| Show Victims J ct ms of Royal ROl o a l Despot Appeal Appe eat l to o America Bloody Revolution Likely Likel hi It tont Unless the Force horse of or Public Opinion in tho the United States St t tos S and ind Other Civilized Countries Can Compel Conw ll Reforms on OR ORThe The Part Pad ei f Prince the Autocrat Special IYA July Jul 1 16 Tho VIENNA V Independent lent of Montenegro 1 o I Is no now ow Europe dark tark spot Montenegro is 18 a 1 small edition cd II of or the old autocratic HUMIn and lt It Its I ruler Nicole Nicola NicolaIn In is I a more despotic monarch than nay nil czar crar ha has hall ever per been Monte Montenegro Montenegro negro ro or the tho land hand of the Ihl Black mack Moun loUII taint Is unique In many rO Although Al AI Although though on the borders of oC Austria Au and within a few tew hours Journey by II steam ship from Italy HalY It II Is IB a R country coun In h unadulterated by h reforms rill 1111 predominates predominate Th rc la II not a o mile of C railway I 1 tine the whole country and the thu male It II go about In III strange c pic plc costumes with pistol pistols and duR s tuck stuck In their belts The total poi of the whole country countr does docs not Ml reach and the capital Cu Ce Ceri C Ci ri i J j is 18 a R s of or 1000 Th The pro pro NU tw nf if the Ih only hotel In h Is I tlc ti e i minister of com come comm mere m rr A roo recent nt American visitor t to found tho tiro Montenegrin minis mints ti II I of war tear sweeping tho the floor of oC the arsenal The fhe ruling prince Mil shII Ju jUI tic nt at regular inter Hier tats at K an nn immense Immen e tree i 1 11 n i front CronL of his hIM palace and his Ile tub ruh recta till Indulge In Inthe th the a vendetta CONDITIONS OK Ot LIFE LaE LaET If T natural Hural con of ot life lite In M 1 t tt te grit RIU offer alter In fn brief o every ry op up opi ops i s r 6 i 1 r v for fH an isO ld idyllic far fart farr farIl t r n rl u i m maddening dd U B whirl of or twentieth tiu Unfortunately the thet t t canny of or the tbt ruling dynasty 1 Lh t t 5 I ii d this IhU f fascinating little c ui y into Inlo a 01 i hotbed of ut 1 le c i 1 I pie groan 0 under r the B g ilL pf If Prin a and n m ei from year t ar r tu to tuH tuII vee H II th the te last lut t yearn 16 IL ILu I u Ii or more than S 6 ler Iter r rt t c f the he population imputation bare li 1 r e J i l t I r the fie States State of oC America I her x st sl t vur l Montenegrin cote colo Tilts nits in lit and In other loarts art artof of America The report which lIwe lIae rave seal home bom rep r arding the conditions condition of ot political freedom In Inthe Inthe Inthe the United State MM sad the Ih warm arm sym sympathy 01 path pathy heW held by b Americans for I d people all al over Oer the world worl have ratted raised hopes In Montenegrin In hi their own on country of the Mack bla k hills that list America AmerlA own can do something to tr h help hl them U Montenegrin In their n naive f Ignorance ee of reels real tie ties cherish the vain hon hope that the tho American republic rosy nu rep tiep In and depose tie tM Mill cruel d t new n enthroned enthrone l at The Th more mor enlightened Montenegrin entertain hopes that the presure of nf Of opinion In civilized countries will III l I Prince to reform In this tha hope a number of prominent Montenegrins have t requested me m to lay IA the till follow following In facts fact before Amerlean readers ie dere In the hope hOIe that thet the v yoke OkIe k of or AmerIe Am n opinion may he ht raised eod with Ith no nl uncertain un uncertain uncertain certain tone ton on oa behalf df et oppressed Montenegro T RIFE DIAt Discontent its hu ha peed rile rife rU In Mante Mente negro for lor he the last but MUM of a p n r J 3 j It 1 h hu has JN frea tr sra Nr Mr te to year rent yearl fearl l Litt iH H veer P became A 11 ined i ned nd and It granted the n country a Ii ai I i This TItI was a II d de deV I V move more on his t tn to create rule n a nf af I f able Hi M other roua t f im Ina 11 Iti to l b up Me M tt wn n rule nile The Montenegrin path patha n hll a and Hid held o GIN e sating Hla t stung Kitting a of I a IT ten r L fin T in the It 1 assembly all i t a s of Ci I He manifested r j i 1 11 to tits t princes regime T Te p I tbt M ta e be he fo adjourned iJ tJ M TI the re of the home bome again t lii where er they hi h oe e I n hoed nied ever fer since lane laneNa Na Ia a autocrats system ottem of oC cox 10 ov bv by military force fo e and all an n Intolerable police espionage It is I ns 11 bud bed now A as it ever rr was a Any Montenegrin who Incurs Incur the prince princes displeasure Is liable to be Incarcerated fur the tho remainder of hi his life Rny NI trial r n lee prince prime prill e has hils absolute laser er of life lite and death over nil all his lih subjects tR und and he ex IX power l lehs sc r with x 1111 t r elen les iru cru ru ruIt elt It One of ot the th prim state InU Ins ti In U Is the prison on maintained for Cor the 1 of political po III 1 11 I prisoners that th t In is prisoners who ate are Incarcerated jil berame heau e t he h have e I in one otle way II or