-10- the defeat of Yugoslavia in May 1941. They included a small area in the vicinity of Lake Scutari and a larger area along the former eastern boundary of Albania. The approximate population of this annexed territory is 680,000 of whom about two-thirds are Albanians. 24. YUGOSLAV MACEDONIA.-- This territory was lost by Turkey in the first Balkan War of 1912-1913 (Treaty of London, May 30, 1913). In spite of the Serbo-Bulgar Treaty of March 13, 1912, all but teh Strumitsa salient was claimed by Serbia and yielded to her by Bulgaria after the second Balkan war in the Treaty of Bucharest, August 10, 1913. The Strumitsa salient was ceded by Bulgaria to Yugoslavia in the Treaty of Neuilly in November 27, 1919. After the defeat of Yugoslavia in 1941, together with other Yugoslav territories to the north, the whole of Yugoslav Macedonia was occupied and annexed by Bulgaria. The district has an area of approximately 8,366 square miles and has a population of around ?? persons, of whom approximately two-thirds are Macedonian Slavs, claimed as Serbs by Yugoslavia and as Bulgars by Bulgaria. 25. VENEZIA GIULIA, NORTHEASTERN UDINE, FIUME, ZARA AND THE ITALIAN ISLANDS ON THE DALMATION COAST.-- Venezia Guiula, Zara and the Dalmation Islands were ceded by Austria to Italy in the Treaty of St. Germain, September 10, 1919. The boundary between Yugoslavia and Italy was confirmed by the treatyof Rapallo, November 12, 1920. Fiume was renounced by Hungary in the Treaty of Trianon (June 4, 1920), was estblished as a Free City by the Treaty of Rapallo, and was incorporated in Italy by the Treaty of Rome, January 27, 1924. Yugoslavia now claims this area, and in addition the northeastern part of the district of Udine, which has been a part of Italy since 1866. The territory has an area of 5,400 square miles. Its total population, according to the census of 1921 ( the last census in which the inhabitants were listed according to language ) was 946,000, of whom 507,591 were Italian speaking; 50,589 were Ladin-speaking, 258,944 were Slovene-speaking, and 103,613 wre Serbo-Croat speaking. 26. SOUTH TYROL.--This area was ceded by Austria to Italy in the Treaty of St. Germain, September 10, 1919. |