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y School " 222 Higher Elementary School for Girls " 121 Teachers' Training College " 70 Classical College " 469 ---- Total of Yugoslav Pupils, 1555 ---- ITALIAN SCHOOLS. Elementary School for Boys Pupils, 250 Elementary School for Girls " 221 Higher Elementary School " 93 Classical College " 157 Technical College " 181 ---- Total of Italian Pupils, 902 ---- I do not know what were the facts ascertained on the spot by Mr. Hilaire Belloc which enabled him, without any reservations, to inform the readers of _Land and Water_ (June 5, 1919) that "Zara is quite Italian." He added that "Sebenia is Italian too." If this be so, how comes it that in 1919 the Italian authorities found it necessary to terrorize Sebenico ([vS]ibenik)--which is presumably the town Mr. Belloc refers to--with machine guns and hordes of secret police and the very lurid threats of Colonel Cappone, the town commandant? I believe it is nearer the truth to say that the population of this town consists of some 13,000 Yugoslavs and 400 _Italianists_.] [Footnote 12: This prelate died in December 1920. With fearless patriotism, said the _Tablet_ (January 1, 1921), he "had defended his flock from the Germanizing influence of the Habsburgs and the more insidious encroachments of the Italians."] [Footnote 13: The population of Veprinac, according to the last census, is: Yugoslavs, 2505 (83.7 per cent.); Italians, 24 (0.8 per cent.); Germans, 422 (4.1 per cent.).] [Footnote 14: Pribi[vc]evi['c] issued a statement to the effect that the interviewer, Magrini, had put into his mouth the precise opposite of what he had said with regard to Triest and Pola. Pribi[vc]evi['c] had told him that the whole of Istria, with Triest, should be Yugoslav. He reminded Magrini that a third person was present at the interview.] [Footnote 15: The supplies for the Austro-Hun
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