Petrit Latifi

In 1914, the “Tiroler Grenzbote” reported from Sarajevo that a Serbian prisoner of war had witnessed hundreds of Serbian women begging Nikola Pasic to end the Serbian war against Austro-Hungary. This most likely due to the high number of fallen among Serbian conscripts. Pasic then claimed that that the Serbian army was marching on Budapest, which resulted in the women assaulting Pasic.

“How Mr. Pasic fared.

Vienna, 23rd. Often. From Sarajevo comes the report: A Serbian prisoner of war explained that Prime Minister Pasic was stopped by 300 women some time ago during a carriage ride through the streets of Nish. They threw themselves on their knees in front of Pasic’s carriage and begged him with desperate hands to end the war.

Pasic urged the women to be patient and said the Serbs were already marching against Budapest. The women, however, began to scream that this was not true, pulled him out of the carriage, and beat him. One woman pulled at his beard. Finally, help arrived, and the Prime Minister was freed from the women’s hands”

Nikola Pasic

Reference

https://digital.tessmann.it/tessmannDigital/digitisedJournalsArchive/page/journal/62987/1/24.10.1914/349792/1/filterId-62987%01349792%014346366-query-serbischer-filterIssueDate-%5B01.01.1912+TO+31.12.1939%5D-filterF_type-Newspaper.html