Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-07-11

veins; but that is of small account Every inch of
territory every subject he owns he has fought for
and it is to his credit that the domains handed to
him by his predecessor fifty-two years ago. have
been rather more than doubled in extent and popu-
aon through the might of his sword and the agility
Of his brain.
Nicholas Petrovich Negoch, car of Montenegro,
prince of the Zeta, voivode of Brda and gospodar
Of Tchernagora Europes last feudal ruler was born
at Niegoch. the ancestral home Of his house
September 25, 1841. He came of the wonderful
line which has given rulers to Montenegro for
than two hundred years and which was one OF the
foremost families of the ancient principally for
centuries before that. The Petrovich dynasty has
reigned in Montenegro since 1896, when the rule of
the hereditary vladikas, prince bishops was in
augurated. But for hundreds of years before that
date even before the time of the first Black Prince
Stephen Chrnoievich, the Petrovich were an hon
ored family. who boosted the rank of vovode or
lord
All of the of this line have been men of great
personal prowess, exceptional military ability
statesma9shp and political cunning, and possessed
of marked personal magnetism. Living for the
most part lives of strictest celibacy, quaint mix
lures OF the warrior and the monk they presided
over the desnies of their tiny nation with sense
of responsibility that you will not find equaed by
the standard of any ruling dynasty in Europe
At the beginning OF its existence Montenegro was
ruled by successive dynasties of princes of which
tho last the Chrnoieyich. In 1916, however
the system Of government was changed and what
We're known elective vladikas were installed
/ One ruler OF the Petrovich succeeded by HIS
brothers son Strangely enough, there was
never any jealousy among the uepheWs who were
passed over
For instance the father of Gar Nicholas,
Mirko known as the Sword of Montenegro
the most famous warrior the little land can boast
and stalwart bulwark against the invasions of
the Turks which threatened Montenegro until
1873. when Russia put stop and for all to
Moslem aggression in Europe-was twice passed
over for the throne, the second time in favor OF
his own son. Yet he fought cherefully both for
his brother and his and never showed trace
of illfeeling, although, has been said. he has
always been regarded the best leader the
Black Mountain had
To tell the story of Car Nicholas, the first OF
the Montenegro rulers to wear kingly crown,
means the telling OF the story OF his country
throughout his reign.
! 1t is not story which can be lightly told,
either, for it involves description of several of
the most stirring combats which have taken place
since the days of the Crusades.
In the first place, it is necessary to give
brief sketch of the land of Montenegro, or Tcher
nagora-'the Black Mountain" to call it by the
name its inhabitants love best. Montenegro
colonized in the last decade of the fourteenth
| fury by noble families from Macedonia Servia
and Bulgaria the pick of the old Slav aristocracy,
who fed from their upland castles in the Rho
1 dope hills after the battle of Kossovo in 1899.
when the Turks completely crushed the Christian
power in the Balkan peninsula, and the great
4 BulgarSerb empire, which had been numbered
among the mightiest in Europe. went down to
| everlasting defeat.
From that time on, the story of Montenegro is
the story of endless battles, wars seges raids,
forays and encounters with the Turks, varied
occasionally by combats with the Venetians, who
made several abortive attempts to scale the i'm.
pregnable road known the Montenegro Lad
DER which runs from the Bocca di Cattora up
| to Cettinje and, later, combats with the French
| and Austrians.
Time and again the Turkish Sultans and their
ivsna De- rnNA Y.f.
Herzegovina endeavored to conquer the tiny
| land For four hundred and fifty years, army
after army led by the Janissaries and best gem
erals Turkey could produce attempted to conquer
! Montenegro and failed. During the first half OF
| the last century the warfare between the little
principaty and Its great enemy almost
ceasing In the reign of Danilo H., uncle of
| Nicholas q number of tremendous battles were
fought.
! Five years before the time came for Nicholas
to ascend the throne his destiny had been de-
termned upon. and his uncle was ran of
considerable foresight and small intellectual
| attachments, 1t determined that the heir
apparent should be given frst-cass western
education in preparation for his assuming the
responsibilities of leader of his people.
Accordingly, after preparatory in the
home of his aunt In Trieste-where he imbibed
principally hatred of the Austrians who were
becoming almost dangerous enemies of Monte
negro the Turks-he was shipped on to Paris
where he studied at the Academy OF Louis-le-
Grand, and obtained proficiency In French
italian and German besides Serb history and
other more usual branches of knowledge
Even If Nicholas had not been king he would
have deserved commentator and a distinctive
place in the history of his country through his
Literary eaAsavors. Besides volume of poetry