The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-13
WHY SERVIA HATES AUSTRIA

Anstrians iu ths pre.sat uar q. 70
poried 20 taFe h-@n ire ho-uhartrne1t
ui -. Eracc-arr ore % the rrst Ser.
- Llotes -as- lndouctsdly. ths
ahandonuert % Hfirrade
Austria o. able 90 PIT both military
anc economic pressure On -e-vtr
Q4lcsly Ihe most important Eervtaa
export o. riEs. since the s~-yians
save no sea port o. their on they
mus snip t1eir piEs thro1En Aus.
lIiAn ports u n. hence. eKc@s-tin Ely
- ioI ne AustriHns 90 -rzt d.
-ase among The S@rVlsn piEs. checs
shipments % them. and practically t.e
me Attle country Up economically
ll p natural under such Circum-
talces that he SerVtans should not
teel Any TOO kilcly towards the Aus-
,, ,.ns nat hey have rot shown IN =
slu lll~ openly Ia more frequently Is
probably largely due 20 the fart nat
ne SsrNian upper classes. having
mere ar stake financially than the zen
sfa4 rlu % Ssrv ans. stand someN aat
IN Ase % Austrlas economic and mill
tlfy cover since these upper classes
~ at Afnes IN charge Of the govern
ment % Servia. they make possible a
.irruF pro-Austrlan party that not IN
frequently holds In check N. popular
hatred or Austria. but the inclination
oi 10 people a. a whole T. 70 eide
The early history % the servians =
a. tumuliuous a. that % later times.
n-f mast appear outside % their
present location and 10 L. not until
Vel into the hrEt century that Ne md
thsm IN The Balkans. They existed for
tline a. an aristccratlc rersblic. but
even a. that early date Greece PLAYED
the bulKarians and Serbs on aEAlnst
each other. involved them ia wars
nat ended cisastrously for Servia
uhally captured both Of them.
Won Many Victories
soon. however. greatness returned
70 the Servlans They hrst Won their
lndepe ndence, next secured Bosnia
and nnally defeated Greece These
victories brought about the great
ness Of medieval Servia which grad
ually blossOmed into the golden age
OF the little country. about 1891 Ser
via AZ this time defeated m turn Hun
gary. Bulgaria and Greece After
1885 Seryla became an empire under
a ruler Who brought the Servians
their greatest power Dusan
But soon after Dusan's death Servla
Wa involved IN external and internal
strife These difficulties led 10 con
hicts With the Turks and before long
Seryia's sun was clouued Finally
Turkey made the country a vassai.
the Bosnians. the Albanians. the Bui.
Earians and the Serbs ailyinE against
the Terrible Turk" too late The
battle OF kossoyo. which brought
about these events In 1853. Is the
Waterloo Of Servian history and in
dependence
The servians struEFled sporadical-
y with the Turks. principally under
the ~adership Of the famous Jonn
hunU,i. but except for several tenn
II victories they uniformly lost
religious iealousies dividing them
81 81
garians 1859 saw Servis definitely
annexed 10 Turkey
The Sultan found Servia worth hav-
ing and held ~ closely The Serbs al
hrst made few, and a. the best scat.
tered attempts 10 break from Ottoman
rule. sun the desire for freedom was
kept alive. mainly by Serbs living en-
Hungary between the save and Draye
rivers. These Ineffective attempts
towards independence az least brought
the Serbs one adYantage-they main
tanned confidence IN their ability 10
fight
Finally the Serbs famed this conn
dence into open hostility and an earn
est struggle for freedom began during
500. Under simple. violent hero.
Kara George Petrovic, they first Oh.
tained a temporary respite from the
Sultan. But the Turks soon crushed
them into subJuEstion and forced out
luflT merry leader.
But another took his place almost az
once-Milosh Obrenovic the second
Serb patriot. 20 give his country in
dependence and forward the idea OF
greater Sgrvia ObrenOvlc led a re-
volt which resulted In his being rec
oEniZed as Prince Of Servia. The Rus
SLAMS az this time were favorable 10
Servia and 10 was largely through their
assistance that Servia gained recoEni-
ton.
Co; Renewed support.
Various treaties and conventions.
particularly those OF Adrianople and
Hermann. gave Seryia renewed sup.
port ObrcnONiC prevented Turkish
forces from fanking the Russians. and
the Russians rewarded the Servians
BY introducing clauses favorable 70
the Serbs in the treaty which they
made with Turkey a. AdrIanoplc
This struggle of the serbs Tor victory
o. bare OF stirring events. A. frst me
Ilrs- hardly Understood the rEht was
battles 80 me story ~ scr.ian hide
prnderge is gradual one
hT 1890 NhrrrHEie vas 40 the height
~ h.s power soon after biz Influence
trrannieal Tor -srvIsn tastes ana Rue
.an NIi I.fnHr| NaH causing trouble
Putting me rover bob ~ervIa between
OBJ" people and their prince a. NAT the
lN...H "f united ......'."H fH Rue
sian b IHnH could mot develop. while rfffI
iN"fe would Do enough strength fn pre-
ni Iarer. from capturing Tho -~rba
These "rIrefH resulted .r EbrerD.fr xiv.
IrE 100 Dol. power f. "a con. fnu .l r4rr.
EHLe rar fr brother
Ihrss rulers proved ursafiefa -fr-v 20
Nt'."." rNaHona ana they
HraIF called Alexander karararrrrrIe
a'n ~ 'Nr original Patriot 90 fH|a Ram.
.. ." f. throne. rIa lacked HIa
.ner ..r..fE. hrHarrr. although no
ga'Iff ~err.ar foreign rn.4f.nrr aatfa.
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became unpopular and fra people