Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-18

at peace with the Austrans Then
WAY has not been our way, but ",
serbs are like you Americans. it Il
| part Of our creed 10 live on goot
terms with our ncighbors. often
have looked from my windows in Bel
grade at the fields and mountains ol
| Austria and have said to myself How
Is Il possible that We should not b,
able to live and let live as between
neighbors"
Austria Opposes Liberty.
Hut It Is of the very nature al
federal state that liberty cannot aud
must not flourish an the Same vicinity
ana Austra arrangcd an that In the
time Of Ohrenovitohcs Serbia was
made merely tributary OF Austria
She was 10 longer free at all By the
treaty Of 1881 she renouuced all hef
rights. To-day again Austria follow
toward Serbia the same crushing pol
Icy as before--to create OF Serbia
Montenegro, Bosnia and uorzegovina
an empire Of Nassal states for tn
benefit Of Il medieval federal nobility
But we cannot stand that We arr
peasants. but tree peasants / ana
king come from the people. bal
"A heroic people who preferred bittel
death To comfortable. shameful slhV.
cry My grandfather was a peasant.
and I am proudcr of that than of my
throne. crowns are lost, but the
pur,. clean blood Of those who have
lived Of the earth does not die out
Good VIII Toward Bulgars.
"As fer Bulgaria we have proved
that We have no raucor against the
soldiers who fpusnt side by side with
us Tor the liberty of tho Balkans. We
agreed to make enormous sacrifices
that they should remain our friends
They did not SO viii. The obsession
of Balkaric hcgemony pursues them.
Yet, despite everything, say even
now with all my heart Let the Bul-
garans live in tranquility at home.
There is place enough for all IN the
Balkans. All that Is required IL a
httle good VIII
And Greece, your majesty H'
For a while the king did not answer
sooming unwilling to touch on this
subject
AS for our ally, Greece he replied
at length, "shc has understood differ
entity from us. Her interests are in
the Balkans, hut outside Of her refusal
to participate IN the war shoulder Ia
shoulder with us, she has in other re-
spccta fulfilled the duties of friend
aud neighbor. To-day we are the
guests OF the Crock people ana we are
grateful for their hospitality"
Believes in Liberty.
The old man fell silent Evidently
the effort TO talk had been a severe
strain. The doctor made sign to
the correspondent, but King Peter felt
il and gathered strength for final
word
With a single gesture he brushed
away tenderly the restraining touch OF
an alde-de-camp. He bent forward
his broad, square. short-flngwed peas
Alil iitttt 'thilh'Nih W RAiifNt ffiiAf lfif
the arms Of the chair IN emphasis, aud
shouted these words;
Il believe In the liberty Of Serbia
as ! believe in God. II was the dream
Of my youth. 1t was for that | fought
throughout my manhood IT has he
come the faith OF the twilight of my
life. only live to see Serbia free. I
pray God to let me live until the day
of the redemption of my people. That
day am ready to die If the Lord
wills. l have struggled great deal
in my life and am tired. bruised and
broken from II"
The King without n country drew up
his frail pain-twstcd body to mill
tary rlgidlty--"but am gathering my
he cried again, "to march
once moro at the head of my men.
sharing their trials and sufferings as
did forty-two years ago in llosnia.
I will see. shall sec their triumph.
shall not die before the victory of
my fatherland,'
.