Charlevoix county herald., 1913-08-02


middle path OF caution
Esa happened to be born with royal blood in his
Sssns. Sut that is Of small account Every inch o.
rsTxoJzy, every subject he owns he has fought for
HR u Is TO his credit that the domains handed Il
IEnz oy his predecessor. ffty-two years ago, have
hesEz xztfer than doubled in extent and popu
I&n ehreagh the might of his sword and the agilit!
Of sEs brain.
Nicholas Petrovich Niegoch, car of Montenegro
urfEzce Of the Zeta, yoivode of Brda and gospoda
ef TGIssrBaecra Europe's last fcudal ruler borr
nj &esocil, the ancestral home of his house OF
September %, 1871. fie of the wonderful
zSTe which has given rulers to Montenegro for more
ES&R two hundred years and which one of the
rsfrsg11csf families OF the ancient principalty 70
CERT aries before that The Petroyich dynasty ha
refsxsed "A Montenegro since 1896 when the rule o
etss heredtaTy Vladkas. prince bishops. in
rxaEETztc6. Bat for hundreds of years before tina
S3sg9g before the time of the first Black Prince
Ssz&syEaea Cslrnoieych. the Petrovich were an hon
azsz sREziiy, who boasted the rank of vovode o
sCc8
il III es.e men Of this line have been men Of grea
Esesrzs0atsa prowess exceptional military ability
7steSxSHIanssp and political cunning and possessed
AZ Zrzrftsd personal magnetism. Living, for thu
rzsDat part lives OF strictest cebacy. quaint mix
tlzzvs of the warrior and the monk. they presided
Sife Sestn4es OF their tiny nation with sens,
~ responsibility that you will not find equaled b!
ctsss standard of any ruling dynasty in Europe.
81 the beginning OF it's existence. Montenegro wa
gzEess by successive d,Rastes Of princes, OF which
ei1s system OF government was changed, and wha
known elective vladikas installed.
G1ae rBIer Of the Petrovich succeeded by hi
hzUsher's Strangely enough, there
any jealousy among the nephcws who
EIRsssed over.
FrV instance the father OF Gar Nicholas,
SzlrTso. known the Sword of Montenegro
tzus most famous warrior the little land boast
1szSS s9ztnart buiwark against the inyasons of
Ese Turks which threatened Montenegro until
2SsS, when Russia pat a stop once and for all to
1AasSem aggression in Europeans twice passed
5v<-r fer the throne. the second time in favor OF
HEs own soa. Yet he fought cherefully both for
tia Brother aHd his son and never showed a trace
AZ EHfeeIiRg although he's been said he has
always been regarded as the best leader the
Rack Mountain aen ever had
30 tell tae story OF Car Nicholas. the first OF
sEe MoHtenegTH rulers to kngly crown,
the telling OF the story OF his country
throughout ilis reign.
gt Is not & story which can be lightly told,
either. ser 1t involves description OF several OF
eSfe most stirring cembats which have taken place
since TIE days of the Crusades
ga the first place, it is necessary to give
SsCEEa sketch Of t-c land OF Montenegro. Tcher.
EnsoEa-''tbe sack Mountain" 20 call It By the
DJzns ttS Inhabitants love best. Montenegro
csnized la the last decade OF the fourteenth cen
EEry by Hoa',e families from Macedonia, Servia
Exa bulgaria. the pick of the old Say aristocracy,
svso fed from their upland castles in the Rho
esssle Hifls after tho battle az KossOyo in 1889,
~ztsgn Eae Turks completely crushed the Christian
EEsUer ia the Balkan peninsula and the great
EsCl9zrScCb empire. which had been numbered
s1ssSSrg the Hfighiiest in Europe, went down TO
everlasting defeat.
EHom that time on. The Story ct Mcntenegro is
Ire story of endless battles, wars, sieses raids,
GGszys and encounters with the Turks, varied
occasionally by combats with tho Nenetiaus. who
zEssse several aborive attempts 60 scale the i'm
1nGN-uabIe read known the "Mcntenegrin Lad
Ger which from the Rocca di Cattora up
eo Cettihje. aud later combats with the French
and &Rslrians.
TIr1e and again the Turkish Sultans aud their
~5cs-Eoys Che Psshas of Albania Bosnia and the
E5ssgSegoVina, ehdeayored 10 conquer the tiny
E&rS- For four hundred and ATTY years army
snfhsr army, led by the janissaries and best gen
-eszxs Turkey could produce. attempted to conquer
5kssszseneSro and failed During the first half OF
1Se East century the warfare between the little
EJrfT1Eipaity and its great enemy almost IN.
c.szsSzs- w the reign OF Danilo H. uncle of
Skt1A0sas. n numter OF tremendous battles were
HsugzHS
1--WE years before the time came for Nicholas
rns ascend the throne, his destiny mad been de-
sesnsaned upon. and his uace was man of
considerable foresight and small intellectual
x<szSnuseHts, Il determined that the heir
xsguxre7t sAeuh he given hrst-cass western
ssnE-zfton IN preparation for his assuming the
rszzOo1xikiities O. leader OF his people
Accordingly, after preparatory course in the
Msssz~ 81 ssis amt In Trieste-where he imbbed
ZE1nGipaHy hatred or the Austrians who were
asrozins almost dangerous enemies of Monte
Dzxzo az the Yvrks-he was shipped off to Paris
where he studied OF the Academy of Louisle.
SSxzah. and obtalnec some proficiency in French
IfxJ1nu and German. besides Serb history and
other moro usUai branches OF knowledge
wen re Nicholas had not been king he would
ave deserved commendation and distinctive
place 81 the history OF his country through his
'J'C xfy ondesyors. Besides volume OF poetry,