Arizona republican., 1898-08-20
longer than any other for

ambassador longer than any other for eign plenipotentiary of his grade. But the position of dean does net confer any autEority, either official CT social. over the remainder of the dipio- matic corps, a fact of which the Ger man envoy at the court of Belgrade has evidently lost sight, for he has considered it his duty as dean of the diplomatic corps in the Servian capital to take the newly appointed Russian plenipotentiary severely to task TOT his failure to treat the father of King Al iexander with what he considered to be proper deference and consideration
 The czar's representative very prop erly intimated to his German colleague that it was none of the latters pusl- ness how he behaved toward dlsreput- able Milan: that he had recelved or ders from lis own sovereign to aVolo l all intercourse with the ex-klng, ana i that inasmuch as he, the envoy, LOOK his instructions from St. Petersburg and not from Berlin he should con- tinUe to behave toward Milan as he saw fit.
 This led to some very hot words be- tween the two envoys, which have cul- minated in the Russian minister With | drawing from Belgrade, his departure being followed a few days later by the simultaneous publication in a number l of European papers of couple of let iters written by Milan in 1893, the one addressed to his divorced wife, Queen Nathalie. in which he declares that he l is absolutely destitute. and threatens suicide unless she gives him financial assistance. while the second, dated a few weeks later, is addressed to the late czar and contains, along with humble thanks for large gift Of mon ey received from the emperor, SOL emn pledge on his ''honor" never, dur ing his lifetime, to set foot in Servla, this having been the condition on which the Russian monarch assisted him.
 Both these letters are reproduced in fac-simile, so there is no doubt as to their authenticity.
 Milan's prese1ce at Belgrade, where he is running things according to his owr whim. is therefore a. distinct vio- lation of his pledge to the late czar. whom he had already grossly swindled in money matters, by giving him as se- curity for a loan mortgage on the Grand hotel at Belgrade without in forming him tEat it was already mort ga aeed. not once. but thrice, in each in stance to it's full value.
 Under the circumstances it is not as tonishirg that the Russian envoy should hold aloof from Milan. even though the latter may be the father Of tte -imbecile king of Servia and the co1nmander-in-cki of the ridicu- lope Servian army. which on each oc caeion that it has been in the field has distinguished itself by it's cowardice. I Of course. this conflict between the Russian and German envoys at Bel grade has not tended to improve the relations between Berlin and St. Pet ersburg. in which latter capital Teuton rreeumption is regarded as having be- come intolerable
 Inst before leaving Greece for his arnual summer holiday at Aix-les- rairs and Conerhaeen. King George formally established at Athens a. Greek r'at:onal theater on the model of the Nor7edi7 Francaise. at Paris. and ap- ncinted Ai. Tiacbcs as it's first admin i-trator
 The handsome building which is to eerve $ the home Of this new institu- tioN ;s already cornnEefed. and has hNen constructed entirely at the cost Of tho monarch, who likewise has arrang- fd t0 devote large ar0ual subvention from bis privv purse to the mainten- a1ca O. the theater.
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