In Quaint, Curious Croatia 



817 



DRYING SARDINES, NEAR FlUME, CROATIA 



We were told that the powers that be 

 have pretty well curbed liberty in Cro- 

 atia. Since 1895, it seems, in Croatia no 

 one may form a literary or political or- 

 ganization without permit therefor. One 

 needs to have a permit even to hold a 

 political meeting, and this, with other 

 parties than the reigning one, is with- 

 held at pleasure. 



Trades or labor unions likewise are 

 under the ban. 



Press censorship is exceedingly strict- 

 Only a few weeks before the interview 

 our editor friend had copied out of some 

 Magyar paper an article anent a dispute 

 between the King and a certain Herzog. 

 The edition was confiscated at once for 

 lese majeste. 



In Croatia a paper appears, say, at 

 1.30 o'clock. Before it may be issued a 

 copy is sent to the censor. If there be 

 anything therein objectionable to the 



