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...however, less the misgovernment of the Hapsburg rulers that produces ferment in Croatia and Bosnia, than the rise of a passionate nationalism in those provinces and a desire to unite with men of their own blood and language in the Serbian kingdom. The justification put forward by the champions of the Jugoslavs is the same as that put forward by the friends of Italian unification, namely, that they had a right to desire racial unity and political independence, and had also a right to fight...
...Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Herzegovina...
Yugo-Slavia, a fraction smaller than the state of Oregon, comprises eight areas, the main parts of which are known as Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Bosnia, Herzegovina...
...leader of the Croatian Peasants, who favor an independent republic for Croatia, is Stefan Raditch. In the last National Assembly, the Raditch Party had 70 seats and proved itself a great nuisance to the Government. On the eve of a new general election, Premier Pashitch had Raditch and several others arrested. Subsequently, a court ordered their release; but the Government quickly found more evidence against them and had them rearrested. But this was not enough; the aged Premier, who swore to fight rather than to yield to the federative demands of his political enemies, ordered the dissolution of the Peasants...
Recently the election was held. Soldiers allegedly played a great part-with their bayonets and rifle butts. Government political agents advised the voters how to vote-for the Government. In Croatia, an unrecognized Peasants' Party voted for its candidates. Raditch and his friends were in jail, half the country was terrorized; yet, despite all this, the Government only increased its majority slightly, gaining some 30 seats and establishing a Government majority of about five over all parties of the Opposition...