Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-26
DANGEROUS PRINCE.
Ex-King Milan's ProAigacy Seri-
GUS Matter.
UNSUITABLE DEMANDS ON SERyIA
II Certain Contingencies His Schemes May
Result in Russian Intervention to RE
store Order With q General
War to Follow.

New YORK. Nov 2S.-The Paris rep
resentative of the Herald cables his
paper: ITO judge from the speech of
Count Kainoky to the delegations.
Servia may yet prove a brand of dis
cord which will kindle a great Euro
pean war. King Milan for some time
has been living in Paris and enjoying
himself. His love of pleasure is un-
ceasing and Unsuitable. When he is
not driving or gamblirg or supping at
Bignin's or Joseph's he may be seen in
the stage boxes of the fast theaters
ogling actresses and basking in the
smiles of third rate singers When
he abdicated he was smart enough
to make his terms before he quit
the throne. He did not abdi-
cate till he had been guaranteed 2, O0O,-
900 francs to wipe out his debts The
Servians were SO glad to get rid Of him
that they jumped at the bargain He
did not leave till six months later, and
when he had spent every cent of his
q 900, 900 francs he went back to Bel
grade, where he intrigued against his
own SON. The Servians asked him
how much he would take to get
out He replied that he would
go for 1000. 900 francs They gave
he would leave politics alone, and he
departed. But before another year had
passed he came to the conclusion that
he could not live without seeing his
son. 'All right" replied the Servian
regents, 1--WE will send your son to
Paris for a month" This did not suit
King Milan's book. He asked permits
sion to realize on his Servian property,
which had been seized by the regents
as guarantee of his good behavior.
The regents heSitated. but at last con-
sented- Milan promptly mortgaged
his rights in the Danube fisheries and
sold the mansion he owned in Belgrade,
with the estate and parks and Jewels
of the crown. These brought in more
millions, which he has since squan-
dered A fortnight ago he appealed to
the regents for further sum of 4,000,-
900 francs. In exchange for his
| promise not to cross the Servian
frontier and his abandonment of all his
private and public rights in the coun-
try, even to his citizenship. they eN-
| pressed their willingness to pay him
| the money. But before he got a chance
| to collect it his creditors saw that he
had come to the end of his resources
| and that his ex-subjects would do no
| more for him. They attached the
| money. And if Milan gets 500. 600 of
his 4, 600, 600 francs he will be lucky
The political results of the affair may
be serious, for although he has abdi-
Gated King Milan is the heir apparent
| to the Servian throne. and in the event
] of his child's death might succeed him.
| A revolution in Belgrade would be dis
| astrous to Servia- It would be easy to
| overthrow the little king, who has no
strong following, and this would make
| a breach for Russia, who, as everyone
knows. has always wished to re-estab-
| lish her influence in Servia-
| Austria on the other hand could not
look on at such change unmoved.
| She holds Milan in reserve as a last
card If the Russophiles were to over
throw the reigning child king. Alex
| ander, and Russia would hurl her
troops into Servia on pretence of re-
storing order, Austria should be forced
| to make a counter stroke, war would
| be declared and from Servia it would
| spread all over Europe.