another Incurred the displeasure ur of the or of some minor member of th reigning family POLITICAL PRISON lRI O This prison Irlon in Is situate near neur Itza and In Is called calked the The It is an l gray Irl building wh oh viewed from th the outride out hll appears appear Ip ars to tf t consist t of two stories Roth HOlh these stories the ground floor end the upper floor axe are inhabit d b 11 frAnd and ta there to guard the prisoners prisoner The III themselves are confined In underground round cells celK rell This subterranean prison NI with Uh lie its It numerous cells end Md long Ion dark presages corers a consid considerably larger area than the th building hoe above the earth Art It All 11 the cells cell ore arc dark lark and ventilation ii Ix I most mOlt de The prisoners tl are all loaded load Id with and anI many IMn of the th i cells are arl M so low that their unhappy Inmates ran can neither stand Mam nor sit nit up lip right hut but must mu t craw about abouL on their hinds hand and nd knees The more fortunate political prisoners are allowed the th tint ast t I of n a petroleum lamp to light their dark duk dungeons for three or nr four tour hours every I day dal dA The atmosphere In the cells Ill in Is no sa bad blid that thaI the smoke of a II d will often remain suspended RU t In the thick air In the center renter of or the cell ell for Mr days da 11 together One of the inmates of those horrible dungeons Is III i a young joung man named l At the Ihl age ot of 12 11 wrote rote w ante me crude nude ver verses ue e ridiculing the despotic system tem of Prince I I H 11 Hwa lit wa Willi was to nix lx Ix years r u Imprison meat ment but bul escaped after two t 10 e r In M and fled OM abroad At the age of or 1 he hI returned to Montenegro on receiving a promise from the that hint he should hould remain un unmolested molested Scarcely had he set jet et foot font on his hla native soil roll when he was wall seized and thrown Into Inlo the Ihl where rr b h has har now lain loaded with chains rh ln for twelve years jeor Mr Although only 10 SO jear years PAra of or age AKe K Is II a 8 mere tn re human r t k with snow hair furrowed And nd feeble limbs Another inmate In I of the UIE political prison In is Klud chern who w va U formerly the hu ho tand of f a handsome woman III Ills wife IC attracted the th attention of ot Crown rown Prince of and star one day surprised the thi guilty pair to tOI ether To prevent an any trouble further trouble tro town rown n Prince Irnee simply caused the betra betrayed ed husband huband to lit be Incarcerated In the whore whorl he h hall bas now been for test ten years yearn Mr He went mad after four ye years r of or Ini sad and a I l now non nI a 1 violent t mani maniac ac Ill Captain Peer Poter has han been lieen In III the political prison OI for the last five years 1111 Ills Hid only onh offense was nan U that he h held progressive e political opine tats Ion 1 This however If is a n crime rIm In the th theO eM eyes of Prince Nicolas and an 10 so W was an II cast on Ia t Into an under underground ground dune dungeon wi and 1111 bonded with chains eat cat Into his flesh SUICIDE Not Nat nt long lon I ago KO O a II former Montenegrin Judge named l i er rr of nt wit ride cute In one OM of tin cells of the political Tahoe Vladimir wits duNt in Germany and Austria and graduated rr at the universities of Berlin and Vien Ilen Vienna 1 na eta 8 He lie returned to Montenegro and became b a II Judge but bUI soon On Incurred the displeasure raure of Prince b by ex x the Ihl opinion that political r re In were nere nN For IM this utterance hI be WB ass III arrested ed to the Alter After Aft six N i months nM of solitary confinement was Willi permitted the ue are u e of a petroleum lamp for far five fin hours hur every day d At Al the very Ant t opportunity he b broke brokl the th letup on hit his hi own hOdy bod thereby earn coin In silting nil ide by h burning himself r t 10 death Mill Mall cases case could IOU be mentioned tn In which w brave bare and talented men who whit have hae hit committed no ne erne whatever Ate are languishing In Ip these there an n nd holes boles month after fier month Math an ant l lj j year r after year Prince Irl t rt is I bards Cardi the du nf of this political l prison as a one of the lest beat tl 1 means mean of maintaining his hi absolute laver er tf over hi hit his I A recent Montenegro Montenegrin liter filer of or recommend el tl the tile of the prison riM and the IhO Introduction of a low lair Ie prevent 1 In h leg the punishment of C an any person with without without out nut trial Within a 11 tea few fe days darn da ef of t making there tb proposals war wn wu wnm m mysteriously l murdered under clr um stances lanN bich h 1 with likable clearness i that he h um was n m atin aced ly tr of It she he reigning prince princeA A ll s TYRANT Prince Is II not only a merci l Ica f tyrant but extorts extort sums of It money none from hi his subjects fur for hU his own purpose e ea a poor country There Thue are few w tries and Urge large areas rea r of Und land ere are re un on unsuitable suitable for