Possibilities of Civil War Follow Raditch Murder Berlin, Aug. 9.
The possibilities of a civil war in Yugo-Slavia as the sequel to th death of M. Stephen Raditeh are engaging the earnest attention of German political circles, who realize that the chasm between the Serbs and the Croats has been deepened by the tragic consequences of the crime in the Yugo-Slav Parliament on June 20, when M. Rachich emp ied a revolver into the Opposition benches following a heated debate.
The Croats accuse the Belgrade Government of having in its ranks those responsible for the crime and not punishing them. Consequently the Croatian leaders have declared in favour of boycotting the Belgrade Government, whose decisions the Croats should consider null and void and, if necessary, resort to passive resistance, particularly regarding the paying of taxes.
'The very critical' situation pends, firstly, on whether the successor to M. Raditch can restrain the indignation of the Croats, and secondly, whether Father Korosetz, the Premier of the Belgrade Government, is able to control his colleagues, who are clamouring against the "rebellious" Croats—Reuter.
Belgrade, Aug. 9. The offer of the Government to give M. Raditch a state funeral has been refused by the Croatian Peasants Party, who themselves will bury their Into leader at Zagreb.
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