Word: balkanized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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After eleven years, 1912-1923 (Balkan Wars, World War, Anatolian War), of almost continuous mobilization, though not fighting, the Greek Army, last week disbanded. One hundred fifty thousand men are returning to civil life. M. Romanos, Greek Minister to Paris, estimates that the cost of this operation, which will increase the productive capacity of Greece, will amount to only 5,000,000 drachmas...
Yugo-Slavia refused to sign, owing to the fact that she is expected to pay a portion of the Ottoman Debt by virtue of having annexed Turkish territory in the Balkan...
...Balkan country club where royalty sets the balls in motion...
Vintila Bratiano, Rumanian Minister of Finance, made a visit to Rome. He interviewed Benito Mussolini, Italy's all-powerful Premier, and to Mussolini the Balkan statesman outlined a little plan. The Rumanian Government intended to carry out a large program of economic reconstruction. Would Italy help? If so, Italian financiers were cordially invited to exploit the country's natural resources. Special arrangements would be made to favor the entry of Italian workmen to Rumania...
...Agrarians succeeded in keeping the peace within the country and without and it will be but a question of time before they again hold the rein. In the interim Europe can only hope that nothing will occur of such violence as to upset the precarious balance of the Balkan Peninsula...