United labor bulletin., 1913-07-12

he has written several poetic dramas including
The Empress of the Balkans" and Prince Ar
banit." all dealing with Serb history and de-
clared to possess unusual merit
He not quite nineteen when he called
to take his uncle's place. Two months later he
married Milena Voukovich daughter OF one OF
the principal yoivodes. who had been a brother
in-arms OF his father. Mrko. The Czarina MI
ena is stin OF the handsomest women in Eu-
rope She stood shoulder to shoulder with her
husband throughout all the trials and adyersities
OF his eventful reign. times when he
driven from pillar to post by the Moslem hordes
that poured through the defles OF the
Lovchen range in wave after wave. that
the brave Black Mountain men Quailed under the
attack and sought safety on the impossible noun
tain heights.
They had peace OF a kind for year. and then
war broke with redoubled violence. The in
surrection of the rayahs, or Christian peasants OF
the Herzegovina. aroused the sympathies Of the
MontenegrIns. and young Prince Nicholas found
his hands full trying to obey the injunctions of
the great powers to refrain from hostilities and
keep his fiery subjects in check
For months he held out against the
wishes OF the nation. with somewhat dubious
cess He honestly did his best remain
trail; he even consented to allow the Turks to
send their conveys Montenegrin territory.
A series OF frontier incidents"-'fronter Incl
dent is the designation for any fracas along the
Montenegrin border which results in fatalities
followed close upon one another's hels. The
Turks grasped eagerly at the chance they had
been looking for. Omar Pasha, vceroy of the
western provinces. of the btterest foes OF
Montenegro. threw a huge army across the from
tier, undeterred by his previous defeats at the
hands of Mirko II reasoned in Constanti-
nople that young Nicholas had earned the dis
like OF his subjects by his peace policy. and that
now. while there was turmoil In the Christian
camp. Turkey might find It easy to crack the nut
which had resisted many efforts for many
hundreds of years.
But things did not turn out exactly as Turkey
had anticipated great part OF the principality
was overrun most OF the villages were destroyed
and ruin stared every In the face, Omars
army had entered the country in three divisions.
aiming to comb 1t from side to side, and making
their principal effort against the valley of the
Zeta which might be called the highroad of
Montenegro the main artery OF its life But. led
by the giant fighter. Mirko. and their boy prince
in whom they trusted implicitly. he had
sanctioned war-the Montenegrins took up
finchingly the struggle of their fathers. The
Turks assailed from every height from the
sides OF every pass.
True. the valley of the Zeta fell into the In
vaders hands, but on little else could they keep
their grip for long. The fought with a
fierce unrelenting fanaticism which is all but in
battles, the Montenegrins were glad to meet their
foes halfway.
They conceded some unimportant points and
won breathing spell.
Cholera followed In the wake OF famine, and
despite the assistance OF France, which sent
shiploads of corn to arrest the ravages of hun
ger many who had survived the bullet and steel
of the Turkish armies were carried on by the
scourge OF disease. among them Mirko the
Sword"
The loss of his father was q great blow to