The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-04
BALKAN STATES
MAY COMBINE |:
After This War is Ended, Greater
servian Kingdom 10 Likely
to Arise From the
Debris.
-
WOMEN wEREIN BATTLE
One Thousand Montenesran Wives
Mothers and Daughters Have
Fallen on the Firing
Lines
WOMEN WEREIN BATTLE
IBy Alice Robe. United Press Stan

Correspondent
ROME March o. (By mail to New
York. THE uniting OF Montenegro
with Servia under one king, the form-
alton OF greater Servian Kingdom
Including the countries as wen as
Herzegovina, Bosnia, Dalmatia, the
southern portion of Hungary peopied
by Slavs will be the outcome OF the
war so far as it affects us Siavs ana
an established commerce with Amer
lea"
Eugenic Popovich, consul general
for Montenegro at Rome, did not make
this statement in the form of hope
but as an assurance of fact.
The interest of America is the ONLY
doubtful part" he continued, but
with our virgin country only waiting
to be developed we are hoping that
America, where already we have Over
SO. 900 Montenegrans, will be the ma
ton to accept our offers for deyeio3-
ment options.
His excellency indignantly denied
the "trumped up stories" OF Monten-
egran cruelty to captured Austrian
soldiers, he dwelt upon the sunering
in his native land which had called
forth the letter from the bishop of
Antivari to Americans in Rome and
other European cities. asking for.
|haln for the ".taryfnp. suffering mou a.
4ainaers That Montenegro is fight
ing for nothing more than her life
her aalvat,on from Austrian oppres-
sion-was his assertion.
I'VE have no political or territorial
greed to be satisfied" he continued.
eve nrove this when We are willing
i,o oaree ourselves in Seryia. We ara
an - the aame race we Montenegrans
ord Sarv;ans. our two Kingdoms are
dascand ad from fhe same family. The
dauphte- of King Nicholas Is the
nresant nnaan If Seryi, and our future
viii No united This will be sitter the
Saatn 80 tha TO = uresent kfnes of
tS.r,9. and Monfanaero rAspectiyely.
i,A ..,nrla kin. VIII then rule us ali uri-
: a. 49, =. nar,s ~ sarri. THIS var ha,
maaa h,ood ene.r louder than ever
anS - s1av. realize that our own de-
.a1onmen. danend. mon union"
Tha NORTHWESTERN LEGATION at Rome,
,,n,,,ra the emhaes;ea ~ other coun-
&c. .a11s ~ the sacrifice every in
idiyfdual OF that mountainous realm Is
~. E;na IN the nresent war.
| Antizsut,raeisfs with their argu-
man,s, That - women would vote they
sha,,Id Ia readv r. accent military
AZ ana the raneated assertion that
,,s,rnot,on NJ mascnline vacations
,,aa.e rro-,a, for notherhood would be
a.i;shtanad 70 LOOT into the self.sacri-
satrI Ii-as NJ those "nr,mftiye" Mon
l. snae-.r pomen woman's f,rst duty
- Wantanagro is motherhood-indee
- S,-,nI.i-1 ~ conc 40 the country's
.oid;arr is her sacred mission. That
s ~, No.. tha rooat sona Ia III.
-, h,.hIy resrected saws his sx-
aa1ta,nr .nd Monteneeran families
80 s;as q. eftaen and twentv chill
- Ia %, as tho consul general
- =; .he female of the species
$500 saadIr ,h.n the male >,
I; CT -, 49, .,yo ,ar. and the pres-
t,ra Let ono women
en' on ',, 81 hat,,.ao,d fgbting
-, 80, so1d,ar. !" aaid CON
VIZ" M ponaw;oh awhile less
aia;a-s IN Tho nresent war.
$50 ~. ha+tia. h.va not
" 49, our 49, country.
Deen caiiiou ny .a,.,v 49,, f,rfnr
the ~onien "ie
hn lee 80 49, means
lhey are .nS @ 4ha errov ROOD
ioi car y.ns suppe s.s. 80, the
aniin uni'' IT. ~. 10 far
women. u .har in
more he s ~ d;nIomacy
ianos "neie po 81 oiance
r1se ABOVE aceuai .,,
at our nan NAKED soruie r s.n-.'
and hungry-s W 80 =, The
ncins mo ~. uoroaA and chiIdren
And think OF the women anu a,,rder
IN HerzgoVena VINO nave De'n -
led by the Austrians. ....
We have sent q cal 70 80 -
and had negotiaeeo WIN Insn 800
sells to bring our Monteheslan IT, !