Word: yugo
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...crux of the situation lay in the question: Is Greece to have a Republican constitution? Advised by Britain, Yugo-Slavia and Rumania not to discard the present dynasty on account of its important connections with the Balkan Powers,* Dictator Colonel Gonatas and his Government tried to quiet down the opposition by abolishing the press censorship, promising the abolition of martial law after the trial of those arrested in a recent revolt, appointing Foreign Minister Apostolos Alexandris as delegate on the Reparations Commission. Republican sentiment, however, refused to be appeased so easily and the clamor for a change...
...Demands to be accepted within 48 hours: a) The Bulgarian Government to present its excuses and regrets to the Yugo-Slav representative in Sofia; b) The Bulgarian Minister of War to express his personal regrets to the Yugo-Slav Military Attaché; c) A detachment of 250 Bulgarian soldiers with a flag to render honors before the Yugo-Slav Legation...
...Yugo-Slavian press backed up these demands and to a moderate extent reflected the animosity of the people to the Bulgars. The Novosti said: " We ought to go find and punish the guilty parties ourselves. We lost a chance when Stambuliski was assassinated, but assassination and political aggression have become systematic in Bulgaria. We cannot remain indifferent, now that it is a question of the attempted assassination of our representative...
...shows the receipt and acceptance of the Yugo-Slavian note. In reply to Belgrade it was made clear that the Bulgarian Government in no way considered itself responsible for the outrage. Official comment added that Bulgaria was obliged to bow to superior force...
...this should become a fait accompli, Yugo-Slavia will once again enjoy the support of the greatest of Slav nations. With Pan-Germanism dead and buried and Der Drang nach Osten but a blurred memory, Russia, and with Russia Pan-Slavism, will be able to play an unrestricted role in the Balkans. Premier Pashitch of Yugoslavia is probably more aware of this than any living man. His reason for wanting to recognize Russia, after having withheld that honor so long, is that Communism has been so modified that it will not present any grave danger to the Yugo-Slavian State...