The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-26
SOME FRESH STORIES
 OF EUROPES GREAT WAR

mater of history. What a surprise to us SerVlan reply not single account or the SerVian reply not a single unqualified ae- ceptance of the ultimatunl, but rather a general and almost complete refusal Il VIII hardly be of interest to the American people to go into all the details. 1t will suffice to illustrate the temper and char- aeter of the answer by ieferring to that part or 1t which deals with the schooi question
 Wanted Teachers Dismissed
 Austria demanded in it's ultimatum the summation of such Servian school teach CTS as were clearly Identified with the ahe-Austria nagitation 5y being members oi me active anti-Austrian societies. II also asked the suppression of such Ser. Wan school text books which contained violent anti-Austrian sentiments Surely most American will agree with me. in saving tha a propaganda that begins m the sehoolroom and inflamcs the minds oi children agains neighboring state cannot help but cause a continual state of unrest along the border. It throws strong light on the human element oi the position taken by Austria
 SefNla' Tn its so-calied acceptance oi the Nltimatum deliberately omitted tc include the "Lehrmittel tmeans of teach ing) among the things from which she was to eliminate the anti-Austrian influ- enees.
 This instance typifies the tone of the sfrVian acceptance" which was nothing but series of ambiguities An ultima tuln IS Hast word" and clubbing answer to 1t Is wholly without dignity. Tho bitterness of Servia toward Austria IS so intense that it is implanted in the minds of the schoolchieren, kept alive by secret societies and now God only knows where it will end.
 All this is in line with everything that we have learned to expect from Servia. state which has beer so largely in the hards of that arch-conspirator of inc Russian diplomatic service, Won Hartwig, He is the man who prided himself with having been responsible for the last few wars in the Balkan country. He is the man who, more than any one else fo- mented national and racial hatred in the Balkans.
 Defends Austria's Stands Reading American history as I do iron, 1898, l am convinced that no American will take me to account when 1 say that no nation of major importance, whose chlef interest lies in the furtherance oi civilization, can tolerate on or near its borders condition of political unrest ana political intrigue. It is most trying task to play the policeman to a petty Balkan state.
 l am convinced that we would not dream of permitting condition to obtain in Mexico, such as Austria has been obliged to suffer on her eastern border We demand strict accounting from oui southern neighbor. Our experiences dur ing the last l2 months are readily under stood in Vienna. Why can we not be as sympathetic toward Austria?
 The Benton case has some strilxingly similar features to the Austro- -Serviar matter. The United States at the insti. gation of England demanded of the con stitutional leaders an explanation of the murder of an Englishman on Mexican soil. When that explanation was unsatis- factory to England we demanded that a commission be allowed to enter Mexico and investigate the circumstances of Benton's death. This American and Brit ish members.
 Upon the findings of this commission was to be based the action of Washing ton in the premises. Had this commits sion not been frustrated by the constitur tionalists, it would have constituted a court in no way dissimilar essentially to that asked for by the Austrian govern ment for the trial of the Servian potters While the actual murderer was caught on Austrian territory the equally guilty con spirators were in safety in Servia.
 Restrictions Must Be Imposed
 It Is, of course. a matter of common knowledge that the mixed courts of China and of the Turkish dominions, while not exactly analogous, are based upon the same principle. Whenever civilized gov ernments deal with semi-civilized peoples it is necessary to impose certain restric. tions upon the courts of the latter It