Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

"OuttnebIlns are OH the look
out for spies and the unhappy correspond
ent Is threatened at one place. warned eff
at another and arrested at a third. till the
novelty of the thing wears off and he be-
comes exceedingly bored. They read ones
letters everywhere on the Austrian side,
and the contents of ones kilograms are
known to an the authorities of Cettinje,
who can make II most unpleasant If those
kilograms are not TO their liking.
As the Austrian-Lloyd steamer. bringing
one indirectly from Constantinople, en-
tered the Bocca al Cattaro l could not re-
sist the temptation to take a photograph
Of the famous harbor, dominated and
coveted by Montenegro-for the Black
mountain, snow capped and streaming
clouds from every peak, was the most
wonderful picture of its kind had ever
seen. l tried 70 snap my kodak unob-
served, but one OF the law respecting Of
ficers OF the Austrian ship had his eye
upon me and I dearly paid the penalty.
The clouds had already broken when the
ship touched the quay and the mountain
was shedding water on the walled city of
Cattaro in a flood. Nevertheless the ubi-
quitoGs Austrian police. bayonets fixed
upon their cnrbines, stood unsheltered
where the gangplank touched the shore,
waiting for such culprits as |, and they
learned with satisfaction when the ship's
officer denounced IAN Englishman.' as
they thought l was from my language,
They tpol;e to me In three languages, Ser
Wan, Italian and German, the three recog-
nized tongues of the Dalmatlsn coast and
Herzg vina, but from them all l could
understand only ono word. Photographic"
which, like coffee, is the same in all Lam
guages.
Their signs, however, were unmistakable.
| must surrender my kodak. This, OF
course. I refused to do. Then I must go
before the military authorities. There
seemed to be no ether course and obeyed.
We tramped through the streets Of the
little Venice-like city, our feet In places
almost washed from under us by the rush
Of water, till we came to the damp stone
house in which the military commandment
has his office. But 1t being ten minutes
after IL, lunch hour, no one save an orderly
was in the place. From this side OF the
city then we tranped through the cas-
cades 70 the other. and there in another
old Italian house we found some civil Of
fetal who spoke French.
what will monsieur" he asked politely.
Il know not, monsieur; l come at the
invitation of your police"
Some words with the police.
All, monsieur has taken a photograph
Of the forts as he entered the harbor."
acknowledged that l had taken a pic
ture OF the wonderful mountains.
This Is strictly forbidden; all these
mountains are covered with fortresses.
Monsieur has broker the law"
To make a long story short, the man who
spoke French had the courtesy which
those who spoke German seemed to Lack
believe the language has something to dc
with Il. The gendarmes were within the
law in demanding my kodak. but this gen.
tleman was good enough to confiscate only
the roll of film because l was unable L
read any OF the languages in which tn,
notice is printed and hung up in tn,
cabins Of the ship.
Going back to the custom house TO geI
my luggage. l found it had to be turneC
out to the last sleeve button. A pistol wal
found and my passport was demanded.
Where was l ~going-up the mountain
They knew It. / was a British Spy, sym
pathizer with the folk up there.
When I refused to surrender my pisto
and my passport there was another marcl
through the rushing waters, Again the po
lite gentleman OF the French pardoned m!
breach OF the law and wrote upon my pass
port permission 10 carry arms across IN
country.
Austria Is little over half a mile wild a
this curious point A long, narrow strip
turning In and out around the innumer
able bays and islands. runs more thai
half way down the side Of MONTENEGRO di
VidinS It from the sea. All the rich low