The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-16
Copyright. 1915. by a. D. JacObsOn.)


III a poor consolation at best TO say
! Il told you So The cosmopolitan
writer feels this who discusses interna-
tional crises authoritauVely. and who.
adhering strictly 20 facts unvarnished.
/ must say things that are unpleasant 10
] the ears OF some Of his readers which
he would great deal rather omit. Yet
! ~ Is a misconceptiOn or ones duty to
mislead the public by falsifying facts
/ OF history. In recent Flaneur letter
I was predicted the inevitable fate Of
. Serbia IL was pointed out that the
brave little nation. once more facing It's
Field OF the Blackbirds" (kossova
Polje), whore some $50 years aEone the
Serbians. then almost the most power
I ful empire OF the Middle Ages. were an
initiated. The term kossova was used
merely In a dEurntive manner OF speech
| by the writer. with never thought
that IN reality 10 might come TO pass
that tho fate OF the Serbian army would
be decided ultimately on the very same
battle ground.
And yet this a. just what may come
20 pass For adviccs that reach this
country. as this IS being written. are
60 the effect that the Serbs are being
driven back upon the Montencgrin from
tier by the BulEars. ana that there o.
the alternative left to them either TO
fee into that country or In desperation.
face the Inevitable. And this newt
able" means 90 fight the couquerinE in
vadcrs on the selfsamc Geld of kossova,
where once before the flower OF the ma
tion was SLAUGHTERED half a thousand
years ago.
In the earliest times OF which there
! On n record Serbia was Inhabited by the
Bossi. Scordisci. uardanii and Trihalli.
an 81 them Thracinn Cor lllyrianl races.
shortly before the Christian era Do was
conquered hy the Roman lcgious. and
under the name OF Mocsia superior
ter being ovcrrun by the Huns. Oefra-
Eoths and LonEuhnrda 80 reverted Co tho
Byzantine rulers ~ the sixth century.
but 100 years later was wrested from
Them by the AVurs to drive whom out
Emperor lifrarlius tGahl invoked thc
aid of flD serbs from Eastern fnlioin
This they did. but they remained in The
iand and settled between The Mornva
las lar west aa the Dalmntau Alps and
The Adri1tlrl and the Save CAS- FAR south
Hs The Balkans and Lake ScutnrD ln
tho ninth century they were converted
to Christianity by missionaries sent b.
Emperor EnaIliua.
THE now faith however. fi1 NOT rhrfe
their luef fnr strife. and for zoo years
tho arch f.ea of their Eyzantn. over.
lord r.Hf their independent auIriI could
rof tf aHhfurd In 1898 thrN drove ino
Ltg'rfInc governor from thc lend woo.
steven UoEir1Hf whose con Michael
placed the royal crown upon hia brow
procuring rr.uruIfInn from fnu" GREG
nrv Nf In 1000. Thrlr status grew. and
bod 900. stephen NrmHndla founded dr-
nasty fhaf lasted 600 rrnrr Indrr str-
rrru Uurhnn lIr1sl. tfr Erraflai uf fna
trmandlaa. Serbia embraced 'nr hole
af Macedonia. Albania. Thraerlf. Hul.
raria and northern. Hciia7
o. vas tbsn that tfe progress Of the
ottoman nrne hrEHn o. he fatal fn Soy
inr iu tho battle of "Fuaenta Polio.
IU.ff nf knaantHI. who're IhrIr King IT,
rsr feu u7a01 Sultan naIaTef divided
Lhe LAND between stephen Doc con nf
H.a#nr and H|n ..n Dob .fnH.. NnN I.HHmlna