Word: dalmatian
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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According to the agreement, the Jugo-Slavs are to get most of the Dalmatian coast, and, as a further sop to their pride, concessions have been made on their western boundaries. Italy is to receive Zara and certain strategic islands in the Adriatic; while Fiume, although established by the agreement a free state, not even subject to the League, is virtually an Italian protectorate, since Italian influence is dominant in municipal affairs. The port itself will be used freely by both parties, however, so that the Jugo-Slavs come out of the affair rather well. Above all, the settlement bids...
After discussing the present alliance between Serbia and Greece, the questions of Skutari, Dalmatian and of Fiume, the pact of London, Italian occupation, of the armistice; the question of the Serbian ports, with much light thrown upon geography, nationality and history, Professor Coolidge spoke of the felling that exists between the Serbs and the Croats. The latter look on themselves as much more cultured and western, but are willing to be united with the Serbs without domination by them. The Serbs likewise fell a superiority in that they have fought and suffered and freed the others whom they sometimes look...