The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-27
Is RACIAL CONFLICT.
SAYS ISADORE KONTI
Believes Crisis Is First step IN
War Between Teuton
and Serb.
PTPIN SPEAKS FOR SERBS
Archduke's Murder Had Moth.
ing to DO With Dispute.
He Asserts.
PTPIN SPEAKS FOR SERB.

Isadore kont.. the eminent Np...,o
sculp' 1r. expressed the opinion ,..t.-.
day that the present crisis I'm tn, N.,-
East Is the first step in an inevitable AMI
gigantic war between Teuton aud sob
lie said
I'VE Austrians believe that the Sob,
have not appreciated what Austria Ht.
done for them. They are ungratcfu' e,-
the vastly improved conditions Boo Brsrt
and Herzegovina for which Austria has
been responsible. All Austriaus fee.
moreover. that only war viii put an oud
to the activity Of slav traitors VINO Iva
within the borders OF Austria d. :
these Serbs and Russians living IN tns.
tria who. | think. have done more Than
anybody else to foment the th-eateooI
war. The rivalry between the two great
races Is bitter Germany viii crrt.,.'.
side with Austria, but what share italy
will have II is more difficult to ss,."
Prof Michael I Pupin Of Column
University, ACKNOWLEDGED to be- the loader
OF the 100000 Serbs in the United S'aus
said
Americans must never forget that 2
there is war II will mean that ~ las.
Servia IL to he given the oppor'uu-t
for which she has been looking r.. tire
last 200 years. 1t will be the begiunirr Of
her great war for independents. aud
every Serb stands ready to give all
to fight to the death--to win the political
freedom long deried him Onls 70
night l received a 'elegram from a brother
hood OF 300 Serbs in Los Angeles. SAY.
ing that they want to return 20 SEN, a
and join the army and asking what they
/ should do.
From the Servln point Of view. 're
| assassination OF Archduke Ferdinand had
nothing 20 do with the immediate cause
of the threatened wai. That crime was
! I'm no sense the result Of a SerVian plot
So far 1t has not been proved that slug
citizen Of Servia was implicated In D.. !;
took place outside Of Servia and was com
mitted by Austrian Serbs. for whose cor
duct Austria Is as much responsible as
Serva. Scrvla did right. Therefore. In
hesitating to respond to the utimatuW
issued by Austria. The ultimatum was
n mere pretext. the real cause Of Ausirias
aggression being her Unsuitable des.re N
forcstall Russia in her ambitions To- win
a port on the .Egean Sea and control the
eastern shore OF the Mediterranean
There are now 81. 1000. 600 Serbs In
Austria more than in Servia herself who
cordially hate their Teutonic ncigAbors ana
conquerors II is they who have sent
emgrants to the United states and who
are bringing on the conflict For forty
years they have been heartlcssly dlsciim.
mated against In the schools and the courts
and in the possession OF land Among ~"
. immediate events that have urged the
Serbs on to rebellion was the student
strike few months ago, when violent
! attacks were made on the Serb race A.
| Mostar. Herzegovina. by an Austrian
/ professor. Nothing could have b. on
better calculated to provoke the people =
! Herzegovina and Bosnia to rage than 'u
+ have Austrian troops thrown across tho ?
! borders To execute manmuvres along tNe
Servian frontier. Another vital cause ~
( rebellion has been Austria's refusal 60
! carry out land reforms in Bosnia and
/ Herzegovina. The land was bought from
/ the Turkish Beys in 1875 by Austrian
! spectators and sold to the S.rNitn
peasants AZ four times its cost
The fate OF the European nations 1t
present les II seems to me- in Great
Britains hands. She alone can solve tire
present diplomatic difficulty and II will b..
/ the greatest mistake in her diplomatic
! history II she fails to do so"