cultivation Tha I thus lIH o u aln alM H entirety entirely d t poor lIr whose hOH limited financial d do not nt enable them to pay ex fX n il taxes luc The total revenue ul o of f Montenegro lo amounted lust 1 yent ml to 11 I 1 but hUI only fitly 1111 one nf of this sum was devoted to In i the administration of nf the The remaining million dol dollar lars lar were tl retained by h Prince Nicola for or himself and for tor the th members of hl family of tho the entire na nil national total revenue were thus thul devoted to the th payment of the reigning family and or only o no to Ln the needs nc ls of the noc hoc f population This allowance of ot f from i oin the state added to his 11 private tl Income enables Prince Nicolas to keep up a II truly regal style at al his Ills court The fact l is II that this Ibis petty peasant potentate hM has ha been core cor corrupted r by 11 close cloie with the tha courts of Russia HIlf 11 and Italy lIcha tuf fired from flOm a Jl swollen head since two of ef efI I lire c daughters daughter dau married grand dukes of the th lan empire and Ind still more im so since silica his laughter daughter laena queen que if rf Italy Ital NATIONAL POLICY All reasonable considerations ron of nf na Lionel poll policy are now subordinated I to w Ills his own spendthrift Instinct Instincts In order orner to obtain money for court display en entin entin tin schools have been blEt abolished hed tenth teach ere rs have haf been b n dismissed and com put Ir school attendance has be bren ti d Tn schools wore r rr u re r III abolished at one on stroke b h by a de doe decree ere cree of rot Prince Nicolas In order to ob thin enough mOIl mone money to 10 mount V id I men of 1 11 bodyguard The only high hl h school In the th country was Honed ld In III order that Prince Nicolas might extend his hili sta sm stables bles hier and buy bu more morl horses The agri agricultural cultural college C nt lit Danik grad which was Wall doing excellent work was all closed In order that a 1 recreation ground should h be bl provided for the soldiers soldier nf of the princes bod bodyguard guard of oC IM men who are aren a an n constant attendance upon up n him whet wherever wit ever be hI stays ilIA or travels travel ins His household h u kI also abo includes IM male maim domestic sere ser servant carat vant lib Ills two adult eons M Crown Ion Prince D nUB and Prince Keep up tabli on a email maU maUf er N f real feala f Even en the thO Immense r turns sums II which the prince appropriates appropriate from itra the tho national exchequer do d not enable n him Ilm to cover corer the east of his hi own nn and ani lib his tam fam am ilys Ilya lavish tt h moil mode m It of r They Tilt Are am quite quit unable tn to simplify their life or fir to It In to any wy wily fr far they have been cast rat under I a spell br by the splendor at of C bigger tI courts and unfortunate the o olad tad lad ex it c et ai by t th prince aM sal An i tu his all family h b has to some extent been tollow fol w wed ed Id by II some M II me m of nf hi he his subjects who ho flare be occasioned themselves to LO living thing beyond their theft means 18 En KT POLICE One OM of the mo most t expensive I In tn which the tit prime prim Indulges In Is I hi M MI tern I of secret eret police 1011 maintained In or Of orties ties pal hat he ma map A exercise W 1 over fIr the political opinion of hi hit his unhappy p No o leer lee than tun IS 15 9 4 per t annum Is I devoted tn to th the maintenance of court II spin IH who are area a aa a veritable wrt t plague la e p on n the country countr t the perpetual denunciations of nt f 1 suspects and their 1 betrayal rural of nf men and women who ho here have dared to ny coy N a nort API a pint the reigning prince or er r M hi hili policy The TIt most d damaging madni orM e of Prince Nl mt ule N N the tae fact II I that those ho parts part of Montenegro which belonged to Lo Turkey Turk before the enlarge enlargement merit ment of the tha country by the Ih Berlin treaty of f 1871 were tf far tar more prosperous pros Irol prosperous under Turkish rule rull which I Is notoriously corrupt and Injurious than bait they the are ar under the present Montenegrin Montene Montenegrin grin government Under tinder Turkish rule w was as s a port with ith a R large largO trails and inhabitants It 11 I Is now In ruins ha hu no trade and scarcely 1000 1010 Inhabitants Nor nr ha hu f Cr r a busy buxy bUK tort i ort under the Turks but ul now deserted d fared any all better Situ Fr e and a a which were ae 1 lr re tour dourg little towns under the th sultans are today nothing more mol than miserable holes hole In these thene circum circumstances stances it II would not be surprising If I the sufferings 1 of ot the Montenegrin peo JIlO people plc pIc goaded them Into M II bloody lion which would end md In III the overthrow of the Ihl princely h dynasty One hopes however that thai the pressure re of nf the hi pub He lie lc opinion of countries may tD bring about radical reforms reform In Moule lII I negro M without 11 hOIl t those I accompaniments accompaniment of or blood and violence RUDOLPH W |
