Washington sentinel., 1901-02-16
ENGLAND.
King Alexander
lie Temps,

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The world has already heard a great
deal of the quarrels OF King Milan and
Queen Nathalie Now we have young
King Alexander denouncIng before his
people the role his father has play d,
and making that usually colorless docu-
ment, a speech from the Throne, the
| passionate presentment of his case
| against his parents. In this manifesto
the young Sovereign reminds the
Skoupchtna OF the circumstances OF his
marriage with Madame Uraga Masculine.
now Queen of SerVia He proclaims
aloud his right to happine and If he
does not descend, as in some famous
interviews, to going into details of the
tragi comic farce played last summer at
Belgrade on the occasion OF his inter-
plated marriage, he does not attempi to
pass over the i'll natured opposition OF
his father.
The story OF the life Of this young
prince. born in the midst of the disputes
of couple whose natures were uncon
genial; brought up in strife; treated as
an object for quaTrels b, wrangling
parents; without the gentle atmosphere
OF domestic circle a nd the advantages
of home education; ss a child familiar
with sad scandals; obliged. by the
selfish abdication o. bis iaibeT, to mount
prematurelv a shaky throne; since then
worried by the selfinterested reappear-
ances of Milan and bis strange claim to
govern az regent a country he had
a andoned as XII g-this biography is in
ITSELF enough 10 account for the bitter
ness, the hardin. SIS OF the feelings OF
Alexander, He has now succeeded in
starting a home of his own He has
fought for and won the happiness to
which be thought he had a right, and
which the sel6shness of his parents
denied him, An heir is expected, who
will continue, and it must be hoped.
improve, the line of the Obren Ovitches;
and 1t is in the name and the interest of
this happiness, closely connected, ac-
cording to him, with the disappearance
of the unfortunate influences from which
his youth suffered. that be bids his
father an rrevocable adieu.
King Alexander hurls a most serious
charge not only against his father but
also against the ministers who were the
instruments OF plot against him, who
accepted office from him under pretext
OF serving the country, and used Il as a
weapon against their own Sovereig.
In round terms, with a brutal frankness
which comes like a surprise, the King
charges the members of the VIedan
GeOrgeVitch not only with bad faith, but |
with high treason and crime against the |
State. The odd thing is. this serious
accusation, which concerns those only |
yesterday in authority is addressed to |
-whom1 To the SkoupChtina elected
under Ihe auspices Of these sans minis |
ters, whose very artificial majority was
forced from the country bv terror and |
fraud. II is strange tribunal for pro-
nouncing judgment on deeds by which
the greater part OF those judging have
benefited, and to which they owe their
very existence and right to sit.
1t must De RENE N bered that in Servia |
internal policy is closely bound uD with /
external policy, and on the latter are
reflected and re- echoed the changes Of |
the former. King Alexander has taken
occasion to thank publicly and with |
emphatic gratitude Tsar Nicholas for |
having been so good as to act as witness,
or, according TO the Orthodox ri e.
60 father to his marriage. This is a
sort Of act OF faith and )magt render, d |
by va sal to his suz=raIn and rs only a
very natural Thing TO do Russia and 1
Servia are linked together historically |
and indissolubly bv race aud religion,
The Tsar clevC rly and with a good grace
rendered great .ervice to a Young prince
in love, who needed caution and pow.
erful support to marry beneath him
All this seems o point to the begin.
ming of a NV era at Belgrade, which
will see drawing together with St. |
Petersburg, perhaps a return to the
traditions of a Sc Wan party. In Vienna
naturally this possibility is looked on
with apt rehension The language OF
the Austro Hungarian press s full OF
meaning II it p'eads for fiIiaI p ETY. and
blames the more than cavalier fashion in
which King Alexander treats officially
ex King Milan, his father, it is much
less out Vi sympathy for this last per
sonage or out OF regard for good taste
than because the disappearance Of this
influence, the emancipation OF the King
and the enthroning Of Queen Draga.
mean the setting up again Of Russian
hegemony in Belgrade.