Little Falls herald., 1914-08-07
News Of Interest Gathered IN
Germany and Austria.
DATES BACK Two SCORE YEARS.
Austro-Serb Quarrel Began During
Struggle Of Slavs to Estab-
Iish Independents Nation.

The Austro-Servian crisis which
threatens to embroil all Europe In
armed conflict, is due to causes dat
Ing back near two score years. Part
of the present Servian kingdom was
once included in the Turkish empire.
The remainder was subject to Aus
tria. That part which was under
Turkish domination has won its free
dom. The other part, including Bos-
mia and Herzegovina, has not. Servla
is inhabited by only minor part OF
the slavs of Europe, including those
IN the Macedonia territory recently
won from the Turks. Bosnia, Herze-
govina, Montenegro and parts of Hun
gary are largely populated by Slavs.
Bosnia, Herzegovina and Servia prop
er revolted against the Turks in 1875.
In 1878, instead of granting these coun-
tries their freedom, the Berlin con-
gress turned Bosnia and Herzegovina
over to Russia, although they were to
remain nominally under Turkish su-
zerainty. They revolted and were
subdued by Austria after four-year
war. AS result of the Turkish con-
stitutional revolution in 1908 call
was issued for representatives in the
Turkish parliaments, Bosnia and Her
zegovina being included. Austria then
promptly announced the annexation
of the two countries. Servia protest
ed and was backed by Russia. Ger
many, however, supported Austria
With vigor and the objections were
withdrawn. Austria was ambitious to
secure Salonika, but Servian and
Turkish territory cut off this port.
In the first Balkan war the Servian
troops captured Western Macedonia
and marched on through Albania to
the Adriatic. Austria furthered her
ambitions somewhat, however, as a
result of the conference of the powers
at the close of this war. Montenegro
was deprived of Scutari and Servia
was forced to withdraw it's troops
from Albania. Austria thus prevent
ed the Slav race from securing. ,4
port on the Adriatic, although Austria
was still cut off from the Egean. Aus
tria is generally regarded as having
brought on the second Balkan war,
which resulted in King Ferdinand Of
Bulgaria attacking the Servians. Ser
via, Greece, Roumania and Turkey
overwhelmed Bulgaria in this war.
During this conflict Austria occupied
the sanjak of Novi Bazar. This is a
strip of territory between Montene-
gro and Servia. It belonged to Tur-
key before the war of 1912. This step
placed an Austrian wedge between
the Servians and the people Of the
same race in Montenegro, further re-
tarding the efforts for the unifcation
of Serbs. Austria has maintained a
strong army near the Servian frontier
for the past two years and the hatred
of the dual monarchy has constantly
increased in Servia. Then came the
formation of the Pan-Servian union,
headed by Major Milan Pribitchevitch,
formerly an officer in the Austrian
army Nedeljo Gabrlnovics, who
threw the bomb at Archduke Ferd1-
nand shortly before he was shot, June
2S, declared in a confession that the
plot to assassinate the archduke was
hatched in Belgrade. He So 4 the
conspirators appealed to Pribitche-
witch and from him obtained their
bombs and revolvers from the Servian
arsenal at Kraguyevatz It was the
Pan-Servian union at which Austria
struck in the ultimatum delivered to
Servia which led to the present acute
situation.
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