“THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM.”

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1970, 29 April 1919, Page 3

“THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM.”

We are indebted to Messrs Gordon and Gotch, Ltd., for a copy of “The Fight for Freedom.” This hook, which has been edited by Mi* G. L. Seausie, deals lucidly and comprehensively with Jugo-Slavs and their tight for freedom. An attempt has been made to give a dispassionate narrative of the events which immediately preceded lhe formation of the new Stale of; the 4ago or Southern Shivs, -com-, posed of Serbs and Montenegrins, the Croats and Slovenes, who have been dominated by Austria-Hung-ary. Inspired by Hie principles enunciated by President Wilson on the rights of small nations to selfdetermination, they have placed their claim before the Peace Conference. The book deals with the whole situation, and will give to people in this remote corner of the earth a better grasp of the complexity of the questions which have assumed such vital importance at the Peace Congress. At the present moment the amicable settlement of the Adriatic problem has assumed primary importance, and the latest cables convey the impression that it is the keynote to the present situation, and a rupture would sound the death knell of the League of Nations. The book also deals with the position of the Jugo-Slavs in New Zealand, giving an impartial and unprejudiced summing up of the circumstances relating thereto. We strongly recommend this book to all who take an intelligent interest in these vital questions of the hour, and who would make themselves conversant with the true position.