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Show PICE NICHOLAS TO TAHW TITLE Ho Annonnces That He Will Become Be-come King of Montenegro, in August. BY EMEL ANDRASSY. Special Cablo to Tho Tribune. VIENNA, July 30. Tho announcement by Prince Nicholas of Montenegro tliat he has decided that after August S he will nssumo tho title of king Instead of prince of Montenegro, will not. It 1b believed, be-lieved, further complicate the Balkan situation, sit-uation, and will, I understand, bo acquiesced ac-quiesced ln, not only by Austria, but by the other powers as well. In fact, It Is regarded as not at all lmprobablo that tho suggestion was mado by Austria, unofficially un-officially of course. It is llrmly believod in high circles hero that the ambitions of Ferdinand of Bulgaria look to a confederation, con-federation, of tho Balkan states with himself him-self as tho head of the new empire. Austria Aus-tria does not regard sucn a confederation confedera-tion with favor, and by strengthening Htates like Montenegro she feels she ia making the task of Ferdinand more difficult. dif-ficult. Boycott Becomes Serious. Tho boycott of Greek shipping and merchandise In. Turkey because of tho Cretan agitation Is becoming serious. Kerlm Agho, tho leader of the Salonika llghtei'men, now sits In a government office at the Salonika customs house, and decides what ships, goods or passengers passen-gers may or may not enter and leave tho port. He Issues to Greeks of Ottoman nationality stamped permits, costing ton piastres each, tho acquirors of which ara allowed to carry on their business without with-out molestation. On the othor hand, all shops belonging to Hellenic subjects aro rigorously boycotted. Threatens the Merchants. Tho other dayM accompanied by a band of blackguards calling themselves tho Boycott Commission, and armod with heavy cudgols, ho paid visits to tho premises prem-ises of all Greek merchants. One of the band had a petroloum tin containing black paint, with which he smudged tho word "Boycottage" on the portals, threatening threat-ening tho merchants with death if thoy darod to remove or oblltorato tho Inscription. Inscrip-tion. Pressure Is being put on all employers em-ployers of labor to get rid of all Grcok HUbJccts In their employment. Somo Gruek merchants aro said to havo dismissed dis-missed their staffs and to havo declared their Inability to moot drafts made upon them In tho ordinary courso of business. |