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state and dynasty by dissolvinE his Maj
esty's marriage with Queen Natalie.
The gravity OF the Metropoltans act in
declaring dissolution OF Queen Natalie's
marriage will be appreciated throughout
tho world. No such ecclesiastical procedure
has been recorded since Napoleon's divorce
from Josephine.
1t Is hardly four months since Queen
Natalie wrote thus TO the Metropolitan, who
is absolute head of the Servian Church:
"'The King writes to me saying that he has
taken steps To secure u divorce. Neither the
cahon nor the civil law permits divorce
without real causes. Not knowing OF any
in our case, l, for my part shall never con-
sent To IL. 1 trust in Gods Justice.
The Metropolitan did not deign to reply.
So the Queen telegraphed:
-rhc journals tonight pretend that l am
divorced. Kindly inform me how divorce
can be pronounced while i, Queen Natalie,
one OF the interested parties; have not re-
ceived any citation whatever. Up TO the
present day l have not single paper
about it,
Tho Metropolitan briefly replied:
His Eminenee the Bishop Of Nisch will
present you with reply to your telegram.
And the Queen answered:
Il must inform you that 1 shall not re-
ceive the Bishop OF Nisch before l know be-
fore what ecclesiastical court demand for
Il divorce has been brought. Having abso-
lutely nothing to reproach myself with am
not AFRAID OF the light, and 1 will accept
nothing clandestine. Do not forget that at
your age the hour cannot be far on when
you must appear before our Sovereign
Judge, and do not burden your soul with
another sim"
To this the Metropolitan replied:
The demand for a divorce has been pre-
sented to the SYNOD, the competent au-
thority of the independent autocephalous
And the Queen sent her last despairng
message:
The Holy Synod not being qualified to
concern itself with divorce. protest en-
gality."
These letters will go into history. They
trace every step in the conspiracy between
King Milan OF Servia and the Metropolitan
Theodosius, The third party to the plot
was NJ Cristitch, President of the Council
who in the following words announced the
forthcoming divorce to the Queen:
& Il have the honor to inform your Majesty
| that his Majesty. our august master, has
| deigned to communicate to his Council o
Ministers the step which he has thought
! wellto take"
And when Natalie, with q cry OF anguish
called for her son. Cristitch replied:
< Il have the honor to inform your Majesty
| that his Majesty the King has confded tC
4 Gen. Protitch the mission to take his High.
ness. the heir apparent, to Belgrade. anC
that iull official powers have been given tC
| the General.
/ Robbed Of her son, the Queens mis-
fortunes reached their climax. Refused aiC
! from Austria, expelled by Prince Bismarcl
from Berlin, she has wandered from capita
to capital, the most unhappy Queen II
| Europe.
The King was only heir apparent when hC
| married her. She was exceptionally beau
tiful, the daughter of Col. Rechko, Rus
sian, and OF Princess Pulcherie Stoudza
! She Is 30 years old and was married at 16
fttShe is related to no European royal family
sisters. one OF whom is Nine. Eugen
Ghika. Her aunt, Princess Constantine
4 Mourousy. has been a mother to the thre
sisters, and has been the Queens constan
friend and adviser.
King Milan is a confirmed voluptuary
With his health he has lost his nerve. II
sees conspiracies everywhere. He Is in
capable OF self-restraint," said Count Her
bert Bismarck. I'VE must appease him q
all hazards" After the war between Servi
and Bulgaria King Milan, worsted at ever
point, leaned on Austria for support. tn
Queen, surrounded by Russians, looked 10
sympathy to st. Petersburg, She is deepl
religious. besides being cultured. talenteC
and an excellent linguist. She educated he
bow to be different from his. father. And
was when King Milan found that the la
was Russian rather than German in HI
tastes that he precipitated the conflict wit
Queen Natalie.
ID In this conflict he has found ready al
= / from his Prime Minister and from the Me-
ropolitan. The condition OF Servia is sue
that the Interference OF any power In It's a
fairs might provoke European war. HenC
the King has been suffered TO have his wa,
But nobody in Europe doubts that II
divorce will ultimately cost him the thror
Of Servia.