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Title: The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2

Author: Henry Baerlein

Release Date: March 8, 2008 [EBook #24781]

Language: English

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THE BIRTH OF
YUGOSLAVIA

BY

HENRY BAERLEIN

VOLUME II

LONDON
LEONARD PARSONS
DEVONSHIRE STREET

_First Published 1922_
_[All Rights Reserved]_

LEONARD PARSONS LTD.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II

PAGE

VI. YUGOSLAVIA'S FIRST YEAR OF LIBERTY (AUTUMN 1918 TO AUTUMN 1919) 7

VII. FURTHER MONTHS OF TRIAL (1919-1921) 208

VIII. YUGOSLAVIA'S FRONTIERS (1921) 272

IX. CONCLUSION: A FEW NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS 392

INDEX 411

MAP OF YUGOSLAVIA

THE BIRTH OF YUGOSLAVIA

VI

YUGOSLAVIA'S FIRST YEAR OF LIBERTY

NEW FOES FOR OLD--ROUMANIAN ACTIVITIES--THE ITALIAN FRAME OF
MIND--SENSITIVENESS WITH RESPECT TO THEIR ARMY--AN UNFORTUNATE NAVAL
AFFAIR--WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT POLA--THE STORY OF THE "VIRIBUS
UNITIS"--HOW THE ITALIANS LANDED AT POLA--THE SEA-FARING YUGOSLAVS--WHO
SET A STANDARD THAT WAS TOO HIGH--AN ELECTRICAL ATMOSPHERE AND NO
PRECAUTIONS--ITALIANS' MILDNESS ON THE ISLE OF VIS--THEIR TRUCULENCE AT
KOR[VC]ULA--AND ON HVAR--HOW THEY WERE RECEIVED AT ZADAR--WHAT THEY DID
THERE--PRETTY DOINGS AT KRK--UNHAPPY POLA--WHAT ISTRIA ENDURED--THE
FAMOUS TOWN OF RIEKA--THE DRAMA BEG