Pro-Hungary?

YUGOSLAVIA

After four years of abstention, the Croatian Party (advocating secession of Croatia from the rest of Yugoslavia) decided to take their 96 seats in the National Skupstina (Parlia-ment).

The object of the move was said to be that the Croatians intend to go to Belgrade (the capital), join the Opposition there, oust Premier Pashitch, demand new elections, revise Balkan policy, "kill" the Italo-Yugo-Slavian treaty over Fiume (TIME, Feb. 4).

Said Stefan Raditch "storing petrol of the Balkans" (TIME, Sept. 3), leader of the Croatian Secessionists, at Vienna:

"Yes, we intended to go to Belgrade, with the primary object of frustrating the Fiume agreement, not only because Croatia needs Fiume, but also because we have proof that the whole agreement was dishonest.

"We have information that the Italian Parliament will not ratify the treaty until after the elections in May, and before then, Mussolini intends to occupy part of Dalmatia.

"A secret treaty was signed in Rome, in addition to the open agreement in which it was agreed that should the Croatians prove objectional Premier Pashitch will amputate western Croatia from Yugoslavia, Italy will occupy the Adriatic section and Hungary the northern parts.

"If we fail in overthrowing the corrupt Pashitch regime nothing can prevent an early outbreak of revolution in Macedonia and Montenegro. As a last resort we shall appeal to the League of Nations. Croatia, with Dalmatia and Slovenia, formerly Hungarian, have a more western civilization than the rest of Yugoslavia and enjoyed a greater 'degree of autonomy under Hungarian than Yugoslav sovereignty. Fiume actually is in Crotia."