Liberal Premier, M. Bratiano, whose party was responsible for much
illiberal legislation--one of his powerful brothers was popularly said
to eat a Jew at every meal--the Supreme Council acted in such a manner
as to produce a particularly unwanted crisis in the Yugoslav political
world. Neither Roumanian nor Yugoslav need, in the opinion of Take
Jonescu, have considered that their dignity was being slighted, for the
tendency of the League of Nations is to limit the free will of each of
them. The cardinal doctrine of the League, as Lord Robert Cecil has
pointed out, is that its members are _not_ masters in their own house,
but must obey the decision of the majority. However, the Opposition in
the Belgrade Skup[vs]tina could not resist from using the delicate
situation for what many of the deputies thought was a patriotic course
of conduct, and nearly all of them regarded as an admirable party cry.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 1: _The Defeat of Austria, as seen by the 7th
Division._ London, 1919.]

[Footnote 2: _Contemporary Review_, February 1920.]

[Footnote 3: Afterwards Yugoslav Minister at Madrid and then at
Washington.]

[Footnote 4: _Fortnightly Review_, June 1919.]

[Footnote 5: Cf. _Manchester Guardian_, December 13, 1918.]

[Footnote 6: _Land and Water_, May 29, 1919.]

[Footnote 7: _Nineteenth Century and After_, November 1920.]

[Footnote 8: _Au Secours des Enfants Serbes._ Paris, 1916.]

[Footnote 9: Several old wooden warships, such as the _Aurora_,
the _Schwartzenberg_ and the _Vulcan_, were lying for years in
[vS]ibenik harbour, where they were used as repair-ships,
store-ships, etc. When the Italians evacuated Dalmatia they
took these vessels with them, but whether on account of their
contents or their history we do not know.]

[Footnote 10: Cf. _Die Handelsstrassen und Bergwerke von
Serbien und Bosnien wahrend des Mittelalters_, by Dr.
Constantin Jire[vc]ek. Prague, 1879.]

[Footnote 11: It is instructive to examine the attendance
figures at the schools of this the only Italian town of
Dalmatia, as the Italians call it. The figures are those of the
school year 1918-1919, and refer both to elementary and
secondary schools:

YUGOSLAV SCHOOLS.

Elementary School for Boys Pupils, 342
Elementary School for Girls " 331
Combined Elementar