Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-18
STORY OF his LATEST GRIMES
Fake Revolt Followed by the
Murder of His Enemies.
LAS HORRIFIED SOCIETY

| the ordinary refuge of the criminal who has
| brought off a successful coup, the name
| less house of entertainment, where. per-
| haps, he may still find unhappy creatures
| to drink with him
| With a dot of only 600 900 francs, Nathalie
has been able to buy in Biarritz the Villa
Sachino, valued at 1.500 600 francs, while
her domain in Bessarabia could be sold any
day for 5000. 900 francs.
Milan, granddaughter of the cattle
raising Miloch, founder of the Obrenovitch
dynasty-Milan, at ten years of age was
transplanted TO Paris in 1864. He was
handed over to an austere philosopher
Francois HCet, who, as his guardian
caused him TO follow the classes of the
Lycee Louis-le-Grund. One fine day in
1868, in the midst of a class recitation
word came that Milan Obrenovitch was
wanted, and he was led to throne His
cousin AMI adopted father, the Prince Mi=
chel, had just been assassinated. Milan
was his heir
Milan arrived at Belgrade, backed up by
Huet, the austere philosopher. and good
Nine. Huet. The regents tried to teach
the youth something Of politics, to respect
liberal institutions. to love Russia, to know
the names Of the great Servian families In
1873 they sent him to Paris, to complete
his acquaintance with the grandeurs of
civilization.
VINO Milan Really Is.
hlldll was the itSdl son OF Epnrem
Obrenovitch. His mother was Marie Ca
targi, the daughter of Roman major He
was born more than year after she had
ceased to live with Ephrem Obrenovitch.
and he was. in all human proba bility, the
real son of one Rasnovano, a Roumanian
Marie Catargi died in a hotel at Wurtz-
bOurg. Milan RaSnoVanO, though Prince of
Servia, found it difficult to obtain a prn-
cess for wife. One after the other-the
Princess q 'Orle3nS daughter of 10 DI1cd do
Nemours, the Princess Wittgenstein and
others, In a descending scale of rank dis
dained his propositions, Nathalie Kechko,
daughter of d Russian government clerk
with the rank of colonel. seeing only the
princey crown, accepted him with delight
when chance threw him In her way. For a
moment even the Servtans had return of
hope. The gentle Nathalie might influence
him, and there was always the birth of an
heir to be looked forward to.
Poor SerVia." said a writer in La Rus
sic, on August Il, does not even yet know
that half the Servian paper money in cir
CulatiOn is paper falsiticd and forged by
Milan. Each issue was supposed to be num-
bered legally and signed. but Milan always
presses. which he signed and numbered for
himself This crime involves many mil
lions
A Coward III Battle.
Milan levieI a war tax in 1851 and the
war with Bulgaria was brought on to JUS
tify it. Following the military operations
at a prudent distance the one and only
technical information he demanded of his
generals in the decisive battle was: Gould
any of those projectiles reach my car
riage?' At this notwithstanding TO
earle de Perrieres a French attache who
overheard the Conversation-the princely
war carriage was six miles from the battle
field of SltYnitza. The defeat of the Ser
Wan army and the humilating treaty he
was forced to sign did not discourage
Milan. He Immediately proclaimed himself
King OF Servia, under the name of Milan l.
During this time Nathalie was winning
the affections of her people. Hearing of
Queen NictOria's India shawls, she set up
a speciality of gifts to Servian brides. The
layette invariably was the same whether
Tor the daughter OF general or the GauSh-
ter of a government clerk-one chemise De
luxe, worth $23 five day Chemises worth 81
each, and six lace handkerchiefs. The
queen also interested herself in literature.
she decorated lmbert de Saint-Amand with
the grand Gordon of SANTANA, and with
out cost; and the parchment was accom-
panied By an exquisite little letter in au-
tOgraph, mentioning that the Queen of Ser
via decorated, In NJ. de Saint-Amand, all
French men of letters. Nevertheless NJ
lmbert de Saint Armand is not yet in the
academy.
The Queens Role.
The queen, desiring to secure the friend
ship of Austria for her country. had fire.
HurHl ltlttINltNS Win Nj. de heVenhullGr,
Austrian minister to Belgrade. When Mi
Ian obliged to flee Belgrade, she
stayed. Her son would bless her for il
later. She made an appeal to the chival-
rous students of the Belgrade University
They organized a body guard of honor to
protect her. Then, learning that the king
had ordered severe IN :asures to check a II
signs of revolt, she slipped off, disguised
by night. while in front Of the palace thew
were shooting down the students as so
many rioters.
Milan, to Quit Servia, was paid six mil
lions-twn by Russia and four by the
Skouptchina. AS Count Takovo the gam
bling clubs of Paris-where all clubs are
gambling clubs-welcomed him. 1t is said
that in these early days not few young
members of the French aristocracy paid
dear for the honor of betting against Count
Takovo's baccarat. The Marquis de Mores
was obliged, one morning, to sign him a
note for 30, 900 francs.
why not make a note for G0000 francs
ami get 1t discounted by bill broker?'
asked Milan. In that way you will have
cash to keep on playing He found a
Insurer Tor the young marquis-and took
5000 francs commission. The real Partisan
arlstocracy, however, was never open to
Milan.
The Fake Revolt.
Milan had often threatened to return and
each time the Skouptchina had fastened to
vote him "a new subsidy. This time it was
too late. The young King Alexander au-
thorized his fathers staying at Belgrade
He committed to him the supreme COM
! mand of the army. When all was ripe Mi
Ian hired some obscure tramp to fire a
blank shot at him. Captured, the 'assas-
sin confessed plot, involving all the more
honest statesmen Of the liberal party. Then
the fellow mysteriously escaped. His testi-
mony remained. however, and on it and
some alleged police reports wholesale ar
rests We're made, and the world heard of a
treason trial in Servia. timed to coincide
with that of Rennes, Milan calculated that
the wider interest Of the Dreyfus scandal
would absorb the interest of civilization
and throw his own deeds into the shadow.
But the verdict given on September %
nevertheless was received with stupor by
the European press. Knezevitch was con-
demned to death and executed, and the lib
eral party suppressed by sentencing to
twenty years imprisonment its most active
members 1t Is true that its chief, the pit
lapie Pacmtch, was pardoned; but the
others, more sincere, more proud, had not
even his chance of escape. Pachitch, his
bones twisted, his flesh burned, agreed to
all his torturers asked of him. Even the
heroic HneZeVitch broke down under the
frlghtful agonfes of the slow fire. He con-
fessed to a treason of which he knew MOTH
ing. He admitted to having accomplices
IN MAC