RIGID CENSORSHIP OF AIL NEWS FROM JUGO-SLAV CAPITAL

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6810, 14 January 1929, Page 7

RIGID CENSORSHIP OF AIL NEWS FROM JUGO-SLAV CAPITAL

Trade Unions Dissolved CLOSE SUPERVISION OF POLITICAL BODIES PARLIAMENT AS BARRACKS. United Press Association—By Electrie Telegraph —Copyright. Received Sunday, 7 p.m. LONDON, .Tan. 12. Only official nows" continues to be permitted to come from Belgrade. It is announced that in accordance with a new law, till political bodies arc re* ouired within live days to deposit copies of their articles of association, together with the names and professions of the officers. An amnesty has been proclaimed, under which the King pardons certain categories of military prisoners. The King and the new Primo Minister contiuue to receive • numerous telegrams of congratulation. It is learned from other sources, however, that General Zivkovich has decreed the immediate dissolution .of numerous trade unions. The 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 and foreign newspapers, containing articles unfavourable to the dictatorship, are being confiscated. It is reported that the government has ordered wholesale dismissals from the staffs of tho ministries. The police force is being militarised and Parliament buildings converted into a barracks. The government is admittedly planning tho division of tho country into 15 departments.

King at the Helm GERMAN' COMMENT ON THE SITUATION. Received Sunday, 7 p.m. BERLIN, Jag. 12. “King Alexander is not taking alternative risk for the Crown,” says the Vossiehe Zeitung. “Everything in Jugo-Slavia, except the army and the King, seem to be tottering. These two forces are the special links binding the Slovenes and the 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 should bo at the helm in the moment when the nation is threatened with collapse.”