MONTENEGRO, AFTER A PERIOD OF SUPPRESSION, HAS BEEN REVIVED, AND WILL ENTER UPON A NEW PHASE OF EXISTENCE. THE LITTLE BLACK MOUNTAIN STATE, WHICH HAS PLAYED SO IMPORTANT A PART IN BALKAN HISTORY, HAS BECOME AN INTEGRAL PORTION OF GREATER SERBIA.

Balkans remains corrupt and unresolved, Montenegro has tried to reform its standards of living and thought. Montenegro's reforms, though not unimpeded, have been carried out in an atmosphere of political unrest, and are not yet completed. Montenegro's reforms, though not unimpeded, have been carried out in an atmosphere of political unrest, and are not yet completed. Montenegro's efforts at reform, however, have been steadily pursued, and the 20th century has seen an improvement in the countryside, where the standard of living is being raised, where education has been extended, and where the standard of justice has been raised.

Original dispatch: Montenegro at 20: EU ambitions and Serbian ties