Word: yugo
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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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...
...argument advanced by those who favor Montenegrin union with Yugo-Slavia runs to the effect that " King Nicholas had more than one string to his bow during the war"; it is felt that he did not wholeheartedly espouse the cause of the Allies. Whether or not that question affects the status of Montenegro or Montenegrin liberty today, it is always brought up in that connection...
...important to remember that the present King of Yugo-Slavia, Alexander I, is a grandson of King Nicholas...
...with no 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...