The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
Fall of Scutari Has Aroused
Many Nations.
Austria Sends UItimatum to
Disturbed Powers.
MAY CALL OUT ARMY FORCES
Something Must Be Done to
Remove Montenegro.
Emperor William Deserts Plans
Stock Market DemOraliZed.

! London, April 24.-tTake immedi-
ate combined action to turn the Monte
negrins out of Scutari or shall we do
it alone" declares a circular note sent
by the Austro-H Hungarian government
to the powers today. The note is vir-
tually an ultimatum.
Autria- Hungary declares she cannot
| permit the Montenegrins to f1out the
decision of the great powers. The
| prestige of the European nations has
been violated, says the note, and
Austria Hungary demands that the
powers decide promptly on the steps
| to be taken to restore that prestige,
adding that if the powers should be
unable to reach a speedy decision she
will see to it herself that the will of
! Europe is respected. and that the
Montenegrins vacate Scutari.
Cettinje, April 24.-"Scutari is from
today Montenegrin'' was the defiant
reply of King Nicholas today to the
European invitation to surrender the
hard won Turkish citadel.
The king made this statement in
the course of a speech delivered from
the balcony of the royal palace. Among
his audience We're the ministers of the
Balkan states who came to congratu-
late him.
He added:
Should Eprope still think of snatching
Scutari from Montenegro which has
given her life blood to take it, Europe
will have to carry out the task by
force Of arms"
Intervention Is Probable.
Rome, April 24.-Very active ex-
change of communications between
Rome and Vienna over Scutari is going
on, Italy and Austria Hungary being
directly interested in the question of
future Albania Austria Hungary is
determined to act alone it appears if
she is not backed up by the other
powers in obtaining the evacuation of
Scutarf by the Monetenegrins and a
confagration will almost Certainly be
the result of such action, according to
well informed opinion here.
The efforts of Italy therefore are di-
rected at preventing the isolation of
Austria Hungary and convincing Mon
tenegro of the necessity of complying
with the decision of the conference of
European ambassadors in London.
If this cannot be accomplished the
opinion prevails here that collective
armed European Intervention is inevi-
table.
1t is pointed out that instead of
retaining Scutari Montenegro might be
given, besides financial compensation,
territorial recompensation, including
not only the district of Novipazar but
Ipek, and perhaps Jakova, to the east
of Scutari and in the villayet of Kos
SoVo.
Berlin, April 24-There are many
indications here today that the Ger
man government and public regard the
European situation is critical. A high
diplomatic official said today:
Europe has entered another crisis
a hot io6 I'D q
Austro-Russian demobilization.'
The press bureau of the German for
eign office, contrary to it's usual Gus
tom, was not prepared today with a
timatum to Montenegro or to the gen.
eral situation. An official, however,
believed it probable that force would
have to be employed to expel the Mon
tenegrins from Scutari.
Powers Will Work Together.
The official view is that all the Eu-
ropean powers will work together un-
til the problem has been solved. A
feeling of CONSERVATION and helpless
ness was displayed at yesterdays con-
ference of the ambassadors in Lon
don. According to advices received
here the representatives of all nations
including Russia agreed that the de-
cision of the powers concerning Sou
tart must be enforced but are non
plussed as to how Montenegro was to
The imperial chancellor and foreign
minister visited the budget committee
of the imperial parliament today in
order to make confidential communi-
cation to it's members in regard to the
international situation. The cancella-
ton by Emperor William of his pro-
posed trip on the steamship Imperator
and his determination to return to Ber-
lin from Hamburg on April 2S. are at
tributed in we'll informed quarters to
the crisis brought about by the fall
of Scutari-
Fear Political Complications.
The stock market was demoraIized
today by the fears of grave political
complications Investors and specula-
tors started realizing at the opening
then prices slightly recovered on the
strength of Premier Asquiths speech
and on the London Times editorial in
sisting upon an Albanian Scutari But
the market again broke later on and
there was heavy selling on the report
received from Vienna stating that
Austria had demanded that the powers
send an ultimatum to Montenegro
AuStria-Hungary telegraphed to all |
the other powers yesterday demanding |!
that they send an ultimatum to Monte |
negro to vacuate Scutari within 4S |
hours, according to an unconfirmed dis /
patch from Vienna to the Zeitung Am |
Mittag. Otherwise Austria declares
she and her allies will take steps to pro- |
tect her political interests