IN JUGOSLAVIA

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 93, 14 January 1929, Page 9

IN JUGOSLAVIA

ENFORCING NEW LAWS CHECK ON POLITICAL BODIES STRICT CENSORSHIP Under the new laws in Jugo- , Slavia all political bodies have to deposit their articles of association and the dissolution of numerous trade unions has been decreed. lUnited Press Association.—By Electric Telegraijh.—Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) (Rec. January 13, 5.5 p.m.) London, January 12. Only official news continues to be permitted from Belgrade. It is announced in accordance with the new law that all political bodies are required within five. days to deposit copies of their articles of association, together with the names and professions of the officers thereof. An amnesty has been proclaimed under which the King pardons certain categories of military prisoners. The King aud the new Prime Minister continue to receive numerous telegrams of congratulation. It is learned from other sources that General Zivkovitch has decreed the immediate dissolution of numerous trade unions. Political parties are busy redrafting their constitutions in the hope •of escaping suppression, but it appears certain that the Croat Peasant Party will be banned under the law prohibiting political agitation. Even telephone conversations and private telegrams are being censored throughout Croatia. Foreign newspapers containing■ articles unfavourable to the dictatorship are confiscated. It is reported from Belgrade that the Government has ordered wholesale dismissals from the staffs of Ministries. The police force is being militarised and Parliament buildings are converted into barracks. The Government is admittedly planning the division of the country into fifteen departments. EVERYTHING TOTTERING EXCEPT THE ARMY AND THE KING (Rec. January 13, 5,5 p.m.) Berlin, January 12. King Alexander is not taking an alternative risk for the Crown, says the “Vossiche Zeitung.” Everything in Jugo-Slavia except the army and the King seemed to be tottering. These two forces represent the links binding the Slovenes and Croats —the army because it is the only power with which Italy can be confronted, and the King because he commands the respect of the Croatian peasants. Therefore it is logical that these forces are at the helm in the moment when the nation is threatened with collapse.