ime in Hungary.

OTHER LIONS IN THE PATH

The behaviour of the Communists was far from being the only clog in
Yugoslavia's parliamentary machine. After the first General Election of
November 1920--delayed until then on account of Italy's attitude, which
made it impossible to demobilize the army--no single party nor even one
of the large groups was possessed of a real working majority. Fierce and
determined was the Opposition;[52] to carry on the business of
government it became necessary to secure the coalition of several
parties. The Radical and Democrat _bloc_ had to attract to its side one
or two other parties, and it was truly difficult to make concessions to
anyone of these without rousing the righteous or the envious wrath of
another group. In principle it was proper that the Bosnian Moslems
should receive compensation for their estates; the question is whether
the very large sum was less in the nature of a fair price than of a
bribe. The Radical party was no longer under its happy triumvirate of
Pa[vs]i['c], the old diplomat, Proti['c], the executor of his ideas, and
Patchou, a medical man from Novi Sad, the real brain of the party. We
shall give an example of Patchou's prudence; the long views which he
possessed may be illustrated by what occurred at a meeting of Radical
deputies two days before the outbreak of the second Balkan War. The
Tzar's proposed arbitration was being discussed and certain deputies,
such as the late Dr. Pavlovi['c], who was the first speaker of the
Yugoslav Parliament after the Great War, raised their voices in
opposition; they were supported by the army. "Can we have Bitolje
(Monastir)?" they asked. "It is not known what the Tzar will decide,"
said Pa[vs]i['c]. "Then we can't accept arbitration," said Pavlovi['c].
And Patchou spoke. "I would be very glad to know," said he, "what Mr.
Pavlovi['c] would say if we could get, by possibly now sacrificing
Bitolje, not only Bosnia, but Dalmatia and other Slav countries." "All
that," said Pavlovi['c], "is music of the future." "For you perhaps,"
said Patchou, "but not for us." And the vote in favour of arbitration
was carried. Patchou died in 1915 at Ni[vs]. Besides being an expert in
finance and foreign affairs he was less arbitrary in his methods than
Proti['c]. That very erudite man--no sooner does an important book
appear in Western or Central Europe than a copy of it goes to his
library--has not been much endowed with patience. This broug