The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-10
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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 was not quite nineteen when he was called
to take his uncles place. Two months later he
married Milena Voukovch, daughter Of one OF
the principal voivodes, who had been n brother.
harms of his father. Mirko. The Czarina Mil
ena Is still one OF the handsomest women in Eu.
rope. She stood shoulder to shoulder with her
husband throughout all the trials and adversites
OF his eventful reign at times when he was
driven from pillar to post by the Mosem hordes
that were poured through the defiles OF the
Lovchen range in wave after wave that even
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 out 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 some months he held out against the
wishes OF the nation, with somewhat dubious sue
cess. He honestly did his best to remain neu-
trial. he even consented to allow the Turks to
send their conveys across Montenegrin territory.
series OF frontier Observation-Disclosures Incl.
dent" Is the designation for any fracas along the
Montenegrin border which results In fatalities
followed close upon one anothers hels. The
Turks grasped eagerly at the chance they had
been looking for Omar Pasha. viceroy Of the
western provinces, one OF the bitterest foes Of
Montenegro threw huge army across the from.
tier. undeterred by his previous defeats at the
hands OF Mrko 1t was reasoned In CONSTANT.
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 so many efforts for 40 many
hundreds Of years.
had anticipated. great part Of the principality
was overrun. most of the villages were destroyed
and ruin stared every one In the face. Omar's
army had entered the country in three divisions
aiming to comb It from side to side and making
their principal effort against the valley Of the
Aeta, which might be called the hghroad OF
Montenegro. the main artery of its life. But led
by the giant fighter Mrko and their boy prince
IN whom they trusted implicitly, once he had
sanctioned war-the Montenegrins took up un.
hinchingly the struggle OF their fathers The
turks were assailed from every height from the
sides OF every pass.
True, the valley OF the Zeta fell into the in.
vaders' hands, but little else could they keep
their grip for long The war was fought with a
herce, unrelenting fanaticism which is all but in
comprehensive TO the western mind After sixty
patt'es, 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 rayaees of hum
ger, many who had survived the bullet and steel
OF the Turkish armies were carried of by the
scourge or disease. among them Mrko "the
Sword"
The loss OF his father was great blow to