Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-07-30

Ii the war begun by Austria against Servia ends
in the destruction of the latter the object long sought
by Austria will have been attained. Austria views
with apprehension the rise of slav power on her
southern border. She wants war now While SerVia
is comparatively weak
For 100 years by every art known to diplomacy,
by craft and force by commercial discrimination
and continual menace of war the Hapsburg empire
hampered the development of the SerVian nation
The Hapsburg empire has reason to fear Ser
via since that nation is the nucleus of great peo-
pie Servia proper with the accessions of ter
rtory which resulted from the Balkan war, has only
some 100000 inhabitants But in Montenegro and
Albania, in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Hungary
are twice as many more. Today Servia is one oil
the most thoroughly orgarzed military states in
Europe and systematic has been the extension
of the Pan Serb propaganda among the Sav peo-
pies of Austria Hungary that the loyalty OF whole
provinces is in doubt.
Hatred of Long Standing
Seryan hatred of Austria dates back nearly goo
years In 1913 Austrian armies captured Belgrade
from the Turks and the Austrians were hailed as
deverers by the Serbs who had been in practical
slavery since the fall of the Serb empire late in the
fourteenth century Twenty years later, to gain
some petty advantage elsewhere, Austria sold the
Serbs back into Turkish slavery. The Serbs have
forgotten it.
When the war of Servan independence was in
progress 100 years the Turks aided in every
diplomatic way for a of years and Austria
because she feared for her control of her Slav sub
jects, tried in every way prevent Serbs from the
Austrian provinces from aiding their countrymen
The Serbs won autonomy, thanks to Kara
George and Milosh Obrenovitch but complete indie
pendence delayed until 1878.
In 1876 Peter Karageorgevitch, son of Alexander
and grandson of Black George, the Lberator started
revolt among the Bosnian Serbs, then subject to
Turkey. He had served with distinction in the
French army during the Franco Prussan war and
experienced fighting man. For four years,
with varying success, his followers in Bosnia and
Herzegovina harassed the Turk.
Servia Wins Independence
In the meantime public sentiment in Servia had
forced the king, Milan obrenovitch to forget his
Austrian sympathies and declare against Turkey.
The Serb fought bravely and Russias entrance into
the contest brought the little nation complete indie
pendence, and also freed Bulgaria and Montenegro.
The Serbs, of course, hoped for union and ex-
pected to be permitted to form state which would
embrace all the Serb peoples of the Balkans. Aus
tria might have consented but Prince Bismarck,
seeking always German outlet in the east, per-
suaded Franz Josef take another course. Count
Andrassy, the Hungarian leader joined in the plan,
with the result that the Berlin conference which set
tied for time the Balkan question, allotted Bosnia
and Herzegovina to Austria The two provinces
were to remain Turkish property, but were to
be administered by Austria, and regarded as prop
erly within the sphere of influence of the Haps-
burg dual monarchy The Serbs, outnumbered by
the Ausrians and the Hungarians who forgot po-
ltcal differences in their hatred of the Slav, could
do nothing.
The Berlin conference created kingdom of
Servia with 3,000,ooe inhabitants and left outside
under Austrian domination more than SoVU000 othe1
Serbs among them the leaders in the revolt against
Turkish oppression
War Danger Ever Imminent
In the succeeding thirty eight years the danger
of war, has ever been imminent. Austria has tried
in every way to extend her power southwark and
TO hamper Servia's growth. Servia inland king
DOM has been forced to find outlet for her products
through Austria and ruinous customs duties have
prevented the rapid development of a rich country
Servias success against the Bulgars year age
brought renewed repressive measures against the
Pan Serb propaganda in Bosnia and Herzegovina
and the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdi
result.
Austrai her part, is hardly free agent in
the matter She must expand industrially, and hel
only outlet is the Balkan peninsula The Slav PEG.