New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1918, Page 14

14 JUGOSLAV MEN BOYCOTT GERMANS South Amerman Colonists Also Foil Plots of Hun Spies ‘Washington, Dec. 20.—Dispatches om the Jugoslav colonists in south America contain the informa- tion that their organization, the Jug- oslav National Defense, will continue its vigorous work throughout the du- ation of the Paris conference and until peace is signed. These people, about 80,000 in number, dwell chiefly in Chile, their largest settlements being in Antofagasta and Punta Arenas. Among them are some of the richest men in South America. Their labors since the beginning of the war have immensely helped to propagate good feeling toward the allies and to checkmate the machina- tions of German agents. Even before the war, the Jugo- £lavs of Chile felt keenly the German | [B menace In South Amerfca. It was | well known that the German spy sys- tem penetrated every country on the continent. Because they had seen something of German operations at hame in Europe, the Jugoslavs wers more awake to the danger than many of the native South Americans. Then | came the outbreak of hostilities and the embroiling of all Europe in war. Early in 1915, Dr. Ljubo Leontic was summoned to Chile to organize the Jugoslavs so that they might work together as a unit. The so-called Jugoslav National Defense, to which nearly every Jugoslav in South Amer- ica belongs, was tha worthy result of his labors. Financed Work of Committee. From the start, the Jugoslav Na- tional Defense had been abundantly able to help finance Jugoslav work, both in Burope and America. It has met all the expenses of the Jugoslav Commliitee of London. Among the members are 50 millionaires, who have each contributed about 5,000 pesos every month for propaganda purposes alone. Pasko Baburizza, the president, is one of the leading bus- iness men of Chile. He is engaged in saltpetre mining and has recently been interested in a project to build e great harbor at Antofagasta, for the export of Bolivian saltpetre. When this is finished saltpetre ships will be able to come into port and take their cargo from the wharves instead of anchoring some distance out from the | thore. Nicholas Mihanovic, an Arg- ¢ntine business man, owns 327 mer- hant steamships and vessels, most of ‘hich ply between Montevideo and 'uenos Aires and down the coast of rgentina. ekoslay Mitrovic is an- has become weal- etre trade. important single under- South America started by slav National Defense was a vcott of German firms and ierman goods. Knowing well the eak spots in the fabric of German industry in South America, the Jug- oslay business men attacked these. Their efforts were helped by English, French, and American immigrants, and before long the boycott was sys- tematic and general. Before the end jof a year and a half German enter- prise in the South American repub- ics was paralyzed. Spy System Brought to Light. The bringing to light of the Ger- jman spy system was a still greater ervice. So insldious was German >spionage in th South American tates that it poisoned many po- itical partie , in somegcases, im- sortant government official. Without fhe ceascless ald of the Jugoslav [Natipnal Defense, many of the Ger- man spies would have quietly contin- 1ed their work. One. factor that nabled the Germans-fo operate more reely was the unsettled political ptatus in a number of the South American countries. Whenever they paw their opportunity, the Germans layed their favorite game of settifig faction against faction and stirring up iscontent and strife. In a surpris- ngly large number of instances, the rman agents found their schemes locked by the Jugoslavs. Jugoslav immigration to South fimerica began in 1860. The political evolutions in Austria sent large num- ers into exile in that year and again n 1876. Most of those who went to pouth America were from the coast | nd islands of Dalmatia. Of the 80,- 00 southern Slavs in South America, 5,000 are Dalmatians. So many of hem left their native villages that joore than one village was half de- bopulated. For example, in Punta renas there are 2,000 immigrants rom the Dalmatian village of Supe- lar, with scarcely more than that umber left in Supetar today. Besides the political reason, there § also the economic Teason which ahished many Dalmati to find homes in the new world. Those who ent to Lafin America have done con- lderably better, on the whole, than e 100,000 Jugoslavs from Dalma- a who t to North America. 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