YOUNG YUGOSLAVS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 April 1939, Page 5

YOUNG YUGOSLAVS

ALLEGIANCE TO DEMOCRACY DECLARED DEMONSTRATION AGAINST TOTALITARIANISM. DIPLOMATIC TALKS IN VENICE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. BELGRADE, April 22. Ten thousand young Yugoslavs, mostly students, declared their'allegiance to democracy and urged the Government to uncloak adherence to totalitarianism, with the appearance of neutrality. They demanded the defence of every foot of Yugoslavia and appealed for unity with the Croats. Serbs and Slovenes. According to a Budapest message it is doubtful if anything will be disclosed regarding the two days’ talks in Venice now begun about Yugoslavia’s relations with the axis till the Yugoslav Foreign Minister. M Markovitch, has visited Berlin and Hungary again, and has consulted Rumania. M. Markovitch will go to Berlin on Tuesday. THE ITALIAN BID AMKIIIOUS CLAIMS MADE IN ROME. “CONSECRATION OF PEACE IN ADRIATIC. (Received This Day. 9.50 a.m.) ROME, April 23. The Press hails talks between Count Ciano and M Markovitch. the Yugoslavian Foreign Minister, as the forerunner of permanent peace in Central Europe. The talks are reported to have produced a complete reaffirmation of Italian-Yugoslav political collaboration and an atmosphere of great cordiality. Signor Gayda, in the “Voce D’ltalia. says: “The meeting consecrates peace in the Adriatic. Yugoslavia has every reason to associate herself with the Axis. The talks definitely disperse attempts to woo her into a risky venture against Italy and Germany.” A communique, issued after the talks, says it was agreed to intensify Italian-Yugoslav collaboration, and also that between Yugoslav and Germany. both politically and economically, in order to preserve peace and improve conditions of stability in the Danubian region. Regarding Hungary, Ministers are pleased to discover that recent developments have paved the way for a profitable understanding between Belgrade and Budapest.