YUGOSLAVIA: Iron Fist

Premier Pashitch showed once again his formidable "iron fist." By order of the Government, the three YugoSlavian Universities were nationalized. Trouble started when several Croat professors at the Croatian University at Zagreb (Agram) were pensioned off. Students went on strike. A few days later, students of the Ljubliana (Liabach) University struck. In the capital, at Belgrade University, a strike was also declared. A gun fight ensued between the students and the gendarmes—10 of the former, five of the latter were wounded. In the western limits of the Kingdom, a mighty shout...

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