Nicholas Still Defiant?

New York Times 100 years ago today, April 30, 1913:
    LONDON, Wednesday, April 30.— A Vienna dispatch to The Daily Telegraph says that the Austrian Minister at Cettinje visited King Nicholas on Monday night and demanded the immediate and unconditional evacuation of Scutari. The King replied that he would never surrender the town.
    The Austrian Government, according to the same dispatch, is now engaged in drafting a manifesto to the powers, explaining its policy and aims with regard to Balkan affairs.
    A Gratz dispatch to The Daily Mail says the Austrian military authorities have taken possession of the railways running to the south, but no movement of Austrian troops across the Montenegrin frontier has taken place as yet.
    It is understood here that Austria is waiting the result of the Ambassadorial conference to-morrow and is employing the interval in an endeavor to induce Italy to join her in military action.
    The meetings of the Ambassadors in London have shown almost conclusively that a majority of the powers are not prepared to adopt warlike measures against Montenegro. It is thus practically certain that within a few days, whether Italy consents or not, Austria will dispatch an ultimatum to Cettinje, demanding the immediate evacuation of Scutari.
    Not another word as to Essad Pasha's doings in Albania has come through. Ismail Kemal Bey, head of the Provisional Albanian Government, has arrived in London to enlist British support. He and other Albanians do not regard Essad Pasha's coup very seriously, but the opinion seems to be growing among diplomats here that an administration under Essad Pasha in Albania might not be such an impossible solution of a difficult problem.
    It is considered that Essad Pasha, as an influential Albanian with a strong following and the prestige of his gallant defense or Scutari, might be more acceptable to the Albanians than a foreign Prince, and that if he were allowed to retain his self-chosen post he might be inclined to make territorial concessions which would compensate Montenegro for the loss of Scutari and would satisfy European claims.