Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-04-11 | Page 2 | Peace Outlook in Balkans Improves

PEACE OUTLOOK IP! BMlSJfMES Russian Government Puts Quietus on Montenegro's Hope of Gaining- Scutari. LONDON, April 10. Indications of a peaceful Balkan settlement continue favorable. fa-vorable. Tho Belgrade correspondent of the Daly Telegraph asserts that Scrvla has decided, on Russia's advice, to withdraw with-draw all the Servian troops now Investing Invest-ing Scutari. The International blockade of the coast between Antlvarl and the Drln river began be-gan ut S o'clock Thursday morning. All ships within, the blockade were allowed fortv-cight hours In which to depart. Tho Russian government Issued a long official communication last night, explaining ex-plaining the offorts of the powers to arrange ar-range a settlement of the Balkan problem, prob-lem, and Justifying Russia's consent to the annexation of Scutari to Albania on the grounds that this Is necessary In order or-der to preserve peace and because Scutari Scu-tari is purely an Albanian town, the annexation an-nexation of which by Montenegro only would prove a source of ombarrassment and difficulty, weakening, Instead of strengthening, Montenegro. In the communication It Is chaxged that King Nicholas broke the engagement engage-ment Into which he entered to socuro Russia's consent before resorting to war, and adds: "Nevertheless, the Prussian emperor magnanimously assisted Montenegro to attain Its legitimate alms and warned King Nicholas that pursuance of personal per-sonal alms with respect to Scutari only would condemn his people to useless massacre mas-sacre "These warnings were ignored, apparently appar-ently because King Nicholas believed that continued resistance would embroil Russia Rus-sia and the great powers in a European war. Russia, therefore, was compelled to act In concert with the powers In coercing co-ercing Montenegro, but still hopes that the dlsplny of International naval power will induco Montenegro to bow to tho will of Europe, In which case the powers will find means of alleviating tho lot of the Montenegrin people who are overwhelmed over-whelmed by the excessive sacrifice entailed en-tailed by the siege of Scutari." King's Yacht Captured. CBTTJNJE, April 10. The first victim of the International blockade was the king of Montenegro's yacht Roumla, whloh was captured by a foreign warship war-ship In the waters around Antlvarl- Tho yacht was escorting three vessels loaded with flour.