The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-11-06

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We were served b. patriotic scaye ia picturesque
tune who took on his red cap when he came
softly in with the various dishes, and who
seemed overcome with the most enthusiastic
affection FOR Ljubbratic. The chief suffering
from fever ate sparngy and studied the faces of all
the convives attentvcy. As soon as he had become
satisfied Of my fricndliness by or the
recommendations which brought him from Belgrade
lie entered freely into his account Of the insurree
ton and the probabilities of is success
REuELLIoS CHANGED
'sThe whole thing" he said grayey, speaking in
French which, like most educated persons whose ma
tive tongue Is the seryian he knows exceedingly WELL
'h1s been entirely different in its course rom our
original design Gusc and | (pouting 10 his
brother-in-law) had At the moment OF the out
break been at work two years a plan
which We have not been able to follow out All our
work was in vain and found ourselves compelled to
begin anew. This, Of course embarrassed and crippled
Us"
asked III would be indscrect 70 inquire the nature
OF the original plans.
Not at all We had prepared for formidable up
rising At given perod-an uprising IN which fully
10000 Herzegoyinians were TO be engaged. We had
made arrangements by which al given moment the
Turk 10 lind himself displaced was TO see all
around his forces and IN an his strong.
onlcered and provided with munitions and provisions
We were to constitute provisional government with
its delegates and publish programme at a
moment when one or two sharp fights at frontier
points should have determined success. The
spiracy well laid and progressed in fair fashion,
when the troubles and expressions became SO great
that the people would wait longer and took up
arms In irregular fashion Notwithstanding this we
might have partially carried out our early plans had
been for nterierences and hindrances upon which
we had not counted and which came from without"
What was the nature or those interierences and
hindrancesf"
Ljubbratic smiled YEARLY. 'twhen the is over
he said, 'and all this matter is settled there may be
curious revelations, bu, they cannot DO made
now"
He assented TO the suggestion that perhaps tho
rection had all the hope of the
manner in which it had begun, but seemed depressed
and anxious because he did his way clear
to the establishment OF provisional gov
eminent asked HIM IL It truo
that he had originally been much nteriered
with by Peko Paylovie and other chiefs, who
either jealous of his influence sincerely convinced
that his course wrong when he first arrived from
Serva He admitted the truth OF the story that Peko,
the Montenegro had had him arrested and conveyed
10 the frontier at time but smiled he added,
OF u.s.
PEKo's CHARACTER.
as Peko a man Of talent or genus in military opera
tions ~ asked
"Peko, = he answered sis brave and he said this
with such accent that feared he intended TO sum
up the venerable Montenegrins capacity in that word
He talked much of the chances OF failure
Ijubibratc bitterly amented the absence of most
important things in the insurgent camp-plenty OF
munitions and small battery OF mountain cannon.
Without these cannon they do nothing against two
three strongholds which they much desire to pos
sess with them they could readily take the forts OF
Czarino and Driana and could burn Trebgne II it would
not 10 captuate He said that the
last smart fight which occurred between the
Turks and insurgents determined against the latter
simply because the munitions were gone Had it not
been for the wonderful use which the Montencgrns
made of their sidearms such occasions the loss
fcted on the Turks would have been very slight The
Montenegrins their knives freely, and did
the battle Of Utowo.
asked him IL there we're many brutalities com
mitted by the insurgent forces.
"Hya DIES tstes eontrses, Monsieur There have
been some heads cut OF sir), he answered grayey.
Pursuing this subject at a later period with him he
said that the insurgents probably had double motives
in cutting of the heads and OF the Turks killed
in battle. They probably desired to inspire and
at the same time 10 shake their enemy in his religious
belief, the Mohammedans believing that no mutilated
person enter Paradise Some Of them, when ques-
toned, had simply responded that they
wanted 10 bring away proof Of the number
of Turks they had killed He seemed
to accept these brutsites with sadness,
inevitable result Of the warfare; and IL IS indeed diff
Guilt see how the Turks, who impale men and women
alive and cut innocent children into small pieces,
complain.
SsURGESr COMPARED WITH TURKISH LOSSES.
The insurgent losses up to date have been compare
lively Insignificant. The sanguinary kilograms which
have been the press by persons who have not
been the field dsproven from the note books
ofGuric and Ljubbratic, from which take the follow
ing statement Of killed and wounded
At Trebgne three