Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11

S>N-s to let we'll enough alone and steer the
middle path of caution.
He happened to be born with royal blood in his
'ens; 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, fftytwo years ago, have
been rather than doubled in extent and popu-
aton through the might Of his sword and the agility
Of his brain.
Nicholas Petrovich Niegoch, car of Montenegro,
prince of the Zeta voivode of Brda and gospodar
OF Tchernagora Europe's last feudal ruler born
at Niegoch, the ancestral home of his house, on
September %, 1841 He 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 vladkas, prince-bishops, in
augurated. But for hundreds of years before that
date before the time of the first Black Prince
Stephen Chrnoievich the Petrovich were an hon
ored family, who boosted the rank of voivode
lord.
All of the of this line have been men of great
personal prowess, exceptional military ability,
craftsmanship and political cunning and possessed
of marked personal magnetism. Living, for the
most part lives of strictest cebacy, quaint mix
lures of the warrior and the monk, they presided
over the destinies Of their tiny nation with
of responsibility that you will not find equaed by
the standard Of any ruling dynasty in Europe.
At the beginning of it's existence, Montenegro was
ruled by successive dynasties of princes, Of which
TIE last the Chrnoievch, In 1916, however,
the system of government changed and what
were known elective vladikas were installed
One ruler of the Petrovich was succeeded by his
brothers Strangely enough, there was
never any jealousy among the nephews who were
passed over.
For instance the father of Gear Nicholas,
Mrko, known 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
1878 when Russia put stop once and for all to
Mosem aggression in Europeans twice passed
for the throne the second time in favor OF
his Yet he fought cherefuly both for
his brother and his and never showed a trace
of ill-feeling, although as has been said he has
always been regarded as the best leader the
Black Mountain men ever had
To tell the story of Car Nicholas, the first OF
the Montenegro rulers to wear a kingly crown,
means the telling of the story of his country
throughout his reign.
1t is not a 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 a
brief sketch of the land of Montenegro, or Tcher'
nagora-"the Black Mountain" to call it by the
name its inhabitants love best. Montenegro was
colonized in the last decade4of the fourteenth CEN
fury by noble families from Macedonia, Servia
and Bulgaria the pick of the old Slav arstocracy,
dope hills after the battle of Kossovo in 1889,
when the Turks completely crushed the Christian
power in the Balkan peninsula, and the great
Bugar-Serb empire, which had been numbered
among the mghtiest 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 as the "Montenegrn Lad
der which runs from the BoCca di Cattora up
to Csttnje, and later, combats with the French
and Austrians.
Time and again the Turkish Sultans and their
vceroys the Pashas Of Albania, Bosnia and the
Herzegovina, endeavored to conquer the tiny
land For four hundred and fifty years, army
after army, led by the Janissares and best gen.
erals Turkey could produce, attempted to conquer
Montenegro and failed During the first half OF
the last century the warfare between the little
principality and its great enemy was almost I'M
ceasing In the reign of Danilo H.. uncle of
Nicholas a 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 as his uncle was man OF
considerable foresight and small intellectual
attachments, it determined that the heir
apparent should be given a frst-class western
education in preparation for his assuming the
responsibilities of leader of his people.
Accordingly, after a preparatory course in the
home Of his aunt In Treste-where he tmoibed
principally hatred of the Austrians. who were
becoming almost dangerous enemies Of Monte
negro the Turks-he shipped of to Paris
! where he studied at the Academy CT Louisle-
Grand, and obtained some proficiency IN French
italian and German. besides Serb history and
other more usual branches OF knowledge
Even II Nicholas had not been king he would
have deserved commentator and distinctive
| place In the history of his country through his
Literary eaAssvors. Besides a volume OF poetry.