Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-16
JUGOSLAVS HINDER
GERMAN|C ADVANCE
Oppressed and Depressed by
Austria and Hungary for
Fifty Years.
CHIEF CAUSE OF THIS WAR
German Empire Behind Dual
Monarchy in Plan to Remove
Serbian Barrier.
ny j. SAXON MILLS.

BY J. SAXON MILLS.
The JuEoslavs are that branch of
the Slavonic family consisting OF Serbs,
Croats and Slovencs, who inhabit the
southern provinces OF Austria and
Hungary, as we'll as Serbia proper.
Bosnia Herzegovina and Montenegro.
The settlement Of 1915 drove the Aus
TRAN frontier right through the mid
die OF these people. who in tradition.
blood and language form truly one
nation. For nifty years Austria and
Hungary have depressed and OPP
pressed these subject Sluvs. regard
ing them. especially In later years as
one great obstacle in the way of Ger
manic advance down the valley of the
Morava and the Vardar to Salonica.
The determination TO get rid Of
Serbia and remove this barrier once
for all was perhaps the main cause
OF the present war. And let us not
forget that behind the dual monarchy
has been the German empire. working
and pushing southwards and east
wards to the Aegean. Constantinoplc
and Asia Minor beyond.
IL we arc to resist this movement,
we must oppose TO it something
stronger than the courageous little
kingdom of Serbia And this is what
Interests the allied powers In the
union OF the twelve millions of Jugo-
i;vs.
NJ. PAsITCH At PRESENT
Is VISITING IN ENGLAND
England has an interesting guest at
present in the person of NJ. Pasitch.
the Prime Minister OF Serbia He is a
venerable figure with patriarchal
white beard and an expression which
is at once stern and benevolent His
nation is now in exile. but he will no
doubt live to see il fully restored and
avenged.
Nj. Pasitch has no faith in the olive
branches which Mr.. Charles Hapsburg
tas the Austrian Emperor is sometimes
callcd) has been Offering to the ma
tionalitics under his sway. He re-
cards them as the result Of Necessity
and embarrassment" to be recalled as
soon as circumstances allow
I'm amy case" he said to me, "th.
control OF the army and of foreign
politics would always be kept In the
hands Of the German and the Magyar.
we TWO dominant races. The Dual
Monarchy. as at present constituted
VIII continue TO be the servant OF the
German empire. We have had too long
e" experience TO trust Austro- Hum
Earian promises. Even II the conces-
sions are granted. the government will
10 It's utmost to cause disputes and
differences among its subject peoples'
on the good old principle of divide and
conquer"
But" asked. lis there no chance
Of reconstitutinG the empire on frecr
basis and substituting trialism' for
.dualism'?'
LIoUIDATIOS OF EMPIRE
DEEMED ONLY SALVATION
That is simply device for saving
what is now quite past salvation. There
is only one solution of this problem
which can be final and enduring-that
the Austro-HunEarian empire should go
into liquidation. You must remember
that the ncn-German and non Magyar
races. the oppressed nationalities Of
that artificial empire. constitute large
majority Of the population. II the en-
pire Is liquidated Germany would gain
about 100000 Germans now living In
Austria. But she would lose elsewhere.
in Schleswig. Poland. Alsacc and Lor-
raine, an equal number OF other sub
jects now under her enforced rule"
And what would be the other States
issuing from this liquidation?"
The Jugoslavs would form one. with
100000 people. The Czecho-S!ovaks
would make another. with $4,000. 1910;
the Poles-Russian, Prussian and Aus
trian-another. OF 22,000000. and the
Magyars would he reduced to their
proper position az n small. :ndepend-
ent nation Of 100000. In all. $4,000.
900 of subject people would be built
into healthy. progressive and national
communities"
And that. you think, would ensure
peace in this storm center OF the
wcrld?"
You would have satisfied long
standing aspirations to liberty and
! erected a mighty barrier against the
pressure of Pan German ambition"
one difficulty. that Of a possible clash
between Italian and Slavonic interests
will. we may hone. be wcathcred. NJ
Pasitch could not anticipate the pre-
else solution of this problem. I'VE
desire" he said. ito live in friendship
and alliance with the Italian people
There is plenty Of room for both OF
us. and our interests in beating back
the Teutonic storm clouds. always low
| cring from the north. are Identical"
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