Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-04
EUR0PB'S POLITICAL KALEIDOSCOPE

Montenegro was first to blow the bugle
call to war against Turkey. The place
OF honor was given her by
Inc Place her allied sister nations.
~e 49, and il is not impossible
that they contemplate sus-
tanning her in the supreme struggle with
Austria.
King Nicholas appears to be as shrewd
a diplomat as he has shown himself TO be
a brave soldier. His reply to the demand
OF the powers TO surrender Scutari recalls
the response of the Spartan Leonidas.
That King Nicholas should have made
treaty with the captive Essad Pasha. TO
whom he gives the crown of Albania.
caps the climax of finesse.
The royal government of Montenegro
is invited 10 surrender Scutari.' runs the
note OF the powers. land give prompt
reply to this communication.
The reply was prompt and fell like
thunderbolt upon the conference of the
ambassadors at London. Ii created con-
sternation II Vienna. Rome. Berlin and
London.
Essad Pasha. King Essad.' who turns
his back upon the Young Turks. OF which
he was never a partisan. shuts the Al
bantam door with bang In the face of
Austria and Italy. Essad. ii is said. is a
typical Albanian chieftain-brave. honest
half savage. perhans. He has shown
himself brave soldier i'm the defense OF
Scutari He is the stun out of which
good king is made.
Essad is popular i'm Albania. and i'm as
Stunning the crown he was acclaimed at
Alessio. whence with $4,000 troops. pre-
sumably Albanians. lie marched to Tirano
the prospective capital. where. according
to the dispatches. he is TO he joined by
david Pasha's 1901 men. david. 1t is
reported. is to be given the portfolio of
war under the new government. The
government thus has total of $4,000
trained soldiers. exclusive of the Monte
negrin allies under Prince Danilo.
The dispatches OF May ! from Londcn
announce that Austria is sending 1Oo.on
troops to the Montenegro frontier: Essad
Pasha had been ordered by the porte to
disarm and disband his native troops and
send his regulars to Rairut. where there
is trouble: much is expected from the am
bassadors' conference at London.
<
Ismail kemal Bey. the candidate favor
ed by Austria for the Albanian throne.
was i'm Paris on the 2Sth
lSmallS ultimo en- route to Lon
don. where he declared.
OoA0ncAe. when interviewed. that
~ the entente between the Montenegrns
and Essad Pasha was true il was both
treason and folly. Treason because Al
bania without scutar would be body
without head. province of Servia and
Montenegro: folly because that entente
rendered more difficult the existence even
of Albania in view of the action of the
powers
Prince kemal was sure that when Al
banians understood the situation they
would not follow Essad Pasha. who was
Albanian. but an Albanian who had no
influence.
In the capitals of Europe the news from
Scutari has created mNch interest and
vast deal of speculation as to the result.
At Rome and Vienna the news was re-
ceived with conflicting emotions. The
Tribuna. organ Of the foreign office. de-
clared the situation grave and difficult
blatt asserted that Austria-Hungary had
submitted concrete proposals to the
powers for the application OF drastic
measures to compel Montenegro to evacu-
ate Scutari without delay.
The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger expressed
belief in the efficacy of the European
concert. The Vossische Zeitung asserts
that if Austria-Hungary should interfere
the pressure of pan-Slavic sympathy on
Russia must he considered The Tage-
blatt sees as the sole solution a mandate
to be given by the conference OF the am
bassadors at London to Italy and Aus
tria or to Austria alone to occupy
Scutari.
much activity in diplomatic circles. Rus
STA will not countenance any form OF
coercion other than the blockade.
At Cettinje the news OF the fall OF
Scutari was received at = o'clock in the
orning. The firing OF
Cettinje salvos and the ringing of
church bells caused the
AeJOieSS' popuIace to gather at the
palace where they cheered enthusiastic
ally King Nicholas from the balcony
addressed his people and in full view OF
the crowd embraced the representatives
of the powers who had called to con-
graduate him. "Scutari is from today
MonteneRrin.'' said the king. Should
Europe still think of snatching Scutari
from Montenegro. which has given her
lifeblood TO take it. Europe will have to
carry out the task by force of arms.
The possibilities Of the political kaleido-
scope are not limited in this budget of
incidents. This time IL is the
reichstag which furnishes the material
which has created a scandal that may
have a decided effect upon the Interior as
we'll as the exterior policy of Germany
DR.. Karl Liebknecht. the socialist lead
err. created an uproar in the reichstag
the 10th instant which will be remem-
bered for a long time. DR.. Lebknecht
charged bribery and corruption on the
rart Of the Krupps and other armor ana
gun manufacturing establishments. In col
fusion with the war office and TIE
Deutsche Waffen und Munit!onsfabrik IN
the attempt to stir up trouble between
France and Germany. with the object OF
increasing their output. IL is ueeWea
disa strous at this moment and calculated
to interfere to a grave extent Win ihe
success Of the armament bill actually De-
fore the reichstag.
The scandal led to violent attacks on
Cen. Won Heeringen. the imperial secre.
tary of war The result OF the scandai
may not be meas ured at once. but II Will
surely delay the bill and not unlikely end
in Won Heeringen's retirement from OF
flee.
The Vorwaerts. the socialist organ, re-
calls that Cen Won Heeringen in speeches
in the reichstag repeatedly emphasized
the fact that that body should conduct ,
ito procedure in a correct business way
IT. asks whether or not the editing and
of publications and the tout
ing of advertisements for these publica-
ions are regular business operations OF a
or state
The Vorwaerts in an editorial makes
.on,a cynical references to what il calls
"Germany's shame 1t ADDS. inciaen.ans.
that these scandals are only symptoms
- ,,anaral concern with which modern |