Show Vol No co o CiG 6 6 DEFIES GREAT T POWERS Of H Is From Today Montenegrin Montenegrin Monte Monte- Is Is' Reply of King Nicholas to Demand for Surrender Surrender Surrender Sur Sur- render of Turkish Citadel TURN MONTENEGRINS MONTENEGRIN'S OUT IS AUSTRIA'S ULTIMATUM Take Immediate Combined Action or We Shall Do It II Alone Is Substance ol ot Note to the Other Nations C April 24 i is 5 from today Montenegrin was wag the defiant reply of King Icing today to the European invitation iD to tosu su surrender the h won hard Turkish cit cita a del The king made this statement in inthe inthe inthe the course e of a speech d delivered 1 from the balcony of the royal palace In his audience were the ministers of the tho Balkan states who came caDle to congratulate con COIl him He Tic added Should Europe still think of snatching from Montenegro which has hus given ghen Tier her life blood to take toke it it Europe will have ha to carry carryout carryout carryout out the task b. b by force forc of arms London April 21 Take Take immediate combined action to turn the Montenegrins Monte Mont on out of or or we do doIt doIt doit It alone declared i a circular note note sent b by ly tho th Austro gov government to th the powers today The Thc note Is virtually vir vir- t 1 1 1 an all ultimatum t l e of or lorr il at at Stake tn r H dt declares sh she can cannot n an- not permit the Montenegrins to to tot t flout out the tIia decision of ot great py powers Y rs Tho rhe prestige of tl the European nations has ha's been violated sa says j the thc note and AUM- AUM Hungary d demands manda hat that the powers pow pow- CI eI ers decide e promptly on the thc s cP to b bo bc taken to restore that prestige a adding that if it ti the powers should b be Unable to reach a speedy speed decision she he hc will see to it herself that the will of Europe Is respected re re- and that tho the Montenegrins vi- vi acate cate In diplomatic quarters in London to tonight tonight tonight to- to night the tue belief pr prevailed that Montenegro Montenegro Monte Monte- negro would yield to the tho powers on tho Continued Continue on 01 P Page Tage e 2 Column 3 DEFIES SIX BIG EUROPEAN POWERS VERS King Nicholas Boldly Proclaims Montenegro Purpose to Hold Continued From Page P 1 1 qu question Uon and It was reported that Montenegro hn had made made- madean an Informal suggestion regarding n n. now new frontier lino line in this district giving ghIn her territorial terri tonal nn anti and other advantages Including possession of oC tho town of ot and both banks s of the Bojana Boyana r river 1 1 I i Italy Support Stand Rome nom I April 2 21 Representations i. I havo been made to l Montenegro negro It be became he- he I came camo known hero toaS today in which the attention of the tho government Eo Is 3 I I called to tho the fact that all the Balkan Kalkan states have bowed to tu tho the decision or of orthe I the tho powers power inspired h by th the supreme Interests of ot Europe Bulgaria It was pointed out had re renounced renounced renounced re- re her hor decision to continue continuo the movement mo of ot her army toward ConstantinoPle Constantinople Constantinople Constan Constan- RI la had given gl up UJ tho sea Boa port of ot Durazzo Groeco had from Crom permanently occupying the io town ion n of ot Valona and must evacuate evac c nate I Such the tho of oC Montenegro Monte Monte- a a. move o on part to Ol negro it is considered II hOle hero MO would no not imply nn any los sot dignity after h lucy hN i oc occupation occupation oc- oc of ot the city If It the European powers ce ceded ed in the matter of e tari It t Is affirmed tho the other Balkan states also would ha have 0 the thc right to realize e I their heir aspirations Ital Italy close followers of or the Balkan I II situation said ta III wan 3 UM ready to have ha war rather than allow Greece to occupy Valona and Austria also I would rather go to war than allow an ow a n change chango In the tiit I boundary of northern Albania as ar arranged ar- ar I ranged lJ by tho the London ambassadorial conference tho the I government gO it Is understood has been I told that it would be Impossible to al alI allow ci- ci I low a a. European conflagration simply I to please Montenegro i Situation Im Ii Critical I Berlin April 24 There There arc man many In Indications indications In- In here toda today that the German I II government Go an and public re regard ard the f European Eu- Eu Eui n- n i situation aa as critical A high diplomatic official said sKid today Europe has entered another crisis as gra grave 0 as that tha t which preceded the theus Aus- Aus tro demobilization The press 5 bureau of or the tho German foreign foreign for for- eign olga office contrary to Its custom was not riot prepared to today ay with a n statement either cither in regard to the ultimatum to Montenegro or on the general situation I An Air official however er tolle cs believes It probable probable able that force forc would have to be employed em em- plo ll to expel the tIre Montenegrins from Sc u t The Tho official view lucre I I is that thal all the European powers will ivill work worle together tog until the problem has been solved A tf feeling of or consternation and helplessness helplessness helplessness help help- was waft displayed e at yesterdays yesterday's s 's conference of ot the tho ambassadors in itt Ix Lon Lon- n- n don According to advices ad received here beret tho representatives of all tho nations nations na na- na- na including that the tl decision of ot tho the powers concerning must bo be enforced but are nonplused nonplused nonplused non non- as to how Montenegro was to tobe tobe be coerce coerced The cancellation b by Emperor William of ot his proposed trip on the steamship Imperator and his hie determination to re return return return re- re turn to Berlin from Hamburg on April 28 8 arc attributed in well informed quarters to the crisis brought about b by bythe bythe the fall of or Th Tho proceedings of or the secret session of tho the budget committee of ot the Imperial im imperial Im- Im penal parliament from which contrary to usage all the other deputies were excluded have havo been kept strictly con con- The L okal r says sas that the tho statement made by bv Imperial Chancellor Von Bethmann led the tho committee to d decide to begin the discussion of ot the military bills tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- ro row instead of or postponing postponing- them thorn s a-s proposed proposed pro pro- po posed ed until Ma May 19 C ad U port III Ills III Surrender Constantinople April 24 Essad 2 Essad Pasha iasha the Turkish commander at tan tari has hns reported to the porte that ho surrendered tho town tonn In consequence of the tho exhaustion of or the provisions pro and andon andon andon on condition that his troops were cre al allowed allowed al al- lowed to depart with arms and ammunition ammunition ammu ammu- and authorized to embark Immediate Immediately Imme Imme- diate at San Giovanni de tic Ie au Z ere r CR gl I Slain Rome April 21 A A report of or tho as assassination as- as of the Roman Catholic archbishop archbishop archbishop arch arch- bishop of ot J. J reached here toda today Cardinal Merry del Val Yal has hos hosn n t communicated It to the pope as ho lIe wishes to save o the pontiff ponti an any sudden em emotion oti 0 ii |