Divided Jugoslavia The trial of Dr. Alatchek,. the Croat leader,
at Belgrade is outward evidence of the growing tension between the different' constituent 'parts of what came into being as the Serb-Croat-Slovene State, but is now known by official order as Jugoslavia. The unsettlement in that country looks like resulting in an explosion at any moment. There might be something to be said for attempts at unification if that were not synonymous, as it has been throughout, with Serb domination over Croats and Slovenes. Dr..Matchek's offence is that he signed the document known as the Zagreb Points, a manifesto calling. for a reconstituted federal state on the old triune basis. Dr. .Matchek does not seem to have advocated any degree of autonomy inconsistent with the preser- vation of ,the federal principle, and if he is condemned— the sentence has not yet been promulgated—disturbances in Croatia and other parts of the country may be looked fora The royal dictatorship still persists, but the chances of its prolonged survival are small. The real danger is that an internal breakdown may involve external complications.
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