Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-01

Defiant little Scrvia has throughout
its authentic history maintained 4
belliRcrent attitude. ana when MOI
fish'ing 20 the death for liberty ba,
been busy with civil wars making ane
unfnaking kings and dynaatica. Since
homan empire days when servia was
part Of the Roman province of Moe
nih ana was peoplcd 10y warlke Tlga
clans and llyriaus IL has been In
lhuefesHion oVerrlm by Huns, Ostro.
sothh lombnrds Avures and other
tribes. All those have left their
traces IN tho Seryian people OF todny.
VINO are akin 10 the unconunerabla
inoiiniaineerH Of Montenegro and the
fierce tribcsmen of Albania who never
tHneiy submitted to the Turkish yoke.
AZ fighters the Sorvlans are race
not 70 be dcsliscd. hardy. brave To
recklrN4iitaH. filled with Intense patri-
otic spirit and with hate for Austria
winch has lived and grown for ages,
handed down from sire To son among
the poor herdrmen who make up the
bulk II tho Servian nation.
~ . population OF little more than
LOCO, 600 fully 500. 000 ScrNinns are on
the army lists OF King Peter. This
heavy percentage of soldiery shows the
watll@" character Of the people Their
history briefly skctehed, shows why
their waflikc character has grown and
persisted for ages until now, when
ltussian influences are said To sway
the actions Of Serpian leaders.
About 200 A. D.. The Serbs, n Sla-
Vie tribe. entered the Mocsian district,
even then Inhabited by mixed race
having half a dozen origins. A. D.
500 they largely embraced Christian
iiy and for time acknowledged in
sufly fashion the rule OF the Byzantine
cmporors. In the eleventh century. az.
ter having long acted as a buffer for
the iOttefinr Ryzantines against Bul-
Earians and others, tho Servlans. he
come somewhat homogeneous, re-
hriled and their supreme chieftain.
Michael. WAS proclaimed King and was
recognized as such by Pope Gregory
VII. Thus began a struggle for indie
pendencc which took the form of
guerrilla warfare and lasted for two
In 1866 stephen Neman-
ya became king and for nearly 200 |
years his family maintained n sort OF i,
rulership over the turbulent, fighting t
people, Under Stephen Dnshan t
tl336-56) the kingdom OF Scrvia in
cludcd all Of Macedonia. Albania,
Thcssaly, northern Greece ana Bul-
garia. About 1874 new dynasty as
condcd The throne In the person Of
lnzar !, who was captured By the
turks at the battle of kossova Gin Al
bania) In 1888, and put To death. Ser
Via became tributary to Turkey.
About the middle of the fifteenth
century servia became q Turkish
province and 80 remained for nearly
700 years. by the peace Of Passaro-
Nitz in l7lS Austria received the
,reatcr part Of Scrvia, with the CAPT |
al, belgrade. Hut by the peace Of
belgrade in 1899 this territory was !
transferred 10 Turkey The harbarity s
II the Turks led TO several insurrec- |
ions. Early In the nineteenth century |
'zerny George placed himself at the c
lead OF the malcontents. and aided by
russia. succeeded after eight years of 7
iehting in securing the independence a
+ his country by the peace Of Buchar- c
It, MAY Is. 1872. The war was re- Il
ewed Ia 1913, ana the Turks pre- T
allied. s
In 1Sis all servin rose in arms I'M y
cr Milush Ohrenovitehy aud after G
uceessfnl war obtained complete t.
MllpHH ftiUI tittit0 -
ereditary prince. Milosh WAS com 81
oiled TO abdlcutc IN 1899, and was k
ominally succeeded hy his son Milan, v
no died Immediately, leaving the V
irune 20 his brother Michael In v
Si2 this prince was compelled to fol- 81
Nv the example of his father and quit 81
Nc country Alexander Karat George p
Itch, son Of czerny George. was Il
cctcd, but In December. 1853. he n
$50 was forced to ahdicate. Milosh "
as then recalled, but survived his e.
'sioration little more than year. ai
ia son Michael succeeded him dS60) 81
ut was assassinatcd by the pariisans
Prince Alexander, July TO- 1865. h
he princely dignity was then con- &c
'rfed on Milan Ohrenovitchy grand Il
'pheW of Milosh Il
After the ian Of plevna in the *
usso-Tufkish war of lS7q-S. Servia VI
ok up arms against Turkey, and 81
y fhe tieuty of Eerlin ffuiN IA teTX1 \ nj