the morning on the DAYS of SIN,
market long lines of tables are sea
,ed on the coPbles until they reach bes
he very tables of the coffee houses tabl
ig the southern SIDE and the coun- the
roads are alive with attractive fig rem
), clothed in their holiday best en- viii
te to the market. dirt