Word: montenegrin
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Four years ago Montenegro was joined to Yugo-Slavia? Ever since, Montenegrin Nationalists have grown weaker as they protested the union. Last week they were considered to have become so impotent that King Alexander and Queen Marie of Yugo-Slavia be?believed it safe to visit Cetinje, the capital of Montenegro...
They set forth in a carriage, smartly drawn by six white horses. At a village, the seat of King Alexander's predecessors, an old nurse gave him a blessing. Queen Marie, diplomatically attired in a Montenegrin national costume, sparkled with good humor beside her husband and evinced no sign of mistrusting the people...
...they accept their new ruler, or would a shot, a knife, a bomb express the hatred of unwilling subjects for their lord? It was a ticklish moment. Steel-nerved, the smiling royalties awaited what was to come. Then suddenly their people knelt and poured forth the ancient greeting of Montenegrin subjects to a Montenegrin King: "Lo, thou art our heavenly sun, our wish, our happiness and our sharp sword...
...After the War a plebiscite was held among Montenegrins, and as a result they were joined in 1921 to Yugo-Slavia (i.e. "South Slavia", officially "The Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes"). Montenegrin Nationalists have opposed this action, declaring the plebiscite "illegal and unfairly conducted...
...Montenegrin people have been pointing out to the world that the inhuman policy of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes towards its minorities would only lead to another struggle in the Balkans. The attitude of the Croatian separatists under M. Stefan Radich, of the Macedonian insurgents under Alexandrov, of the Montenegrin insurgents under the late Savo Raspopovich gives proof that the spark exists that can kindle another war, if it be not extinguished. The League of Nations is hereby petitioned to appoint a Commission to investigate the condition of the minorities in the Balkans- in Montenegro in particular...