The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-08-04

Jectb, thdt she and tlese cola bora
tors prosecute accessories TO the Sar-
ajeYo plot, that she arrest Major Tan
kosich and Milan Ciganoyltch; that
she dismiss and punish officials who
allowed the Sarajeyo assassins 70
CROSS the frontier; that she furnish
explanation Of interviews unfayorable
To Austria given by Serbian officials;
that she remove all army officers
whose names might be given TO her
for that purpose by Austria, and that
she inform Austria "witheut delay"
that these measures had been taken.
A larger nation than Serbia might
not have been ordered to give up her
sovereignty TO Austria by letting Aus
schools, emasculate her army and
hand over her administration and her
courts TO Austrian officials. Serbia
was small, and yielded every point
but one. She would not agree to per-
wit Austrian agents to act as prose
cutors or judges of her citizens, "as
1t would be a violation" she said,
"of the constitution and Of the law
Of criminal procedure" Even this,
however she offered to submit to
The Hague or to the powers.
To-day two years later, the gentle
men in Vienna who drew up that ul-
timatum might find it worth looking
over. They have accomplished by a
bloody war most Of the things which
Serbia consented to do at their de
mand without war. The anti-Austrian
newspapers in Serbia are suppress
ed, which is a great thing and must
make the Austrian bosom swell with
PRIDE and Russian armies are at the
gates Of Hungary. The society called
the NarOdna Odbrana Is probably out
of existence; and there are are food
riots in Austria Austrian officers not
only "collaborate" in the administra-
tion OF Serbia, but direct II altogether
and countless Austrians are dead,
and the Austrian empire Is on the
verge Of wreck. There are no anti
Austrian teachers in the schools OF
Serbia. and Austrian armies are flee
ing before the Russian advance. The
officials who did not prevent Prinzip
and Gabrlnovics from crossing the
border and the officials who gave out
interviews criticising Austria are fu-
gitives; and Austrlans can not eat
meat except on days prescribed by
the government. Only on one point
has Austria failed to make good her
demands against Serbia--the Serbian
army is still under the command of
Serbians. one of whom, it Is said. is
Major Tankosich But how slight Is
that one failure in comparison with
Austria's glorious triumph! True.
Serbia was ready to grant nearly all
these things without war, but it is
so much more satisfactory to get
them by war. Then, without a war,
Austria could never have won the
highly important point that when she
wishes the courts of another coun-
try managed by her agents, The
Hague tribunal has no jurisdiction of
the question.
At ;he beginning of the war Lloyd
George compressed the situation into
his dialogue:
Germany to Russia insist that
YOU shall stand by with your arms
'oldcd while Austria is strangling
our little brother to death.
Russia to Austria-You lay hands I
on that little fellow, and | will tear
your ramshackle empire limb from
limb"
Two years have passed, and Aus
ria has made a great conquest She
has strangled Serbia to death. And
russia is tearing her ramshackle /
empire limb from limb-New York
fines of July %.