The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-08-28
EDITOR CALLS THE SERVIAN KING
A RUNNING MATE FOR HUERTA

Inc murder OF the archduke OF Aus
tria was one of the immediate causes
of the war. It led to the sending of
the Austrian ultimatum. The reports
which reached this country at the
time caused the impression to become
general that the Austrian govern
ment served an impertinent and rig
orous ultimatum which, despite its
severity, was accepted by Servia with
but one reservation. The Servians
did not propose to permit Austrian Or
ficials to take part in the. investiga-
ton to uncover the plot which led to
the murder, basing it's refusal on the
necessity OF maintaining the dignity
of it's government.
1t has been assumed that the Ser
VANS In yielding on all other ques-
lions involved, showed a willingness
to settle the points at issue. Austrian
sympathizers at first, unaware of the
facts of the case, maintained that out
ragged Austria had no more trans
crossed its international rights than
the United States had done in send
ing the ultimatum to Mexico previous
to the taking of Vera Cruz.
General Refusal Alleged.
The Servian answer has now be-
come a matter of history. What a
surprise to find in the detailed ac-
count of the Servian reply not a SIN
gle unqualified acceptance of the ulti-
matun, but rather a general and al.
most complete refusal. 1t will hardly
be of interest to the American people
to go into all the details. It will
suffice to illustrate the temper and
character of the answer by referring
to that part of it which deals with
the school question.
Austria demanded in it's ultimatun
the elimination of such Servian schoo
teachers as were clearly identified
With the anti-Austrian agitation b,
oeing members of the active anti
Austrian societies. 1t also asked the
suppression of such Servian schoo
textbooks which contained violen
anti-Austrian sentiments. Surely mos
Americans will agree with me in say
ing that a propaganda that begins il
the schoolroom and infames thu
minds of children against a neighbor
ing state cannot help but cause a con
tinual state of unrest along the Dor
der. 1t throws a strong light on tn,
human element of the position taken
by Austria.
Servia, in it's so-called acceptanc,
Of the ultimatum, deliberately omit
ted to include the "Lehrmittel
(means Of teaching) among tn
things from which it was to eliminat
the anti-Austrian influences.
Answer Termed Ambiguous.
The instance typifes the tone O
the Servians' acceptance" which wa
nothing but series of antiquities
An ultimatum is "last word" an
a quibbling answer to it is who'll
without dignity. The bitterness O
Servia toward Austria is so intens
that it is implanted alive in the mind
of the school children, kept alive b
secret societies, and now God onl
knows where it will end.
All this is in line with everything
we have learned to expect from Ser
via, state which has been so large
ly in the hands of that arch conspira
tor of the Russian diplomatic service
Won Hartwig He who has since die
is the man who prided himself wit
having been responsible for the las
few wars in the Balkan country H
is the man who, more than anyon
else, fermented national and racia
hatred in the Balkans.