Word: pashitch
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...against committing retaliatory excesses and against surpassing the rights of the constitutional Opposition. Premier Mussolini of Italy was reported to have warned Yugo-Slavia that Italy would not tolerate any interference on her part in the internal affairs of Bulgaria, and a Minister of the latter called on Premier Pashitch at Belgrade and apologized for the statements published by the press charging Serbian complicity in the outrages...
...first session of the Skupstina (National Assembly) at Belgrade was as stormy as an agitated hornets' nest. Premier Nicolai Pashitch and his colleagues had, some time before, been pained to discover that Stefan Raditch's Croatian Party, which they had tried to outlaw,- was 67 strong in the Skupstina. A committee was formed to decide the legality of the election of the 67; and its decision (declaring 61 of them illegal) passed its first reading in the Chamber. It was this that caused fury to be unfurled...
...beginning of the election campaign (TIME, Feb. 23), Premier Pashitch had Stefan Raditch arrested and his Croatian People's Party (Republican) declared illegal as a step to increase his (Pashitch's) majority. The Croat Republicans, however, were elected under new party names...
...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...
...allowed, even if it desires, to sit in the next Parliament. The Government majority is therefore virtually 75. Once again Serbian methods have won another election ; once more the Government has scored a great victory; but, as formerly, at least half the electorate remains hostile to Nikolai Pashitch and all he stands...