1920.]

[Footnote 72: An illuminating document was found, after the
Great War, in the Austrian archives. It is a lengthy report
sent from Cetinje on November 1, 1911, by Baron Giesl, the
Austrian Minister, to Count Aerenthal, the minister of
Foreign Affairs. Giesl puts down very vividly a conversation
he has had with Nikita, who suggested that the Minister
should go forthwith to Vienna with the purpose of preparing
for a secret treaty. "I will do all that Austria desires,"
the King is reported to have said; "for instance, I will
place under her protection the kingdom of Montenegro.... For
years I have aimed at this and, in spite of all that has
happened [the annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina], I was
preparing my people for this and putting Austria in a
sympathetic light." The King promised that his army (whose
numbers, says Giesl, he multiplied by two in this
conversation) should act in perfect harmony with Austria's
troops--they would, if need arose, assist each other. Baron
Giesl appears to have irritated Nikita by his lack of
enthusiasm for the scheme. "With Austria-Hungary, the King
had said, "I must be frank and honest." But the Minister
characterized his efforts as the throwing of dust in
Austria's eyes.]

[Footnote 73: The average German-Bohemian was, in July 1914,
anxious that Austria should go to war. These people
calculated that if Austria proved successful it would be
advantageous to themselves, while if she were defeated they
would merge themselves in the German Empire.]

[Footnote 74: L. von Suedland's _Die Suedslavische Frage und
der Weltkrieg_. Vienna, 1918.]

[Footnote 75: _The Trial of the Authors of the Sarajevo
Crime._ Presented according to the documents by Professor
Pharos, with an Introduction by Professor Dr. Joseph Kohler.
Berlin, 1918.]

[Footnote 76: Cf. the admirably clear account in Dr. Lazar
Markovi['c]'s _Serbia and Europe, 1914-1920_. London, 1921.]

[Footnote 77: Cf. _Ex-King Nicholas of Montenegro and his
Court_ (Collection of eighteen original documents in
facsimile). Sarajevo, 1919. "This collection of documents,"
says the _Times_ (April 15, 1920), "goes far to dethrone the
last of the Petrovich dynasty from his once picturesque
position in the sympathies of Western admirers. Criticism
directed against him duri