Tito’s Regime Expels Students as Act of Class Warfare

Grey River Argus, 18 October 1948, Page 5

Tito’s Regime Expels Students as Act of Class Warfare

(Rec 5.30 p.m.) LONDON Oct. 16. There have been notices placed on Yugoslav University Bulletin boards from a “Disciplinary Commission for Deciding Students’ Crimes.” The notices told 300 students that they have been expelled for “slandering the Government. This is stated by the Associated Press correspondent at Belgrade. The majority of the 300 students who had only a few months to go before receiving their degrees, were the sons and daughters of so-called “capitalist Bourgeois elements.” The expulsion of the 300 students is thought tio be Marshal Tito’s reply to the Russian charges that the class war had now ceased in Yugoslavia. The Daily Express says that after 16 months of hard bargaining, Britain and Yugoslavia are to sign an agreement fixing compensation by Yugoslavia for British assets seized during the war. These include lead and zinc mines. Britain’s original compensation claim was for £7,500,000. Marshal Titos’ previous best offer was £2,uuu,000. Although the final terms or settlement have not been disclosed it is known that a satisfactory compromise has been reached.