Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-07-29
AUSTRJA'S GREED CAUSE OF PRESENT
 EUROPEAN WAR
Servia's Resentment Found ed on Acts Dating aBck
 Centuries.

The notwithstanding Balkan ques- ton has again assumed an acute form that threatens European war of large proportions. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife is made the basis of the immediate crisis, and beyond this is the old story of Austrian aggression and greed for Balkan territory, that has kept Servia in a resentful and vexed attitude for many years and would long ago have produced war but for the countervailing forces, says the Banner.
 Almost identically the same situa- tion as that now prevailing arose in 1908 when the sovereignty of the Austrian empire. was by purely auto cratic assumption extended over the two provinces of Bosnia and Herze- govina. Servia made violent protest Russia seemed disposed to back Servia's contention, but when it was made known that Germany would support Austria in what was done, Russia became sullenly quiescent and Servia had no option but to submit
 Germany bases her support of Austria on the old Dreibund or triple alliance of Germany, Austria and Italy, formed by Prince Bismarck forty years ago. It is not certain that Italy would feel a like compul sion to take part in the fray, but being interested with Austria in re- spect to Albania, it's sympathies, it would seem, would be on the Aus trian side.
 Austria assumes that the murder of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife was instigated directly lfrom Bel grade, the Servian capital, which the Servians deny. To comply with Austria's demand would be an admis- sion of guilt.
 The Serbs are a Slavic people, close akin to the Russian in blood Their language is like that of the Rus sians and the two peoples are of the same religious faith-the eastern or Greek church. The ancient people of Servia were Illyrian and the country was the Moesia Superior of the Roman empire, forming part of the province of Illyricum.
 The Serbs were a war-like tribe which came out of Galicia in the early part of the seventh century, at the i invitation of the Byzantine emperor, to help drive out the Avars. They did this work thoroughly and took possession of the county. They built kingdom of considerable pro- portions and power, covering a large part of the Balkan peninsula, that would likely have grown in civilized progress with the rest of Europe but for the advent of the then all-con- quering Turk. In 1889 the country came under the dominion of Sultan BajaZet.
 Being for some centuries complete ly under the stifling and tyrannous yoke of the Mussulman and the the atre of devastating wars between the Turks and other European countries, all progress was arrested and the people remained very much in the medieval condition where the Turks had found them.
 But in spite of all this the Servians never lost spirit. They carried on desultory war against their Turkish OppressOrs for years, but not until after the conquest of Turkey by Rus sia in 1S77 was their independence fully assured.
 At the treaty of Berlin, in 1878, that arranged the affairs of the Balkans, much to the chagrin of Servia and over the violent protest of that country, Austria was given military administration of the prov inces of Bosnia and Herzegovina These provinces are contiguous to Servia in territory: Their people are Serbs. They have the same language and religion that prevail in Servia. They were part of the ancient king dom of Servia. It was their anxious desire in 1878 that they be added. to Servia, and that desire still persists.
 It was in 1878 that the bad feeling between Austria and Servia began. It was increased by the autocratic an- nexation of these. provinces by Aus tria in 1908.
 The Austrian interference to pre- vent Servia from annexing Albania was another cause of international animosity. The assassination of Arch duke Ferdinand and his wife brought the climax.
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