CALL TO CROATS
UNITY IN CRISIS DISCIPLINE ADVISED LESSENING WAR BLOW VICE-PREMIER’S APPEAL (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, April 9. The Croat leader and Vice-Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, in a broadcast to his people from Zagreb yesterday said: “Croat people, brothers and sisters. I have come back to your midst to tell you that the greatest of disasters has befallen us. You have always listened to me in all anxious hours .and I am sure you will do the same now.
“I am going to remain amongst you and share with you every sorrow and trial. I shall keep in touch with the whole Croat nation through the representatives of the Peasant Party.”
M. Matchek declared that the catastrophe of war could be decreased if the Croats were united and disciolined. “I ask of you complete discipline everywhere, whether in the army or at home.” lie said. “Have faith in God and in the unity of the Peasant Party.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20527, 10 April 1941, Page 7
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