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...international exchange of health officers is now in progress in the U. S., and will last three months, during which about 25 European and Latin American health officers will visit various cities to observe American public health work. The countries represented are France, England, Italy, Russia, Spain, Poland, Yugo-Slavia, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Mexico, Salvador, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Canada...
...tension between Italy and Yugo-Slavia over Fiume (TIME, Sept. 3, Sept. 24) slackened considerably, and negotiations between the two countries were reported as proceeding smoothly...
Because of frequent raids on Serbian territory by the Bulgarian Comitadji*, Yugo-Slavia sent a stiff ultimatum to Bulgaria, declaring that unless these raids ceased Yugo-Slavia would cross the frontier. A war was thought to be averted by the prompt mediation of Premier Poincaré of France, who suggested a conference for this week to settle the question. Both Governments agreed...
Premier Mussolini had given the Belgrade Government until Sept. 15 to ratify an agreement reached by the Italo-Yugo-Slavian Commission on Fiume, whereby the political and administrative Government of Fiume is entrusted to Italy, Sussak and Porto Barros to Yugo-Slavia, with the proviso that both places are attached to Fiume for 99 years; the Free State to be governed by a mixed supreme government composed of delegates from Italy, Yugo-Slavia and Fiume. Last Week Mussolini began to mass troops in Istria, intending no doubt to scare the Belgrade Government...
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...