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While observers were still wondering whether the first-born steppe-child of the Berlin-Moscow marriage would be a Budapest-Bucharest axis, an internal axis was born-the Serbs and Croats finally got around to sporazum in Yugoslavia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BALKANS: Budapest-Bucharest | 9/4/1939 | See Source »

Balkan term for Yugoslavia's long-deferred, long-discussed accord between the Serbian majority and the Croat minority is sporazum. Last week sporazum dramatically demonstrated how much Europe's tension had accelerated the growth of Balkan nationalism despite external pressure, internal dissension. In post-War Yugoslav history the sporazum was blocked by determination of 7,500,000 Serbs (Serbian Eastern Orthodox) not to share Yugoslavia's rule with 4,500,000 Croats (Roman Catholic), and the tenacity of Croatian struggles, the ruthlessness of Serbian repression, gave Croats the reputation of being one of the worst-treated minorities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YUGOSLAVIA: Spororum | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

This hardly seemed the proper tone for future partners. Nor were the times ripe for calm negotiation. But as the sensations of Germany's conflict with Danzig dwindled before the bigger sensation of a German-Russian anti-aggression pact, Yugoslavia's quarreling factions reluctantly, slowly, drew together: sporazum was announced as ready for signing as soon as Yugoslavia's Regent Prince Paul agreed. A Balkan saying has it that the only difference between a Croat and a Serb is that a Croat is ten minutes late, a Serb ten minutes later. Last week it looked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YUGOSLAVIA: Spororum | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

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