7 The Expropriation Law provides facilities for German colonists in Polish territory whereby Polish land and private property may be summarily expropriated for the benefit of German colonists.—S. T.
8 This statement has been endorsed by many foreign Slav scholars. Both Serbia and Croatia have adopted the colloquial tongue of Hercegovina as their literary language.—S. T.
9 A derisive term for “German.”
10 Taken from Niko Županić. (Delo, 1903).
11 This fact is the first proof in history that the Southern Slavs have from the very beginning been the bulwark of Christianity, and thereby also the bulwark of European civilization.
12 It is due to his diplomacy that Serbia was freed from the Turkish garrisons in her territory.
13 King Milan was a fascinating orator, and often the populace, who had assembled with the intention of demonstrating against him, were so carried away by his oratory that their abuse was converted into cheers.
14 See the articles in No. 16 of “the Round Table.” (Meantime the sentences in the Serajevo murder trial have been passed, and it is significant that five Serbs who had no part in the murder have been condemned to death, whereas the actual murderer, Princip, and the bomb-thrower, Cabrinović, were merely sentenced to terms of imprisonment.)—S. T.
15 The Bishop as spiritual and temporal head of the State.
16 His collection of poems, “Gorski Vienac,” is a lasting monument of the Southern Slav literature of the last century.—S. T.
17 This trial has been described at length in Seton Watson’s admirable book, “The Southern Slav Question.”
18 Goethe’s studies referred to appear in Goethe’s Works Vol. vi., Stuttgart, 1874.
19 Among English translations of Serbian poetry should be
mentioned one by Bowring (1826) and that by Madame
Elodie Lawton Mijatović, “Kossovo, Serbian National Song
about the Fall of the Empire” (London, Isbister, 1881).
The most recent English edition of Serbian poetry is entitled
“Hero Tales and Legends of Serbia,” by Voislav Petrović
(London, 1914).
Printed in Great Britain by Wyman & Sons Ltd., London and Reading.
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