.THE TIMES: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1919
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Cettinje. Montenegro, Nov. 21.
(By The "Associated Press). While
The Allied statesman at Paris are de
liberating on the fate of the nations
of Europe, Montenegro continues its
century-long customs of feuds, ven
dettas, shooting frays and internal
strife, and seems outwardly to give
little attention to the fate reserved
for it by the Great Powers.
There is a semblance of a local
government, but Serbia exercises a
' preponderating influence in the af
fairs of the country.-.
; There a faction of the people
which desires a return of King Nicho-
las and the restoration of the mon
j archy. There is constant strife be
j tween the royalists and the republi
cans, the disorders usually taking
the form of fatal shooting combats
in the mountains. Feeling runs high.
The" republicans accuse the monar
chists of hiring members of the Comi
tadje, desperate mountaineers who re
; spect neither law nor life, to kill the
leaders of their party. These shooting
and stabbing affairs usually take
place in sections where the royalists
are the strongest. The casualties
j sometimes are serious.' Not a day
' goes by but the American doctors
attached to the Red Cross Mission
at Cettinje, Podgoritza and Kolacin
are called upon to treat victims of
these encounters. At Podgoritza there
have been as high as 20 wounded
Comitadjes at the Red Cross hospitai
I at one time.
