Montenegrin Dynasty Shaky.

New York Times 100 years ago today, December 21, 1912:
Slim Results of War and Heavy Losses Have Caused Bitterness.
By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times.
    LONDON, Saturday, Dec. 21.— The Daily Telegraph's correspondent sends this dispatch:
    "While the Austro-Servian question, which appeal's to have weathered the most dangerous stages, is for the moment a secondary consideration, news of an anti-dynastic agitation, to which grave importance is attached, comes from Montenegro.
    "Reports at hand from Cettinje speak of the danger for the future of King Nicholas's dynasty as the result of the unfavorable outcome of the war for Montenegro. The enormous losses of the Montenegrin army, and the failure to capture Scutari have caused bitterness and anger which find vent in attacks on the royal family. This news is confirmed by Belgrade dispatches.
    "Of 42,000 men in arms at the beginning of the war, 6,000 have fallen, among them many officers belonging to leading families of the country. The number of sick and wounded is very great, and the economic results of the war are very serious, as famine is threatened.
    "King Nicholas, aware of the dangerous temper of the country, himself took command of the troops at the last moment at Scutari, hoping to associate the fall of the town with his name and so strengthen the dynasty. He failed, however, and the situation of Scutari seems, indeed, to be astonishingly good, the position of the besiegers being far worse than that of the besieged, who are at any rate under shelter, while the Montenegrins are exposed to the cold.
    "King Nicholas has begged the allies during the last few days to represent the case of Scutari as strongly as possible for Montenegro. Not much, however, is expected from the peace conference on the subject, as, even if Turkey were disposed to make concessions, the energetic defender of Scutari, Riza Bey, long ago declared his intention to blow up the fortress himself rather than yield it to the Montenegrins."
    Some confirmation of this dispatch is given by reports that have reached London of the strength of the anti-dynastic feeling against the Njegust family and the growth of sentiment in favor of the Karageorgevitch family.
    The Njegust and Karageorgevitch families have long been rivals for ultimate predominance in a united Servia and Montenegro. King Peter is a son-in-law of King Nicholas, but for years hatred has prevailed between the two, a reconciliation only taking place before the outbreak of the present war.
    All sorts of hostile rumors are current about the Montenegrin heir apparent, Prince Danilo.
    King Nicholas recently pardoned a considerable number of Montenegrin dignitaries, who were imprisoned for conspiracy against his dynasty. This clemency has apparently resulted in a renewal of the agitation.