New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-11
4 SERBIAN CONSPIRACY.
a MILITARY REVOLT MPrED IN THE BUD-PRo'
WORKING LANGUAGE FROM THE PRESS.
u'noM AZ occAsloNA1 CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE.

! n-RoM An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT THE TRIBUNE.
Belgrade, Jan. 26.-scrvia has just escaped
the miserics Of another revolution. The young
King In his Konak, which Is pre-
tcntiously called hero palace has been kept IN
ignorance of the facts, although servant III the
Eonak had been kept fully armed and ready to fire
upon ntTudcrs. Tho Ministers and the Regents had
assembled in the green salon of the konak under inc
prctcxt OF ministerial work to accomplish, ready
to defend their sovereign against any enterprise lea or
inspired by the Karageorgcvitch faction. Acting thus
they were guarding their interests Cor, in tins
country, which has been ruled for the last century by
two rival families, it is the custom, whenever the
ObrenOvitch family-the rcignng hOusc-ousts the
Karagcorgevltch family from power, and vice versa
that clean sweep is made Of all Government EN-
ployes from the state Minister down to the hulDlc'
postman, or custom house officer The troublesome,
but happily stifed military conspiracy can be traced
to Austria, and perhaps also bulgaria. Neither
country Is particularly anxious to Scrvia, now
free from the conjugal disturbances OF eXkng Milan
and Queen Nathalie devotcs itself to reorganization
Of it, army and of its finances Austria opened the
concealed warfare against the kingdom by her usual
tactics.
Whenever a Government dsplcasing to Austro
Hungary is installed at belgrade, the Vienna
Cabinet begins the salt war; which consists in en-
barra,-ing the trade in salt, necessary to ocrvia
ard which j, the principal article Of exchange between
the two countries. This time Minister kalnoky Is
enraTrd because the Belgrade Government has with
drawn the monopoly of the salt trade formerly granted
to the Anglo Bank Of Vienna. lie not qulctcd
y the fact that the abrOgatiOn OF the salt monopoly
was a natural consequence Of the policy OF Nh
Yiutcl, Finance Minister at belgrade, who already had
proceeded against four similar mou0poics-thc com
panic, running the -crviau railroads and the trade 10
tobacco. IN Stunning control Of these monopolcS the
Belgrade Cabinet lad to face unexpected Liabilities, and
rc;rcncAmcnt was the order Of the day. Tho
-uptohiua. or National Assembly. thought Of re.
trcuchlus the army expense The idea wa mas
unccut sensible and progressive In itself bat had
ihc irrcmcd.ablc defect Of injurns the whole body
of army officer. They were not slow at violently
attacking the shuptohina in the cafe, Of Belgrade.
KraJuycyatz, etc. \ military conspiracy WAS IN
preparation, when it was discovered by friend OF
Queen Nathalie. Though she is divorced from her
husband. cN- King Milan. an Obrcnovltch, and though
.u her rou-,lan piocllves she might feel inclined
toward tuc kaEgror-cytch family, sim she hid neg
-ou tlc youu- hiu- to protect. the mother aiieh'"i
Iu her heart the politicians aspirations, ana ehc re-
,ca.d the plot the Regents. who have not treated
her very l.urIou-lv since her return Ia Belgrade.
Two lieh military 0Mccre Colonel fd"iONl'h
commander Of The Danube dlN ana Coloucl JOY an
Iautouttoh. commander of the regiment -url'oucd
m tlr capital. Immediately dismissed from Their
command, and sent to the interior ot the o,dht}
mont and the violent dispersion Of the shuptehiu1
could poe obtained, which explains TIC lcnIsnt punish
mont applied To- them. but TINS very rhr'u'' V'
E.-t.., and h, colleagues ha, increased the d-c.u
f.ui Iu the army. whose official organ. the Eatnh,
Gd not hesitate To- publish the following Ii's "a
-.G To- the members Of the Leg -ldtlvc Assembly
thc >huptchua: " The moment has arrived "I'h truc
patriots and the .in,crc h.end9 oi the p'"pI' Hl'
.urak him TIE whole truth II Won keep on ANA
,i.r-.t .n yGir va,s let YOU know in advance that
;oar heads viii bc mashed. And don't yoa forget
81 -aI, provoking language NAV be- moro brassadocio,
after all but 1t causes some d,quietudc'