Yugoslav Committee Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Yugoslav Committee (Jugoslavenski odbor) was a political interest group formed by south Slavs from Austria-Hungary during World War I aimed at joining the existing south Slavic nations in an independent state.Founding members included:
- Frano Supilo
- Ante Trumbić
- Ivan Meštrović
- Hinko Hinković
- Franko Potočnjak;
- Nikola Stojanović
- Dušan Vasiljević
The committee signed the Corfu Declaration with the Kingdom of Serbia in 1917. Frano Supilo died in 1917 after having left the Yugoslav Committee because he felt that the Serbian government motives weren't honest.
In 1918, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was formed and the Committee's task was accomplished.
Ante Trumbić openly regretted the end of Austria-Hungary before he died in 1938, saying how the new government made concessions to Italy and stopped all of the reforms that he had planned for Croatia. Ivan Meštrović refused to participate in state politics and committed himself to his art.
