Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-28

to Turkey. He had served with dis
tinction in the French army during the
Franco Russian war and was an ex-
perieneed fighting man. For four years,
with varying success, his followers in
Bosriia and Herzegovina shaFassed the
Turk.
Servia Wins Independence.
In the meantime public sentiment in
Servia had forced tho king, Milan OBJ
renovitch, to forget his Austrian sym
pathies and declare war against
Turkey. The Serb fought bravely, and
Russia's entrance into the contest
brought the little nation complete in
dependence, and also freed Bulgaria
and Montenegro.
The Serbs, OF course, hoped for un-
ion, and expected to be permitted 20
form a state which would embrace all
the Serb peoples OF the Balkans.
Austria might have consented, but
Prince Bismarck. seeking always a
German outlet in tho east, persuaded
Franz Josef to take another course.
Count Andrassy. the Hungarian leader.
Joined in the plan, with the result that
the Berlin conference which settled for
time the Balkan question. allotted
Bosnia and Herzegovina to Austria.
The two provinces were to remain
Turkish property, but were to be ad-
ministered by Austria, and regarded as
properly within the sphere of infiu-
ence OF the Hapsburg dual monarchy.
The Serbs, outnumbered by the Aus
trians and the Hungarians who forgot
political differences r. their hatred Of
the Slav, could do nothing.
The Berlin conference created a
kingdom of Servia with 100000 In
habitants and left outside, under Aus
trian domination. more than 100000
other Serbs. among them the leaders in
the revolt against Turkish oppression.
War Danger Ever Imminent.
In the succeeding 9s years the dan
ger of war has ever been imminent.
Austria has tried in every way to ex-
tend her power southwark and to ham,
per Servia's growth. Servia, an inland
kingdom, has been forced to find outlet
for her products through Austria, and
ruinous customs duties have prevented
the rapid development OF a rich coun-
try.
Servia's success against the Bulgars
a year ago brought renewed repressive
measures against the Pan Serb pro-
paganda in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
and the assassination Of the Archduke
Franz Ferdinand. heir to the throne.
by a Servian school boy was a result.
Austria. on her part, is hardly free
agent in the matter. She must expand
industrlally. and her only outlet Is the
Balkan peninsula. The Slav people,
Russia on the east and Servia on the
south. are the great barriers in her
way. Her natural outlet is southeast
ward, and for $50 years her statesmen
have looked longingly toward saioniki.
now a Greek port, as the gateway
through which she might gain the
riches OF eastern commerce.
The growth OF Prussian power has
made Austrias position more difficult.
Germany is the most highly organised
Industrial state in Europe. Austria
cannot trade with her. save in raw ma
terials, with profit. Her markets must
be in the Balkans and beyond. The. rise
of a powerful and hostile state across
her path to the Aegean would be fatal
to Austria's natural ambitions, as well
as to those which Germany entertains.
Germany for a score OF years has been
cultivating Turkeys friendship and
business. The outcome of the Balkan
war was as bitterly disappointing In
Berlin as 1t was in Vienna