The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-19
Strife Brews
 AmongMasses
 In Yugoslavia
Mixed NatiOnaIities Even Greater Threat Than
 Outside Forces
EDITORS NOTE: The follow Ing is the third in the series on danger spots in Europe.
United Press Association Bx STEWART BROWN

Bx STEWART BROWN
 Belerade. Yugoslavia, June IS ftgF) -Yugoslavia. known before the war as Serbia, Is the largest and most powerful of the Balkan states ana possesses. the most dan gerous powder barrels of any oi the "victor' nations.
 rho clements for explosion are mhnufactured within Yugoslavia. Internal dissension over political, religious and cultural problems have, and still threaten, to tear the newly-forged state into fractions.
 BeIgrade, capital of the new and greater Serbia, although only eight hours by train from Vienna or Budapest, presents raw and rude contrast to those cities.
 s Suffers Growing Pains
 Hero everything is new and in prbcsss of construction. Before the war. Belgrade was the tiny capital of%a tiny nation covering only 34,- 900 square miles. with a popula- ton of 4,5OO, ,OO0. Today Yugo- slavia measures 94,0Q0 square miles and has a population of 14,O00,0OO.
 Most of this new territory and population came from tho olo Austfo- Hungarian Empire. The process of territorial digestion has been and still is extremely painful, because many of the new Ytsgoslav citizens have resisted as- similation.
 Yugoslavia has been in internal turmoil ever since creation of the Kingdom. The Serbs, who only emerged as an independent nation as the result of the Balkan Wars of 1Qt2, saw their country overridden with Austrians and Hungarians during the World War.
 DlssensiOn From Within
 When tho Allies triumphed and tho Serbian government returned from. exile in Corfu. Belgrade found itself. through peace treaties, the capital of kingdom many times greater than before the war
 The Croats, Slovenes, Macedoni- ans and Moslems, who were award cd to Serbia by the treaties, did not make peaceful subjects. The racial and religious minorities (The Serbs are Orthodox, the Croats and Slovenes Catholic and Moslem)' yiKorously opposed, often with guns, every effort to centralize au- thority in Belgrade. They consid- cred themselves culturally and so- cially superior to the Serbs.
 Dictator Set Up
 This tension led to the murder of stephen Raditch, Croatian lead er in Parliament. which in turn led to establishment of Serbian military dictatorship by the late King Alexander in 1929.
 Tho real dictatorship ended last year when King Alexander was slain in, Marseilles. His death left Yugoslavia with dictatorial form of government without dictator.
 The politicians. with tho aid of as4iegency headed by Prince Paul t1lexander's cousin), are doing tlkbir- hebt to keep the country to- ssther until King Peter IT. now II, reaches his majority at IS.
 People Arc Restless { ~But signs of unrest are evident. TAe people are ciamoring for re- turn to Q more democratic and less centralized regime. It now remains t& be seen whether tho dictator sllp can be iiquidated peacefully of not.
 Although Yugoslavia's difficult ties are chiefly domestic, its for- oign relations have and still pre- sent certain grave problems. Italy aHd Yugoslavia have been at log Herheads almost continuously since tho war. The Yuoslavs believe the ItAlians possess designs on their hAautiful Dalmatian coast. The two nations foreign policies have clash cu in the Balkans. Italy, backed bY Hungary, Austria and Bulgaria, wished to undermine the influence of the Little and Balkan Ententes, n both of which Yugosalvla plays t leading role. Yugoslavia, on it's si1e, wishes to attain dominant position. in the Balkans, and is ex- tiemelysn jealous and, suspicious of ifhly's political assistance to Aus txia.
 Crisis Is Avoided
 ssThe two nations were at the peint of war when Mussolini mo- mized troops on the Austrian from tier during tho Maxi rebellion in Austria last summer.
 Recently, however. there has been = distinct improvement in iealo- -Yugoslav relations.
 The Yugoslav army is said to be tAo best in the Balkans. Hungary und, Austria. both of whom are sun considered enemies" in Bel grade, realize Yugoslavia's military superiority, therefore there is lit- tie likelihood of their embarking Upon any adventures against Yugo- slavia.
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