The Glenwood post., 1914-08-15

serbs we're and are loyal to Austria,
and have in the past proved their pat
riOtisn and their adherence to tae
Austrian EnpeFOrs. The Independent
Serbs, just over the line, have nur
dered, since 1904, Ave out Of their
seven Fulers, and the present king AS
ssnea the throne after his predecessor
and the latter : wife were cruelty nur
dered by some three dozen select ss1
sentlensnly servian army officers.
The constant stirringup of national
hatred and strife on behalf Of separa-
tion of Austria Servis, Croatia, Bosnia.
and Herzegovina, undertaken by the
Serbs, who were melted thereto and
aided by Russian agents, has after the
last Balkan war. assumed such proper
tiOns, that Austria had to keep a mob
lie force near and at the border, in
order to repel daily threatening Of
a Servian invasion.
This constant readiness resulted only
in redoubled efforts of the Serb agita-
tors.
on now-his name is really and truly
PREBICEVIC- serb by birth, but
educated in Austria at Austrian Gov
tory to the separation from the United
States, of Arizona, New Mexico, pait
of California and Colorado, and ~
unite these portions with Mexico. As
sumo that these measures had infiame.l
by percept and example 4 group of
young extremists, and rs = consequence
our president or = cabinet officer hal
been assassinated. Would not = pun
ative expedition have marched into
Mexico at about 4 days notice. And
would we hesitate to severely visit up-
on Mexico and the perpetrators Of tue
crime the extreme consequences! Or
would We hesitate so to do ON the
threat of war by = foreign power?
Certainly not! We'd just 60 there aud
wipe the greasers OF the face Of the
earth and snap our fingers at any fo.-
eign power who dared to object.
There are Serbs living in Austria vino
have been living there for hundreds
of years; long before servia proper
ernment' IS expense, deserted, joined the
servian Army, and is now a servian
Major. As such, this has been con
ceded by the Servian Authorities, he
had had manufactured bombs and other
explosive objects in the Servian Gov
ernment Arsenal and doled them out
to the revolutionaries and hired assas-
sins. Az . member Of the society
which worked for the separation of the
Austrian provinces above named, he
aided and abetted in the murder of the
Austrian Heir Apparent and his wife
and in the plan to start open revolt
| and murder as many Austrian Officers
and officials as possible. All this is
history.
Now, as soon as the Austrian Govern
ment demanded joint investigation, anil
absolute assurance of such measures as
would make further agitation impos-
sible and when in fact Servia had con:
ceded all but one point in the Austrian
demands, Russia suddenly declared that
she could not allow such humiliation to
dear, little, innocent Servia, and that
she would have to protect her juvenile
ward or some such bluff; and that she
would make war on Austria; q declar-
alton which was, curiously and con
| sistently, followed by Russia mobilizing
on the German border! Kindly
solve this riddle for me. If this was
not the most devilish sly move to stir
up the confagration which now RACES.
it was about the best imitation of it.
Naturally, the Germans had no
choice, than to ask for explanation of
this menscing military movement, and
when explanations did not issue, to
present her ultimatum. The rest is
known.
France, a member of Of the Triple
Entente, was then not ready to fight,
but modified and, knowingly, first viz
lated Belgian neutrality.
England as another member of the
Triple Entente, after some hesitate IN
entered the fight. This is the present
status with the additional fact that
several thousand men have been killed
and many more wounded; that the war
will take and is now taking ist grim
toll in human lives; that = prosperous
continental period of peace lasting fo.-
ty-three years was brought to an eul
and to what purposei -
To give Russia her chance to add one
more step in the execution of the test
ament of Peter the Great.