Word: jugoslavia
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Macedonia, always a hotbed of intrigue with an indescribably mixed population, is now the storm center of the civil war. Bulgaria, deprived of a Mediterranean port after the World War, is hovering over the afflicted territory like a bird of ill-omen. Turkey, Jugoslavia, and Italy undoubtedly would not resist taking a morsel of Greece if it were dangled before their eyes. The one hope that Greece has of setting her affairs without interference and loss is to enlist British support. The British watchdog, with a sentimental interest since Byron and a commercial interest antedating that, has already growled...
...rise to an optimism that an appreciation of the realities of the situation will not justify. It should be borne in mind, that despite the success of the League in at least contributing towards a moderately peaceful Saar plebiscite, and in the peaceful settlement of the threatened war between Jugoslavia and Hungary--despite these encouraging signs, it would be unwise to forget that the thorniest problems remain unsolved...
Geneva, Dec. 10--Concerted action of the major powers swept the rising threat of war in the Balkans aside suddenly tonight when Hungary and Jugoslavia joined in acceptance of a compromise solution of their dispute...
...compromise solution was drafted by representatives of France, Italy and Great Britain. It was accepted by Jugoslavia and Hungary during an intermission of the special session of the League of Nations Council, after another day of fiery debate in which warlike gestures disturbed the staid council halls...
Geneva, Dec. 9--Jugoslavia has threatened to quit the League of Nations unless the Council condemns Hungary for her alleged complicity in the assassination of King Alexander I, the United Press learned tonight...