The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-31
ST. SAVA'S DAY OBSERVED
1t Was Celebrated Yesterday by
the Butte Slavonians.
AN ADDRESS BY Mr.. CHUDA
He Recalled the Past Glories of the Great
Servian Empire When 1t Held the
Turk In Check for Many
Long Centuries.

Sava by the Servian and Montenegrin
portion of Butte's Slovenian population.
The celebration took place in the spa
cious rooms of the French Canadian
institute in the Lewisohn block. The
rooms were Hastily decorated with the
flags of America and of Serva, which
are the same in color, the Servian flag
having the stripes in the ordered,
blue and white. In addition to the Ser
VANS and Montenegrins many invited
friends were present and the rooms were
well filled. An interesting feature was
the Servian costumes, the prettiest Co.'S
tunes probably worn by any national
ity. Miss Melia Nucash appeared in the
Servian dress with a Montenegrin cap.
Gajo Tartilja of Anaconda. was present
in the full picturesque Servian costume.
Behind the platform We're the portraits
of George Washington in the center. and
on one side the portrait of the king of
Servia and on the other the portrait of
the Prince of Montenegro.
At o'clock Alderman John A. Ljubi-
bratich mounted the platform and gave
an address of greeting and welcome. de-
livered in a most eloquent and interest
ing manner. A very excellent pro-
gramme followed which included Sc
lection by Mr. Tartilia of Anaconda on
the gusle, an old musical instrument
dating back for centuries, far before
the piano or violin were invented. The
selection created great enthusiasm. The
Grafton of the evening was delivered by
Michael :. Chnda, and was as follows:
y Ladies and gentlemen-l can hardly
make a speech, even in my own lam
guage. l am not used to it. Speech
making is seldom heard back in the old
country: a free speech especially is out
of the question. 1t has been so for
centuries. But here in our adopted
Washington, we are free to tell Nnat
we are and where we came from. Ii IS
hardly necessary I" tell you the nature
of this little festival here tonight. Thcie
is an history of the Setvian nation In
the English language. There Is a his
tory OF the world. No doubt most If
you have read one or The other. And. f
you go back 40 the beginning of The
thirteenth C'>,tury, you Will find a great
Servian empire, YOU Will see the object
of this celebration.
Every c!vi, ed natl III in the wo.ld
has its celebration; every nationality
has its great men, and the sc. ..lns
have st. Sava, the patron saint of Ss~-
via. Born of a royal Family. he came
TO the throne. Sava resigned all that
and became the first national educator
and teacher. And that is the reason the
Servians celebrate the anniversary and
have been celebrating for centuries
century, Emperor Dasan the Great, died
suddenly While marching with his great
army to Constantinople. That was the
first blow to the Servian nation. Thenext
great battle in 1873, known as the bat
tie of Kosovo. which witnessed the
greatest slaughter of human beings
during the fourteenth century. where
two emperors lost their lives-Lasar of
Servia and Murat l. of Turkey. Milos
Oblich, the Servian hero, was accused
of being traitor to his country. This
unfair accusation maddened the Servian
general. and with two of his friends he
went into the Turkish army composed
of 10000 mem, and killed the emperor,
Murat. This heroic, but unwise act
caused the downfall of the Servian EN-
pire, because the emperor and his army
really believed that the bravest of the
Servian generals had deserted to the
Turks. When 1t was found out that he
had killed Murat ii was too late
1t would be long story to tell you
the history of the bloody wars carried
on with the Turks for freedom and lib
erty of Servians from that period up
TO the present time. We have an indie
pendent kingdom of Servia. which is
ruled over by "a constitutional form of
government and King Alexander l.
Then we have a small Balkan principal
ity. called Montenegro, generally styled
the modern Sparta, of which Nicholas
J. is the prince ana ruler. Montenegro
is only small traction OF the great
Servian empire They have stood off
the bloody turk Tor I'VE long centuries
ana We're never conquered. Its little
army OF 2o,ooo men fought the great
Ottoman empire for 800 years. And
that Is why the grand old man OF Eng
land, William Gladstone. In the Nine
leehth century told the world that the
MohleheRrlns are the noplest ana Draw
est people in Europe.
ANA now iadles ana gentlemen In
the name OF the committee ana on be-
nan OF the american sefVlans IN Butte,
l wish 10 thank an TRENDS who have
nohofeu US Win tneif presence mere
TINS evening. thahk you also Tor your
kind attehuon;
Inc splehdla ADDRESS OF Mr.. Ghuda
was hsleheo 70 WIN closest attention