Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19

come such q power that every one may
comprehend the necessity Of renouncing
Of disunited Slavs empires from one sea
to the other.
Croatia is part Of the prospective slav
nation. Servia and Croatia, with their
capitals, Belgrade and Agram, are points
in which are concentrated the hopes of
the Slav peoples.
We have had occasion to mention the
famous indictment for high treason"
against one Adam
Reasonable Prebitchevitch and fif-
Movamart ty-two other Croatians,
charged with attempt
ing to overthrow the throne Of the Haps
burgs. The indictment found in January
is still pending, and has served to stir
the resentment of tho Slavs to the. high
est degree, as well as excite the disgust
Of the world without. which witnesses
Austria's drastic methods OF government
A correspondent from Belgrade recently
writes: mo one in Servfa ever dreamed
Of detaching Croatia from the Haps-
burg monarchy; no one in Croatia and
Slavonia has excited the people to revolt
against the Austro- Hungarian monarchy
to attach Croatia to Servia.'
The general sentiment Of these countries
Is that the Austro- Hungarian government
maintains this process as a sort Of sus-
Creates. A pretext which Is intended to
Justify, II it may, the rape OF Bosnia-Her-
zegovina, which IL an offense to all slav
peoples.
mercial Servians, has opened subscrip-
ton to pay for the publication Of
pamphlets, organize lectures and other
means OF publicity in order to expose
the sham accusations at Agram. At the
same time the sums collected are to be
applied to the relief of the families Of
the accused. whose detention Of more than
ten months has accomplished their ruin.
A reunion recently in Paris at the
At under TO consider fSe ss
of M. Ernest Denis. professor at the
Sorbonne, and the patronage Of NM.
Denys Cochin. Joseph Renfach, T. Steeg
and A. Willm, deputies. voted p resolu-
it's representatives and press, to obtain
in the interest Of the good name Of Hun
gary itself the abandonment by the
Austro- Hungarian government OF the
Ubiquitous process at Agram.
This committee must surely be aware
Of the racial as well as religious prob
lens involved in this thorny Croatian
question. In the first place, Croatia is a
house divided against itself on religious
lines; ono side is Catholic, tho other is
Vienna and the latter toward Belgrade.
Baron Levin Rauch, 1t Is recalled, was
appointed in December, 1907. the first
constitutional ban Of Croatia"
note Of capital event in the history
Of Slavs. Slovenes and Croates-which
from tho valleys Of the Dnieper and
tho Don established themselves in the
fifth century in the mountainous quad
and the southern side Of the Carpa-
THAN chain. In the seventh century
they were converted to Christianity, In
tho ninth the entire basin Of the Danube
was SlaW
Palacky. tho great Czech historian,
asserts that the greatest misfortune
that ever happened to the
Hungarian Slav race was the invasion
rrv..,on Of the Hungarians. From
Holstein to the Pelopon-
nesus he says the majority Of the pop
ulation was Slav. This Magyar inva-
trail Europe and split the Slavs into two
sections. which have remained sepa-
rated for q thousand years.
son Of history. is the secular enemy
Of the Slav. hardy horseman, q bold
warrior, fearing neither cold nor heat,
he spread terror and dismay among the
peaceful and industrious Slav over whom
he gained two great victories from 1872 to
500. After which the Hungarian as
cended the valley of the Danube. pene-
trated into Alsace, Champagne. Bour-
goyne and thence into Provence and into
Italy, sowing ruin and destruction every
where.
The Germanic race has played an Inn
portant role in the valley OF the Danube.
The Emperors Of Germany In 800 establish
ed on their eastern frontier what they
called the "Ostmark." The chief aim of
the Hapsburgs has been to enlarge their
domain. They have proated by favorable
circumstances to give themselves the
crowns of Bohemia and Hungary. Fran
els Joseph, in annextng Bosnla-Herzego-
vina. has continued the tradition. His
successors. without doubt. one day. FOL
lowing that tradition. will march against
Albania and toward Saloniki. which is
the actual object in view.
Bismarck, 1t should be borne in mind.
aided Austria In 1875 in that direction.
and 1t may be asked, dn view OF events. II
that when Austria was struggling with
an excess Of Slav people and q very much
divided house Germany might not more
easily succeed to the whole.
In the fifteenth century the Turks CROSS
ed the Dardanelles. conquered successive
ly Slavs, Bulgarians and Greeks, and oc-
cupied Constantinople In 1853. The cap
ture Of Constantinople was one Of the
causes. perhaps the principal incentive.
of the voyages of Christopher Columbus
and VascO de Cana.
reference to these landmarks Of his
tory which serve US as guideposts en-
ables us to assist with special interest at |
the birth Of q new nation.
CHI CHAILLE-LoNo.