Word: yugo-slavia
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...After outlining the important part played by the League in settling the boundary dispute between Yugo-Slavia, Greece and Albania in 1921, when they sent an international commission to the latter country which was successful in arriving at a settlement of the dispute by mutual consent: "I myself heard the Foreign Mimster of the invading State (Yugo-Slavia), speaking at the tribunal of the Assembly of the League, declare that the relations of the two countries were now excellent and friendly, and attribute that happy result to the mediation and influence of the League...
...also announced that a trade agreement with Yugo-Slavia was in the course of negotiation...
According to a despatch from Belgrade (capital of Yugo-Slavia) Albanian Mussulmans have decided to break with the Caliphate, suppress polygamy and abolish the requirement for women to wear veils in public. It was also agreed that prayers may be said while standing. Resolutions to this effect were passed by the Albanian Mussulmans' Congress at Tirana...
...election campaign throws light on the measures adopted by the Gov- ernment to suppress unwelcome factions. In the first instance, the Magyars, unwillingly incorporated into Yugo-Slavia; together with hundreds of Turks and Macedonian voters, were swept off the voters' list. Next, opposition manifestoes were confiscated by the Government and unfavorable newspapers suppressed Lastly, the whole gendarmerie was combed out before the elections and reduced as far as possible to the faithful supporters of the Government...
...Yugo-Slavia, of course, protested to the League of Nations against the acts of aggression by the Bulgarian outlaw bands...