The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-07

having for their chief authority an elected
magistrate, and now agan under the rule
OF the Byzantine Emperor. In the twelfth
century Servia appears ~ very thriving
and highly CONNER inl country. Its po-
liNcal life was then concentrated on the
eastern coast of the Auria;ic. Tho extern
sivc Sorvian territories had abundant
natural wealth. and most of the European
gold was nt that time derived from the
mno7 OF TINT country. tster the Turks
, npuorcd Constantinople they began to
push their arms further north. defeated
the S"rvian army in 1889 on the plains Of
ko.sovo. aud in the next century we ind
the Osmaniis supreme rulors of the Serbs
and tho ancient Scrvian land divided INTO
Turkish pachaiks.
handful OF scrvlan patriots took
refuge ia tho Black Mountains. now known
~ Montenegro, and carried on there a
truly heroic defence against all the assaults
of the Turks. SoLIMAE II. extended his
swny rs far ~ Vienna. but could never
conquer the mountain refugees, who thus
hccamethe main rcpr"scn tttlve- Of Servian
liberty traditions. and nationality.
The Serbs living outside Of Montenegro
millions, are divided between Aus ria,
Turkey aud Servh proper. the Sultan
counting more than -four millions of them
under his rule. Though thus divided in
point ~ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS just on ac-
count OF this division-the Serbs have
always preserved strong national feelings
or unity. Had they been left to live the
life Of an independent milton, they would
probably bc constantly lighting with each
othur. ~ they dId formerly; while now
the Serbs OF herzegovina, of Bosnia. of
Belgrade Of ltagusa, and OF Bocca Ill Ca'-
tarO profess the same fraternal feelings TO
each other rs the Pole. OF Galicia, Sncsia
aud warsaw; ard ~ the Government of
Turkey is incomparably weaker than those
OF Prussia and Russia. and the Serbs are
much better warriors than the Poles, tn, re
Is "A very fair chance of seeing % Ser
Wan kingdom established between the
frontiers of Turkey and Austria. Ths
wOud be all the more easily done, rs there
il ilreldy u seini-ndependent SrIviau
! inequality existing, around which the
whole OF the natonality could be- collected.
Up g. the present moment the Serbs I'M
der the Austrian rule remain tolciphly
quiet but the moment the Serbs of 'fur-
key shall have achieved their ind,ueu-
dcnce. the Austrian Serbs VIII humo-
diniely ris, in arms. ard undoubtedly
Law" the support of their oompnuiots
outside. Although comparatively hotter
treated iliau the Serbs Of Turkey they
still have many reasons 70 complain 81
the Austrian rule. The original convene
tion, Ia aocordnno. win which they were
embodied into Tho Austrian empire, was
never observed. II vns understood that
they would have only to defend the
southern frontier. Instead II that. they
were sent wherever Austria had To carry
on war-on the Rhuc az the time of Ma
POTION l., aud ut ~adowa IN our own
day. They were pc missed fun lib
erty Of religious bohcG set frequent a.
t'mpts have been made 10 tIrn them per-
force into Roman Ca'hol'cism The bloody
events OF 1869 in the district Of GScccn I'll
Cattaro, in South Dulmata. haze clearly
shown how little chance there L. that
the Serbs VIII ever hrrome loyal sub
i"cts of the Austrc- Hungarian monarchy.
There can hc little doubt that Lad both
the Austrian and the Turkish Govern
ment well understood their true interests,
they would long ago have let the Ser
vans 60 adrift. They are the cause Of
great expense arid Of almost constant
lighting. But 10 allow the Scrs ians 10 he
come Independent would be to begin the
work of general dismembcrmout OF those
two empires Aud that l. what the sui
tan, the Emperor FRANcIs JosrPii, ard,
with them. All the other sOVcrri.us Of En-
rope. are afra q of.