Word: agram
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...once anti-Fascist and anti-Italian demonstrations took place in reprisal at Belgrade, Agram, Laiback, Spalato and other Yugoslavian cities. Apparently the Government of Yugo-Slavia made almost frantic efforts to quell these disturbances, which included the burning of Italian flags, attacks on Italian consulates and some scattered plundering of Italian-owned shops. Foreign Minister Nintchitch of Yugo-Slavia promptly despatched a note of apology to the Italian Government, and was reviled as a "traitor" by many of his countrymen for so doing. The incident appeared closed with the alleged arrival at Belgrade of an Italian note in which...
Premier Pashitch showed once again his formidable "iron fist." By order of the Government, the three YugoSlavian Universities were nationalized. Trouble started when several Croat professors at the Croatian University at Zagreb (Agram) were pensioned off. Students went on strike. A few days later, students of the Ljubliana (Liabach) University struck. In the capital, at Belgrade University, a strike was also declared. A gun fight ensued between the students and the gendarmes-10 of the former, five of the latter were wounded. In the western limits of the Kingdom, a mighty shout went up from Croat and Slovene throats...
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