The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-14
AN AMBITIOUS PRINCE.
What the Ruler of Montenegro
Would Like to Do.
Progressive Monarch Who Fondly
Dreams of Reconstructed EN-
pire Orer Which He
May Reign.

tSsl American VINO recently VISITED
Montenegro said toa New York Trib-
une reporter in speaking o; the ruler
OF that country:
Probably no ruler in the world
cherishes higher dreams of ambition
than does Prince Nicholas, of Monte
negro. Beyond the dark mountains of
his small and impoverished principali-
ty his thoughts are forever reaching to
kingdoms and principalities by the
Danube, and in dreams of the restcra-
ton OF the ancient Servian empire.
with himself on the throne. In the
changes going on and constantly
threatening in Servia, Bulgaria and
Rumania he believes in the possible
uniting Of these countries with Mon
tenegro into one nation over which he
may be called upon to reign. He
thinks the powers of western Europe
would look with favor upon the forma-
ton OF such nation, as it would be a
barrier to the southwark march of
Russia towad the Bosphorus lie has
scdulous1y cultivated the friendship of
Russia. and his ambition is not IN
known to the car. But Russia, he
thinks, would rather see strong and
independent nation between it and the
Golden horn, than several kingdoms
and municipalities dominated by the
influence of Russia's hereditary foes,
or ruled by princes sent from western
Europe. There is little doubt but that
he has been encouraged to believe this
from st. Petersburg. Of such nation
as that of which Prince Nicholas
dreams Bosnia and DaImatia would
naturally form ultimately part, for
in these provinces the Austrian ruler
is detested, and Prince Nicholas is
most popular. In Dalmatia Prince
Nicholas is especially popular, and
that province would to-day. were it
not held i'll check by the Austrian
soldiery, join itself to Montenegro.
The people are of the same race as
the people of Montenegro, the Serps
or Servians, and they look upon Mich
olas as their natural ruler. All this is
and has been for years a dream Of
Prince Nicholas, but suns have risen
and set over the Black mountains.
bringing the prince nearer to the
grave, but apparently no nearer to the
fruition of his hopes. The Serps still
remain a disunited people, and pow
erty has made the ambitious prince q
pensioner Of Russia. Prince Nicholas
Is a man of force, learning and prog
ress, and is well calculated to carry
ont Snph q cNhnrVA hot IS, 81. L
dreams, were such thing possible.
When the congress of Berlin gave him
4 little strip of seacoast and the city of
Cattaro ON the Adriatic, the prince
was delighted, and dreams of COM
merce and of a navy at once filed his
mind. The emperor of Russia gave
him little steam yacht, and the
prince takes the keencst delight in
in it up and down his ses-
coast. The prince keeps well informed
Of all that is going on outside his do
mains, and subscribes to the newspa-
oers of every nation, among them to
swo American dailies. The great
Western commonwealth and its mate
'ial progress is constant source of
interest and wonder1nent to him.
lad an audience with the prince and
vas catechised by him for an hour
md half. the prince pouring in
steady fire of questions, and display
ng knowledge of American politics
hat was rather embarrassing to me.
IS do not keep as well posted in pol
tics as 1 should. The prince had es-
ablished long-distance telephone
inc between Oetigne, the capitol, and
'attaro, and was as pleased with it as
boy with his first pair of boots. In
he fascinating occupation of saying:
Hello! Cattaro' he had forgotten for
while the pleasure Of his yacht. He
isplayed the greatest interest in Mr..
Olson, and asked mo twenty questions
bout him.
prince Nicholas is poet Of some
bility, and has published two vol !
mes of his works Many Of his
ongs are about the ancient glory Of /
ne Serps. and call upon them to grasp
glorious future. The prince has /
RED to I'll his son and heir. Alexan-
er, with his own ambitions and high /
leas of the future, but Alexander is 4
fin de steele young man, and would /
c happier in Paris than among the |
ardy mountaineers of his fathers