The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-07-12
TINY MONTENEGRO TALKS WAR
PEACE ADJUSTMENT WIPES HER OFF THE MAP AND FATE
RESTS WITH JUGo-sLAvs FROM y. s. MILLS AND MINES
SHE IS VOLCANO OF The BALKANS

Ino OlIl0rcuC6 between the 1eQeral-
list and unionist elements is not quite
appreciated by. the mass OF the peo
pie, and Is not important enough to
cause armed revolt. The federalist
party Is In favor of retaining Monte
negro as q federal unit in the contem.
plated Jugo-Slav state The unionists
are working Tor complete union with
Serbia, to the end that all the orth.
odox Jugo-Slavs may be together in
one unit OF the new kingdom of the
Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. "A
Roughly speaking the people Of the
old regions around Cettinje original
Montenegro before 1S52-are inclined
to the federalist party; and the peo.
pie of the regions acquired in 1878
when the Russo Turkish war really
made nation out of Montenegro
are unionists.
AS the r0yalists are practically all
from among the former group, the
strongest of the three parties Is the
unionist. Exact figures are not Oh.
tainable, because of the general un-
rest, and because Of the fact that
the peasant is not very we'll informed
as to the exact issues at stake. ~
The government now in power has
a brother Of the late queen for its
nominal head, Voyvoda Voukotitch,
and for its party leader a member of
the strong Radovitch family. This
government Is fast making an &C.
complished fact Of the union with
Serbia.
The fall Of Nicholas is scarcely to
5e regretted, in spite of the fact that
he did great deal for his country,
pressing it's claims before the pow
ers, and developing a splendid system
of highways without which even the
MOST Important towns would have
been inaccessible as in Turkish
times. The fact is that he did not
keep pace with the really astonish-
ing progress of civilization in the
Balkans during the last quarter of a
century AS he grew older and his
countrymen awakened TO the posi-
bilities of improving their lot, Nicho.
las became reactionary, and is large
ly to blame for the fact that the
Montenegrin isG far behind the Serb
in all forms Of education. ,I -.
( The chief topic Of talk In Montene
gro today 10 Of war with Italy over
the disposition Of the Dalmation
coast cities, claimed by both sides.
The Jugo- -slavSsis hot b|ooded and al.
ways ready for a fiaht-witness the
untesitatirg manner In which Serbia
took up the challenge Of Austria in
1914, and the rapidity with which
Montenegro declared war.
After seven years of war he thinks
Of little else; his standards are diff
ferent from ours, and he must be
handled with ae and firmness. Hi
demands are beyond all reason, and
IL granted, would only get him into
trouble. as. Montenegro was involved
in endless difficulties by the Albanian
lands .ceded to her in. 1918. But it Is
being widely urged that he be dis
criminated against. And he would
Justly resent it at, the cost per
haps of further war, now or in the
near future. lN. tw
Unquestionably the greatest pacify
ing and constructive influence in Mon
tenegro today is the American Red
Cross. It's mission is anything but
political, but it is winning the con
fidence of the Montenegrins and set
ting standards for them in home and
Industrial reconstruction.