The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-23
King Nicholas Minister to the
United States.

King Nicholas Minister to the
United States.
A vigorous protest comes from
Paris against the acceptance at Wash
ington Of the Minister recently ap-
pointed by King NICHOLAS to repre-
sent Montenegro In this country. The
professionals, who are mostly Monte
negrins or people Of kindred races,
assert that the Minister would repre-
sent only the personal will of the
King and that he would act In the
interest Of Austria.
King NICHOLAS, with his Queen
and unmarried daughters, is now a
fugitive from his own country. He
maintains a sort Of small court in
France through the bounty of the
Governments Of France and Great
Britain. In his old age NICHOLAS
has fallen from the high regard In
which he vas held by the Entente
Powers and by his own people. After
the Balkan war he turned from Rus
sin to Austria. AS Russia had for
century shown its friendship in
every possible way for the little Black
Mountain country and Austria had
by repeated acts Of aggression and
unfair discrimination aroused the
hatred Of the Montenegrins, the peo-
Pile bitterly resented the course Of
their ruler and charged that his
change Of heart had been brought
about by the granting Of a liberal
Hapsburg pension.
At the beginning Of the war the
Montenegrlns eagerly espoused the
cause Of Serbia. They were in fair
way to overrun the southern part Of
Bosnia and Herzegovina when for
some unexplainable reason their ad-
vance was halted. The Lovcen, a
towering mountain on the coast and
an almost impregnable natural de-
fence, was considered one Of the val
liable outposts of the Allies because
1t controlled the Austrian naval sta
ton in the Gulf Of Cattaro and was
the most commanding position on
the east A1riatic coast.
TO the Montenegrins the Lovcen
was sacred mountain" and they
| valiantly undertook its defence. They
were ordered to retreat with the first
assaults of the Austrians. Their cap
ital, Cetinje, and the whole Of their
country was surrendered by NICHo-
LAS and his sons before the Monte
grin soldiers could strike an effective
defensive blow. The Montenegrins
who were able to do so fled to France
and are now serving with the Allied
armies. Those who were cut of
from the coast by the Austrians have
since been carrying on guerrilla
warfare in the mountains.
King NICHOLAS fed Montenegro
more, 1t is said, from fear Of his own
! people than from fear Of the Aus
TRANS. DANILo, who married a
Mecklenburg Princess, is said to be
In Germany. As heir apparent he
was so unpopular that he would
scarcely have assembled the throne.
MIRKo, the second son, was in VI
emma when last heard Of, in the
enjoyment Of an Austrian pension
There is no likelihood that after the
war the present ruling house will be
restored. Montenegro will be united
with Serbia under the rule Of ALEX
AMBER, the Grown Prince and present
Regent. AS the protestants insist, a
Minister sent by the King would not
represent the Montenegrin people,
but NICHOLAS himself. There is like.
wise danger that such n represen.
tatlve would be merely an Austrian
agent. These are the reasons, as the
Paris manifesto declares. that "the
United States should make n thor.
ough investigation of these charges
before accepting King NrcHoLAs's
| Minister.