The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-06-16

Troublous Times In Store for the Servians-
Patriotism OF the People.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LONDON, June 15--In speaking, to-day,
of the Servian news published here, an at
tache of the British Foreign Office, who
has just returned from Belgrade said: "Af-
fairs in Servia are in very excited and
uneasy state at the present moment, and
the government will be fortunate if they
have nothing more serious than an occas-
ional riot to deal with. The Servians are
governed by a boy king, who is twelve
years old, and regency composed of NJ.
Ristics and two generals of somewhat
doubtful reputation. M. Ristics is the only
Servian who has European reputation
and Is no doubt very able
man. He wants Servia to follow an
independent line, and to be the henchman
neither of Russia nor of Austria. The re-
port that he is coquetting with Russia and
opinions of such other like matters. is
largely manufactured in Vienna, where one
and all of the correspondents appear to be
in the pocketof the Austrian Foreign Office,
and we all know by this time what these
attacks on M. Ristics really mean. NJ.
Ristics's great authority will undoubtedly
courses. The fall of the other two regents
is extremely likely to be one of the events
of the near future, but it will not drag him
down also.
Another difficulty is the question regard
ing Queen Nathalie, but this will probably
be settled by the Servians getting rid of
King Milan's guardianship over his son and
the Queen appointed in his place, the latter
also being associated with the regency.
This matter will not be easy to manage
with the letter of the law all the other way
There is not a single PrOgressist, or
rather pro-Austrian in the House, which
is composed of 600 members. Five
six sixth1 s.,O.o of them are RADICALS GALS and and
Radicals and Liberals are loyal to the pres
ent dynasty, and are by no means eager to
endanger the constitutional government
which they have at length obtained, and
the long minority of the young king gives
them an unlooked-for opportunity of plant
ing 1T firmly in the country.
Short, therefore. of great and, at pres
ent, unforeseen events, the young AleXan-
der is secure enough, but he will not be
brought up to love Austria. He is pretty
ardent. school of Servian patriotism
and will regard Austria as the enemy who
wrongfully detains the Servian lands of
Bosnia and Herzegovina, not to mention
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triotic serb is necessarily and naturally her
enemy. The Servians are in no hurry.
When Austria entered Bosnia and Herze-
govina she fatally displaced her center of
gravity, and it will be beyond her
power to Germanize. or Magyarize,
or in any way denationalize those
provinces. They will inevitably gravitate
to Servia. To bring material civilization
and highly developed educational system
into country is not to denationalize it,
and the Austrians will find that every
Bosnian boy they educate will grow up to
be Serv1an patriot. The influence of
Montenegro, which is now on the best of
terms with Servia, and which also shares
the Pan-Serbian idea, is all in the same di-
rection. In these days time and tide are
with the nations. and the last word will
not remain with the bureaucrats of Austria
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