ies.
The fertile lands of Yugoslavia were open to Montenegrin emigration. In
fact an isolated, independent Montenegro was no longer needed. With the
disappearance of the Turk from all Serbian territory in 1913 a return to
the union of the Serbs, as in the days of Stephen Du[vs]an, was only
hindered by historical, sentimental and, above all, by dynastic reasons.
It was sad, quoth the correspondent, that the glorious history of
Montenegro should have come to such a tame end, but her historic mission
was closed in 1913, even as that of Scotland in 1707, to the benefit of
both parties. Now the Serbs were leaving them to manage their own
affairs; many ex-Nikita officials had been confirmed in their posts,
while officers were given their old rank in the Yugoslav army. It is
unfortunate for itself that the "Near East" (of London) does not employ
so discerning a correspondent. We should then hear no more of such folly
as that which--to select one occasion out of many--caused it in November
1921 to speak about "the forcible absorption of Montenegro." And the
world may be pardoned if it is more ready to accept the observations
made on the spot by an expert Italian correspondent rather than the
futile remarks sent by the Hon. Aubrey Herbert from the House of
Commons, also in November 1921, to the _Morning Post_. This gentleman
informs us that "it was probably because the Yugoslav Government was
allowed to annex the ancient principality of Montenegro, exile its King,
and subjugate its people, without any interference from the Great
Powers, that M. Pasitch thought that he could do as he liked in
Albania." That is the sort of statement which one may treat with Matthew
Arnold's "patient, deep disdain."

MEDIAEVAL DOINGS AT RIEKA

On July 14, 1920, a letter marked "urgent" (No. 2047) was written by
Colonel Sani, the Chief of d'Annunzio's Cabinet, in which he confirmed
the orders which he had already given verbally, to the effect that all
the foreign elements, especially the Serbs and Croats, who "exercise an
obnoxious political influence," should be expelled from Rieka at the
earliest possible date; he mentions that this is the command of
d'Annunzio, who is in full accord with the President of the Consiglio
Nazionale. This was the continuation of a practice which the Italian
authorities had carried on in a wholesale manner. Father J. N.
Macdonald, in his unimpeachable little book, _A Political Escapade_
(London, 1921), gives us num