New Britain herald., 1914-07-30

swine-herds who began to drivAzb6gs l through the beech forests manE yea<B | ago. =. 4VF Hog raising is a mighty profitable business in the United States because we are fortunate in finding an ever ready market for hog products. But little Servia is not so fortunate. Here her environment works particularly hard against her. Montenegro and Albania offer no market for hogs be- cause they are in the hog-raising business for themselves. Bulgaria is a farming country and natural enemy of Servia. Why don't the Servians send their hogs down south of Bulgaria to Adrianople? Because the religion of the Turks does not A0pw,~them to eat pork There are 1fSrafir9ads down through Bosnia to tKA Adriatfc.. As a last resort Servia must turn her hogs towards the Aus trian provinces beyond the, Danube. Here are. thousands of Roman tatfp- lies who have, no religious scrupIes about the eleven hoof. Unfortunately for Servia she encounters strong competition beyond the Danube. be- cause Hungary has am ambition to supply food for her partner in the Dual Monarchy. Frequent. quaran-. tine arrangements and boosting of the tariff ruins the prospects of sell ing Servian hogs at profit in Austria.
 Tariff War Hurts Scrvia. H'st
 For years Austria has carried oh this tariff war with the intention of effecting the subjection of Servia's commercial interests to Hungarian dominance. As member of the IT ,-i.. years ago: We're not afraid of Ser vian soldiers but we are afraid of Servian hogs" Railroad development in the Balkans looking to Servia s benefit has been shut off by the Aust trian government and the so-calIed Iron Gates of the Danube are con- trolled by Hungary. Every ship go- ing down the Danube with d cargo of six hundred tons or more has to pay a tax to Hungary equal to $500 trip. It can be seen at once that such tax is prohibitive to the poor Servian hog producers.
 These few observations on the eco- homie status of Servia's only industry will suffice to show the commercial disadvantages under which she chafes. We do not know whether our secre- tary of state, in sending out official invitations to the navies of the world to participate in the opening of the Panama canal included Servia or not; he did send such an invitation to Switzerland, another inland country whose navy is best represented by a string of small ciphers with the rims knocked off.
 There have been times when Servia was not entirely dissatisfied with Aus tria's tariff policy. In 1911, for in- stance, an arrangement was made whereby the tariff was reduced to about thirty per cent. and Austria agreed not to import more than two thousand tons year of Argentine beef. This was a slight concession to the Servians who had chosen to raise cattle instead of hogs. AS a general conclusion. it may be said. however, that Servia has been restless; that she has been willing to fight and pay dear ly for an opening on the sea.
 Servia at War in 1911.
 In 1911 her efforts to get a port cost her 70,OOO human lives and millions of dollars. She formed an alliance with Bull garia, Montenegro and Greece to wrest Macedonia from Turkey. This undertaking. was known as the first Balkan war. When the fighting stopped the allies had apparently achieved success. Plans for distribu- ting the territory won from the Turks went smoothly until Austria, backed by Germany and Italy, interfered and created a new principality along the Adrfatic to shut off Servia's march to the coveted seaport Austria's inter- ference destroyed the agreement be- tween the allied Balkan states; Servia could not get compensation from Bull garia. and 1t appeared that she had lost out on all sides. Then Greece and Montenegro Joined with King Peters soldiers to attack Bulgaria Thus arose the second Balkan war, a struggle much more bloody and atro- | cious than the first, struggle that 1 presented the Turks with some of | their lost possessions.
 As a result of these wars the Bal | kan states presented new territorial l aspect. t..-.. .....t VIZ
 Montenegro gained territory equal | to the area of Delaware and is now | as large as New Jersey.
 Greece gained an area equal to West | Virginia and is now as large as 
 Servia gained an area equal to | Maryland and is now on a par with | Maine.
 Bulgaria lost territory equal to Maryland and is now the size of | 
 Turkey was reduced to an area | equal to Massachusetts and Albania | was made the size of New Hampshire. |
 Emerging from the boodshed of | that second struggle in which more | than half million lives were lost, Servia had doubled her territory but | she had .gained nothing vital. More territory meant room for more people | and grazing grounds for more hogs but the outlet to the sea appeared