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...Belgrade Government, after taking stock of Italy's position in the Italo-Greek dispute, refused to ratify the agreement. After many rumors relative to YugoSlavia's proclivity for warfare, she finally filed the Treaty of Rapallo and the Convention of Santa Margherita with the League of Nations in accordance with Article 18 ? of the Covenant...
This move had the effect of calling Mussolini's bluff on Italian pretensions. Instead of resorting to war he followed Yugo-Slavia's suit in filing the Italian copy of the Rapallo and Santa Margherita documents with the League. He then made a new offer to Yugo-Slavia, the terms of which were not published. It is understood, however, that for the present both parties will neither invite nor accept outside arbitration of their differences, but if they are eventually unable to reach an agreement the entire Fiume question may be placed before the Permanent Court of International Justice...
...zone of Fiume. The mission, however, encountered a good deal of opposition from the heterogeneous " Fiumians" who were not represented on the mission, and the status of Porto Barros became a sore point between Yugo-Slavia and Italy. Another conference was called which resulted in the Agreement of Santa Margherita (June 5, 1921), The terms of the Agreement gave equal rights to Yugo-Slavia, Italy, and the Government of Fiume in Fiume. The Port of Barros was recognized as a part of Fiume, but Yugo-Slavia revived political rights over...
...mission, now a Tripartite concern, went to work to apply the terms of the Treaty of Rapallo and the Agreement of Santa Margherita. But, the geographical situations of Sussak (a suburb of Fiume) and Porto Barros created many difficulties in regard to the administration of Fiume. Moreover, Yugo-Slavia wanted Porto Barros completely under her own sovereignty. It is the question of Porto Barros that has delayed a settlement so long...
...Queen Margherita, who is 72 years old, and widowed since 1900, is endeared to the people of Italy by the charming tradition of the grande dame which she has ably maintained. Small, delicate, fragile, she is every inch a queen, gracious and feminine to the finger tips which she has so often waved and kissed to affectionate crowds...