YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-05-22
IS. MAJA 1851.

slav programme had been alreaoy dc-
cepted by President Wilson and Sec
retary Lansing (due mostly to the
good WORK Of the Croatian emigre
Dr. Hinkovich and the Serbian min
lister at Washington, Mihajlovich, one
of the few sincere Jugloslavs among
the Serbian statesmen), q project
was sent to Mr.. Mihajlovich in which
Mr.. Pasich demanded Bosnia and
Herzegovina for Serbia 'as compen-
sation" ia case Of a separate peace
with Austria. Mr.. Mihajlovich re-
fused to transmit this project, to U. =
S. Government and, for that reason,
he was promptly and summarily dis
missed from his office.
A short time later, the same thing
happened to Mr.. Jovanovich, the Ser
bian ambassador in London, because
he had dared to propose, at a meet
ing in London Mansion House, the ,
full programme of Jugoslavisrn
which was, thereupon, endorsed by
Mr.. Balfour.
Due to this policy Of Mr.. Pasich
and of the Serbian government, Jugo-
slav unity and independence was not |
recognized by the powers in advance
of the armistice as was for instance
the Czecho-Slovakian. This proved to
be up to, and at the time of Versailles
conference very serious drawback,
and the loss of several purely Croa-
tian and Slovenian districts to Italy isl
directly traceable to this fact.
THE FRAUD OF 1918
In the last few months before the
armistice, many things happened,
however, which, for time at least,
put an end to Mr.. Pasichs machina-
tions. The most important of these
was the unquestionable and open
sympathy Of President Wilson and of
some of the British statesmen for the
idea of Jugoslav unity So it hap
pened, that, at the end of war, Mr..
Pasich, as the foremost advocate OF
the pan-serb programme and a more
or less open enemy Of the idea of
unity, fell into disgrace with his own
people, and had to be- satisfied with
position in the background, Che
was appointed chairman of the Peace
Conference Commission, but was
there, for time, completely over
Swallowed by the minister for foreign
affairs, DR.. Trumbich), while the
official Serbia, as represented by the
prince-regent, finally decided for the
union. On December first, delega-
tion from the National Council from
Zagreb was received by the Regent
who accepted their Declaration OF
November %, with all it's amend
ments and reservations, as the find
act of unitication. These were; his
words on that occasion: .tyft,s,
Gentlemen of the delegation! Your
coming in the name of the Nationa
Coupcil, that worthy representative Of
Cdr broad national thought, and yeul
announcement of its thought, ane
your announcement of it's historic de-
cision of November "a, by which the
unification of our whole nation, ant
of~eur whole, dear, tormented father
land is declared, fills me with deeI
joy. Accepting that declaration,
proclaim in the name of his majesty
King Peter the union of the King
dom of Serbia with the lands of thu
independent State of Slovenes, Croat!
and Serbs into single Kingdom O
, the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes." Thi
= declaration was ratified four week.
later by the Serbian Parliament.
!, This idyl~ Of brotherly love, and thu
: acknowledgment of Croatian initia
- tive, as evidenced in the above &C
:, ceptance, was of very short duration
. It lasted only as long, as this initia
q tive was necessary to assure the nev
!, state recognition by the powers
8 Foxy old politician that he was, MI
! Pasich did not fail to notice. hov
d blindly the South -Slavs of the forme
$, Hapsburg empire were rushing int
o the union with Serbia, taking abso
e lutely no precautions-except the few
d reservations in the Declaration o
a Nov. "a which, as was later shown
X were not hard to beat-that their in
terests, desires and hopes shall not b
II disregarded and over-ruled.
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