" CROATIA AND THE SOUTH SLAV QUESTION."
[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—In an article in your number of July 13th with the above title we read, " Zagreb (German : Agram), the capital of the kingdom of Croatia, resembles a besieged city. In all streets, day and night, armed policemen, gendarmes, and military officials are patrolling." We have just returned from Agram. We do not wish to enter into political controversy with Dr. HinkoviC, but lest any Englishman should be de- terred from paying a visit to this interesting and agreeable city by the words above cited we are moved to say that, so far as our experience goes, the impression they convey is entirely unfounded. If by "armed policemen" reference is made to the carrying of swords by the police, that is a prac- tice universal in Germany, Austria, and other European countries. It may be that police in large numbers were concealed in houses, but as for "patrolling the streets" day and night, as in a " besieged city," there were certainly no more police to be seen about the streets of Agram day or night than we found in Munich two days after leaving Agram. last week.—We are, Sir, &e.,
LEONARD BUTLER.
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