Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-06-18

French physician whom she brought
from Paris to convince her princely
paramour that she was about to give
birth to a child, and the young king,
being anxious for an heir to the
/ throne, married his mistress Aug. 5,
! 1900. He was then "a years old and
she was 33. There was great dissatis-
faction throughout the entire country,
and the people, who felt that their
king had disgraced them as we'll as
himself, started a revolution for the
purpose of placing Peter Karageorge-
/ witch upon the throne; but young Alex
ander acted with great courage and sa-
gacity. He succeeded in suppressing
! the insurrection, in reconciliatng the
parliament and the people to his mar
tria9e, and for several years things
moved along smoothly until the lack of
an heir to the throne began to excite
the politicians, and the conspiracies
have since been more frequent than
ever
Queen Draga desired her brother. a
young lieutenant in the Servian army,
to be proclaimed heir apparent, but the
ministry and the parliament refused.
/ There was a sensational scene at the
palace when her plan was disclosed.
The boys name was Oikodem I3un-
ievitza, and he was said to be a repu-
table young fellow and a good soldier,
about q years of age. But he had no
claims upon the throne, and nobody
wanted him to be king except his sis
ter.
Her brother being rejected, Queen
I Draga. who had fertile mind, con-
ceyed the idea Of offering the success
orship to Russia as the price of the
social recognition of herself and her
husband at the court of St Petersburg.
! They were boycotted at every court in
Europe. No king or queen or prince
Of any royal family ever visited Seryia,
and the king and queen of Servia We're
never invited tG any of the other cap
itals Of Europe. They have been re-
gardcd as outcasts ever since the trick
with the French physician by which
Draga obtained her seat upon the
throne. She was confident that if the
/ imperial family OF Russia took them
/ up that the rest of Europe would fol-
I low, and hence by her instructions the
/ minister of foreign affairs at Belgrade
entered into negotiations with the Rus
sian government. proposing that if the
emperor and empress of Russia would
receive the king and queen OF Seryia
and entertain them at the imperial pal
ace at St, Petersburg, King Alexander
would nominate as his successor on
the Seryian throne Prince Mirko son
.of Prince Nicolas Of Montenegro and
brother of Helena, queen Of Italy.
But all this planning and negotiating
came to nauCht, simply because AliX,
the pure and beautiful empress Of Rus
sia, absolutely declined to receive the
queen Of Servia or have anything what
ever to do with her. Count Lamsdorff,
the Russian minister of foreign rela-
Itions, suggested that no harm could be
done. and the object of Russia might
be accomplished. if the czarina would
!. receive Queen DTaga aud her husband
informally at her summer palace on
the shores of the Black sea. No cere-
mony was necessary, The czarina
would not lie called upon to show them
any attention, but simply to preside at
the table at which the king and queen
Of Servia would be received with other
guests.
But Alix refused to consent to any
such arrangement and declared that
II the Seryian woman was invited to
Russia she would make it convenient
To leave the country for the time be-
ing.