Serbia (now aggrandized into the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes), on whose account Russia entered the war, sent M. Balugtchetch, Yugo-Slavian Minister to Greece, to negotiate with the Soviet Government a treaty of recognition. No doubts were expressed but that his mission would be successful.
If this should become a fait accompli, Yugo-Slavia will once again enjoy the support of the greatest of Slav nations. With Pan-Germanism dead and buried and Der Drang nach Osten but a blurred memory, Russia, and with Russia Pan-Slavism, will be able to play an unrestrictedrole in the Balkans. Premier Pashitch of Yugoslavia is probably more aware of this than any living man. His reason for wanting to recognize Russia, after having withheld that honor so long, is that Communism has been so modified that it will not present any grave danger to the Yugo-Slavian State.
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