The Opelousas courier., 1890-04-12
THE LAND OF WARRIORS.
RARREN BUT PROUD AND UNcoN-
eUERED MONTENEGRO.
Its Sovereign Rules His People Lake
a Observation-Disclosures OF inc
h o,d IFS Inhabitants.

Its Sovereign Rules His People Lake
a Observation-Disclosures OF the
Country and Its Inhabitants.
A small principality, bounded on the
southeast by Turkey and on the northeast
bv Austria, is known to the world as
montenegro. In Serb (the language OF
Montenegro the country is called s'Cerna-
CORA" which, translated in English
means Black Forest, and not biacN
Mountain, as generally understood;
montenegro is Italian, and it is presumed
that some Italian traveller misinterpreteo
the name Cernagora for Montenegro.
The population of Cernagora' is about
$50, 900. The soil may be we'll called
consecrated, for what higher form OF
conservation can any fatherland receive
than the blood of its son in its defenceI
II was not for fertile fields nor for mines
of gold, but for barren stones-thelr Low
ing Otazcina-that the Cernagorci fought
for so many centuries. As you enter
their noble country you see nothing but
stones and mountains. Some OF these
mountains are over 5000 feet high, es-
neciallv the Lovcen, overlooking males
ticallv on one side the beautiful Straits OF
Bocclide Cattaro, and on the other side
of the country itself and far beyond it.,
and it is on this lofty mountain that the
great poet, Petar Petrovich Njegus,
Familiarity called by his people Uladika
Rade, is buried. He was buried there at
his wish-a most fitting spot for this
loving ruler and great poet. AS you go
about through the country the eye be-
comes weary looking at the mountains
and stones. Here and there you find
small farms, and you wonder how it could
be possible that anything could grow,
vet 1t is a fact that in some parts of Ger
naoora YOU see wheat and fruit trees, but
such sights are rare.
The country is poor, and there are no
industries in which the people can be
employed, so many have temporarily lett
| their homes in order to provide for the
wants of their families, but should wal
be declared, no matter where ne is, nor
how far from his country, a Cernagoraz
hastens home to fight for his fatherland.
I believe it was in 1851 resided in
San Francisco then-news came by the
| cable of war between Cernagora and
| Turkey. A young citizen of that coun
try named ~Ivanovich, who was only
| few months in California, determined a
once to return to his country, although
over 1000 miles away. He would not
listen to delay, but like a true son went
to his mother country, fought, and wa
killed in battle.
The form of government in that ,coun'
try is at once the most despotic and the
most popular in Europe Despotic, be
cause the will of the Prince is the law Of
,, the land; and popular because the per
sonal rule of the Prince is kind, loving,
and fatherly, and meets all the wantsa nc
wishes of the people. No sovereign II
the world, none / am sure in Europe, sit
so firmly on the throne as the Gospoda1
of Cernagora, and no sovereign is mor'
absolute. | should liken the Government
of Cernagora to a loving father or mothe
of a large family, whose children no
only obey their parents because it is thei1
duty, but obey them because they love t.
obey. Cernagora formed a part of tn
great Empire of Stefan Dulan Sill
nj. the famous ruler of the Serbs
Greeks, and Bulgarians. It was not re
quired for the great Dusan to proclaim
himself Emperor of Montenegrins, as TIL
term Serb includes Montenegro. If yor
ask a Cernagorac what language h
speaks he will tell you serbski, SO will I
md SO will millions of Slavonians IL
Austria and elsewhere. In 1889 GA
Lazar fell gloriously fighting at Kossora
aud Milos Obilich, the great serbsl-
Junak, DISTINGUISHED himself and hi
race by killing tfh~1sskish Sultan Mura
alone and among 10, U6SalEaish troops
The lowlands of Serbs, havlng-thel
independence at Kossora, the HICY.
(which is Cernagora) became the crOs
refuge to which all Serbs might fly
Thus Cernagora became an Independent
principality then, and it has been eve
since, and will be forever more.
What do you think of a capital that i
a little village of less than 1000 inhabit
ants2 Yet such is Cettinje, the capita
of Cernagora, situated in a valley, sur
rounded by mountains. As you com
from Njeguse you see on your left, risin'
above the cottages, the palace of Primo
Nikiza; above the palace is the Manasti
(the cloister), and above the Manastir tn
belfry, where the heads of decapltate
Turks used to be impaled in days gon
by. To your right is the hospital
Then there is a fine building for a girls
high school, and the recently built zet
ski Dom, a beautiful building, contain
ing a very large hall, in which reunions
meetings and performances are held an
. given. The drama "Balkanska Czarica,
, written by the Prince, was given for tn
opening night of the Dom. There al
to this little village accredited Minister
from the leading courts of Europe, and
venture to say that the diplomatic com
m~unications between Vienna Or st. p
tersburg and Cettinje are more frequer
than between those capitals and WASH
ington.
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