Friday, May 10, 2013

New Montenegrin Cabinet.

New York Times 100 years ago today, May 10, 1913:
Promises to Evacuate Scutari Tomorrow — Disastrous Fire There.
    CETTINJE, May 9.— A new Montenegrin Cabinet, under the Premiership of Gen. Vukotitch, was formed to-day to take the place of the Government which resigned when king Nicholas decided to evacuate Scutari at the behest of the European powers.
    The Foreign Office immediately afterward opened negotiations with the commanding officers of the international fleet which has been engaged in blockading the coasts of Montenegro, and arrangements were made for the evacuation of Scutari. This began yesterday and will be completed by Sunday, when the last of the Montenegrin soldiers will march out of the city.
    The foreign admirals will then land detachments from the fleet, and the formal surrender of the old Turkish fortress will be made to the combined international forces.
    King Nicholas to-day, in a speech to the members of the Montenegrin Parliament, said that, in the interests of general peace and in order to save Montenegro and the entire Serb nation, he had been forced to yield to the European powers. Russia, Servia, and Greece, he said, had counseled submission on the part of Montenegro. Russia, however, had undertaken to continue to protect the little kingdom.

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