Show AMERICA TO GAIN BY A FUSION r OF SLAVS Montenegrin Official Says His People Friendly to United States LOSSES ARE HEAVY E Even en Women Man Rifle Pits Pils ls and Die on the tf IM Firing Line o I V v s. s By ALICE ROHE ROME i United tI fr Press Iress ss Staff Correspondent v- v tri 15 h hy ht mall to N New w York Pork The uniting I of of Montenegro with will t tf S Serbia bla under ono king the formation of or ofa f a 0 greater Serb Serbian kingdom dom Including g these as well u as i Dalmatia the sot southern portion Of Hungary peopled b by Slavs S I as will Ill be hn feel tho the of the war so far fru an aft it affects us and and an tn commerce with America Eugene Pop consul general for Montenegro ro at Rome nome did not nol make tho the assertion In the form of a hope but Ii w won R Rqn on an assurance of n a fact The Tho Interest of America is the tho ont only t doubtful part ho flU continued but with our Ir virgin n country on only waiting to t bo be developed developed de de- de- de eloped we wc are hoping that America hero phero TV already alread we have havo over o Montenegrins will be hc the nation t to accept ac pt our offers for development do opt options lOlls Hh HI I Indignantly denied i the tho trumped up storian of 01 Montenegrin Cruelty to captured Austrian n i he bo dwelt upon inept th the sculled suffering In his native na tive tl land hind which had called forth the letter letter let let- ter tr front from th the bishop of arl Antl to Amer Amer- In n Rome an and ami other J cities flaking asking for tor help for t the he suf- suf mountaineers Oppression was Oppression was his assertion We have ha no political or territorial territorial fr greed ll to be he satisfied p he continued We e prove when we e t are arc willing g to ton n merge er e ourselves OU In Serbia We are arc allor all nil of or the tho thome same name race we Montenegrins mil Serbians our two kingdoms are arc descended descended de de- from the same Mme family The daughter of ot King ICIng Nicholas is hi the present queen of Serbia and our future futuro will 1 IKS ho united This will be M after fter the death of or I Ithe the two present nt kings R of ot Serbia and Montenegro o respectively A single kingwill king kIn kingwill will then um rulo ruin us all under the namo name of oC Serbia This Thin war has haR made blood speak louder than ever and wo we Slavs Sla realize lIze that our aliI own development depends depend upon UIn union Tell Tells of Sacrifice The Montenegrin legation at Rome nome unlike the tho s embassies of other tells llIs of the thc sacrifice F. o or every r Individual 1 of that mountainous realm is making In inthe the llio pron present nt war with their n arguments ts that thet If women would wO vote ote the they should be ready to 10 accept pt military duly duy and the repeated assertion that usurpation of vocations unfits unfit women om n for tor motherhood would h bo be enlightened to look Into the tho self If lives e of those primitive Montenegrin 1 women Wom Wort- Woman's Womans an's ans first duty in Montenegro ro In is motherhood mother mother- hood hood Indeed Indeed the tho supplying of sons a athe as ns s the tho country's soldiers 1 hi IK her sacred d mis mis- sion ston That woman who ho bears the tho most sons is the most highly respected ays aK Ms his excellency and Montenegrin families run an as high as fifteen and twenty children chil chil- dren And Antl yet as tho the consul general IMS IM'S says In to war the female of the tho species la Is more deadly than the male m In the last two wars and the present one wo we have lost 1000 women who fell on the battlefield fighting with cold steel BS He soldiers said eald J Consul General Pop Pop- While less active soldiers In the present ent war due to the fact tact that nave U not net t en carried into our own country iho women wOlDen are arc constantly on the firing lines tines The They are t th-i th ono one and only me means ne of carryl carrying supplies su lies to the army rood ammunition ammunition all all depends upon the the worn worn- wom en You see Ree this war Is a far more In In O thing to us uv than In lands where politics and diplomacy rise above actual needs One Ono at our naked half soldiers freezing and hun hungry supported hungry r supported by self sacrificing women om n Is a vital proof of or this And think of the women and children In oh na who have o been murdered by the Austrians America Called We e have sent tnt a n arail call rail to America and had ne negotiated with English vessels to bring our Montenegrin l sons back home I Now ow we arc negotiating directly with America In tho the hopes that soon our depleted de de- Ita- Ita army will be reinforced Tho in America are ato settled d In California and around Boston BOiton Some of them have h rich A number um r hive have com bi-com American Hilton but the tho rich and the tho poor are arc sending what they icy acy can cnn back to their native land Imd Wr We f have ve lost men In the three were and that lea IRa Is le Isa a big per cent of our population l Forty ort doctors have only recent recently been killed so o that oven this aid to tho the wounded has hl been removed This continued talk tall of on nn Austrian Austrian- Hungarian second attack upon ufton Serbia SerbIn Is nonsense The They will III never try again It IK Is only a blind to cover covel up their frantic preparations to defend Hungary Naturally Nat t knowing kno Montenegro l Is weaker than Serbia the oppressors aro are anxious to r ret et t Into our kingdom dom but that IN Is a difficult difficult proposition Wo We Wo Montenegrins have havo been greatly tI re disappointed at Italy's attitude altItude said eald Consul G General We expected Italy's help not only on account of a I supposed sympathy but because of the fact tact that the queen of Italy Is the daughter of or King Fang Nicholas 8 of or Montene Montene- I gro Austria's dominance In Hal Italy seems complete however Italy Ital lives 1 In terror of or A Austria I |