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The population of the Sanjak and its cities, Plevlie, Ipek,
Berane, and Jakovitza, are of course largely Mussulman or Albanian, and
already the balance of people in the little mountain kingdom is
wavering. If Montenegro adds to herself Scutari, a town in which the
Serb population is practically "nil," the scales swing over heavily
against the ruling classes, and either one will see Montenegro absorb
Scutari, to be in turn absorbed by Scutari itself; or we shall see
the crimes of Austro-Hungary repeated upon a smaller scale, and
Montenegro will be some day condemned before a tribunal of Europe for
continued injustice to the people entrusted to her. The Albanians loathe
the Serb even more than they hate the Turk, and at present, in spite of
the fact that they are on their best manners, the Montenegrin police and
soldiery have the appearance of a debt collector in the house of one who
has backed a friend's bill.
[Illustration: DISEMBARKATION OF A TURKISH BRIDE.]
[Illustration: GOVERNOR PETROVITCH AND HIS DAUGHTER IN THEIR STATE
BARGE.


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