The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-21

under the Turkish yoke has been renewed,
and by historic right II Is begun by the old
champions OF Slavonic freedom.
The recent visit Of Prince NICHOLAS to
London wa not much noticed In the press
at the time, but II we may judge by the
official statement concerning 1t published
In the Montenegrin official organ, the GLos
~CzeT1ndgord, after the Princes return, 1t
seems likely to be fruitful in results. The
Princes visit Is described rs having been
most successful. The support Of England
has been secured to the Servian cause,
which is also favored by Russia, France
and Italy. Tho only reference to Austria is
found in the same paper In connection with
the death of Mr.. GLADSTONE, his famous
hands off warning to Austria being re-
called by the Gias Cze,nagora.
TIL Hungarian press, which has never
been friendly to Montenegro and has
INDUCED for years in the idea of Hungarian
supremacy in the Balkans, has taken Of.
fence at this uncovering of an old sore. The
exchange of visits between Prince FERDI.
NAND of Bulgaria and Prince NICHOLAS,
and the visit of the former to King GEORGE
OF Greece, together with the lavish gift of
rifles and ammunition by Russia to Mon.
teneRro, have combined to raise an alarm
at Budapest. This alarm finds expression
In q presumably inspired communication
to one Of the Hungarian papers, In which
Montenegro n Bulgaria are warned to
let the remaining Turkish possessions in
Macedonia alone, and Prince NICHOLAS in
particular is cautioned that his northern
neighbor may find it necessary to call on
him to keep his hands of also.
The support alleged to be given to Mon
tenegro by the four powers above named
imparts a serious aspect to every disturb
ance taking place in Macedonia and in the
strip Of territory lying between Servia and
Montenegro. The visit of the Prince Of
Bulgaria to Athens is sufficient indication
that the claims of Greece will not be over
looked when the time of distribution ar
rivcs. The spheres assigned to the four
minor States are ethnically and geographi-
cally we'll defined, but the difficulty for
Montenegro is the occupation of Herzego.
vina by Austria, and the trouble of Servia
is the occupation of Bosnia. This separa-
tion and partition of kindred peoples Is the
root evil in southeastern Europe, and there
can be no permanent peace there until they
are again united under their several Ma
tional Governments, or brought under the
direct control Of one or two of the great
powers on their borders.
About the attitude of Germany there can
hardly be any doubt. The division Of
Macedonia and Albania among the liber-
ated nationalities Of the Balkans with the
consent Of the other powers would end the
advance of Austria and the extension Of
German influence toward Constantinople.
1t would mean the political resurrection of
the long downtrodden Slav races, and the
creation of a new force in European politics
not in sympathy with the German aims in
Turkey. Such a result, II it comes, may be
traced to the German Emperor's support of
Turkey at the time of the Armenian mas
sacres and the later Incidents in Thessaly
and Crete.
Apparently the initiative in tho new
movement has been assigned to the Ser
vians; IL such be the case, the statement Of
the Prince of Montenegro may be looked
on as a kim of proclamation declaring the
liberation of the Slavs still under the Turk.
1t is certain to be understood 80 by the peo-
pies interested, and it will spread the spirit
of active revolt all over Macedonia, with
the consequent reopening Of the whole
Eastern question.