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Montenegrons desire to regain independence from Yugo-Slavia. Congressman Fish leads an American committee to assist them...
Before the war, Montenegro was free. Its boundaries were defined: north by Austro-Hungary, south by Albania, east by Serbia, west by the Adriatic. After the war was started to join Montenegro to the newly formed Serb, Croat and Slovene State (Yugo-Slavia). The "Big Four" (Lloyd George, Clemenceau, Orlando, Wilson) decided that a plebiscite should be held. Meanwhile, YugoSlavian troops occupied the territory; the Montenegrin population for the most part fled to the hills. When the plebiscite resulted in a favorable vote for adhesion to Yugo-Slavia, it was held that this result was not the will...
...defensive treaty between Czecho-Slovakia and Yugo-Slavia was renewed for three years. The treaty existing between Yugo-Slavia and Rumania is about to be prolonged. The two treaties constitute what is known as the Little Entente...
There is more than meets the eye in the prolongation of the Little Entente's life. The three countries between them command a standing army of more than half a million men. While the Greco-Turkish impasse at Lausanne lasts, Yugo-Slavia is keeping an army on the Greek frontier. If hostilities should commence, the other two members of the Little Entente might be dragged into another Balkan War. It is vain to point out that this is a result of the Balkanization of Central Europe...
...little misgiving by the " Big " Entente. France is particularly anxious. This anxiety is seen in the hectic way in which she has tried to appease the indifference of the Little Entente nations: the sending of Marshall Foch to Prague, an invitation to the King and Queen of Yugo-Slavia to visit France, the withdrawal of General Leronde from Bucharest to undertake a diplomatic mission to Belgrade. Great political significance is attached to this last move...