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That Jugo-Slavia, the new kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes created by the Peace Conference, will develop into a strong and unified nation, in spite of all the jealousies, difference in customs among these peoples, was the belief expressed by Professor Archibald Cary Coolidge '87 in the third of his lectures on "Thee States of Central Europe" at the Lowell Institute. The resources of the country and its position in the centre of Europe are in its favor; as soon as its prejudices can be smoothed over and unity of spirit developed its road to strength will be unimpeded...
...Allied Nations must hang together. That is the watchword of the leading men of every country. Once dissatisfaction and ill-feeling appear to any extent, there will be trouble, and the recent war will have been fought in vain. Even now the dispute between Italy and Jugo-Slavia over the eastern seacoast of the Adriatic is reaching a climax. Many such disputes would lead to a disaster...