Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I roto i tēnei mana ka uru ia ki te arotahi o te oranga o tēnei rohe, nā tōna mātauranga ahurea me te motu, i whakaatu i tētahi whakahe pakeke ki te Tiamana "Kulturträger". I te puna o te tau 1909, nā te Pakanga o Bosnia
Na te whakaurunga o Bosnia me Herzegovina e Austria-Hungary, i rere a Šantić ki Itari me Nikola Kašiković me Ćorović. I te tau 1910, i hokona e te whanau Šantić he whare whenua i te kainga o Borci, tata ki Konjic mai i te Austrian-Hungarian baron Benko nana i hanga i te tau 1902.