The Archive · 1929

Ballan Protests

Belgrade, Oct. 23.

The newspaper "Politika" understands that the Italian Legation has presented two Notes to the Foreign Ministry.

The first Note protests against the comments in the Jugoslav press on the sentences passed on Serbian students by a special Italian tribunal fat Polo, One of the students was sentenced to death for firing on voters during the last General Election at the village of Pisino. He was shot on the 17th instant. Four other students, 17 years of age, were sentenced to 30 years imprison: ment. Mass protest meetings have! been held and have been broken up by the police and it is stated now that Jugoslay students are preparing 8 world-wide campaign in the press land the universities against Italy's! ction.

The second Note from the Italian} Legation protests og: assault upon two I

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