In Bosnia and Hercegovina, Austria pursued the same heartless policy. Out of the three religions of _one_ people she made _three_ nationalities, and then fostered dissensions between them. Her policy was especially bitter against the Serbs, who are in the majority and also the more highly-educated element of the population and therefore more able to give effective support to the just claims of Serbia. Austria was not in the least interested in the prosperity of the country, and merely created an intolerable chaos by her political intrigue in a land that had already suffered beyond endurance. Her evidences of civilization exhibited before Europe were pure humbug, and the annexation of Bosnia-Hercegovina one of the most flagrant acts of injustice ever perpetrated on a nation. If the present war is decided in favour of the Allies—and this is the prayer of _all_ the Slavs—it will become necessary to settle the Southern Slav problem once and for all. This can only be done _satisfactorily_ by respecting the principle of nationality, and by a just delimitation of the various national zones. In disputed territories, such as Istria or the Quarnero Islands, a referendum ought to decide. The Slavs have been tortured long enough. For centuries they have guarded European civilization against the inroads of _Ottoman Islam_, which has always been synonymous with bigotry, barbarism and sloth, and should never be confounded with _Arab Islam_, or _Hindu Islam_, to whom the whole world of science, art and philosophy is eternally indebted. Austria and Prussia are the natural heirs of Ottoman Islam, and the Southern Slavs have made a heroic stand against this latter-day _Prussian Islam_. Civilization owes them a debt of honour, and it is only their due that Europe should give them justice. EPILOGUE. “BURIED TREASURES.” BY DIMITRIJ MITRINOVIĆ.