Word: balkanize
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...proposal that French troops be permitted to march through the Tyrol against Italy in the event of war; by the Italians with a proposal that their troops be allowed to pass through another part of Austria, the Moll Valley, in case of war between Italy and Jugoslavia, chief Balkan ally of France...
Perhaps the only downright disparaging remark England's Queen-Empress Mary is known to have uttered was her icy observation, four years ago, that the Queen of a certain Balkan state, who was then touring the U. S., ought to go to Hollywood and remain there. Queen Marie is Queen Mary's husband's second cousin...
...momentous answer of Il Duce, the editors were permitted to hint, was affirmative. Significance: it would appear that Italy, just now especially piqued by France at the London Naval Conference, has de- cided to strengthen and confirm the ring of "Balkan Allies" which // Duce has been forging with Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece and Rumania against the French entente with Jugoslavia and Czechoslovakia...
Headed by Lieut. James Harold Doolittle, resigned crack Army pilot (TIME, Feb. 3), the delegation will visit Greece, Turkey, the Balkan countries, Poland. Scandinavian countries and Switzerland...
Startled at the presence of an Austrian Chancellor in Fascist Italy, the Chicago Tribune ("The World's Greatest Newspaper") headlined in the argot of gangland: ITALY GRABS UP AUSTRIA AS ALLY IN BALKAN RING...