Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-11-21

ordinary schooling of the ordinary
schoolboy for him. When they en-
deavored to get him admitted to mill
tary school in Servia. general opposition
frustrated this plan. Then military
institution in Vienna was proposed, then
one in Hungary, but Austria offered no
warm welcome to the youthful student
Russia was willing to place him as can
didate in the Russian military academy,
but to this his mother made objection,
and at last decided to send him to
Gotha to receive training in military
institute there. The two most prom
inently connected with the agitation to
make him claimant of the Servian
throne, are his mother and a certain
Servian count, his unhappy fathers
most intimate friend.
Disreputable ex-King Milan's son also
covets the throne, and he, too, was not
born in wedlock. But he has this adj
vantage over the young George Obreno-
witch, AYERS he was legitimatized by his
father. This second son of Milan had
for mother a Nine. Christies, one of the
many ladies for whom Milan deserted
his wife, the beautiful Queen Natalia.
One of the elements in favor of con-
tinued popularity for the present SOW
ereign, King Peter Karageorgevitch, is
the fact that he has no dearth of possible
successors, that the Servians have little
cause to fear he will name an upstart as
| heir to the throne. You remember, one
| of the grave reasons for dissatisfaction
with the murdered Alexander was that
he named as heir his wife's brother, an
upstart, and an upstart belonging to
family exceedingly unpopular because
of the unpopularity of its head, Queen
Draga. The present king has two sons
and a daughter; younger brother,
| Prince Arsene, who has 11-year-old
son; and two male cousins of the Kara
georgevitch line, Prince Alexis and
| Prince Bozidor These latter are sec
ond cousins, great-grandsong of BLACK
George" founder of the house. Be
sides, King Peters relations with Aus
tria are of the pleasantest and gives him
strength then as brother-in-law of the
Russian Grand Duke Peter and of King
Victor Emmanuel of Italy, and son-in-
law of the prince of Montenegro, he has
that which luckless Alexander sadly
lacked-high connections; connections
that doubtless would not look on undis-
| turbed II he were ousted from the
throne.
Prince Alexis is said to have been for
some time previous to his cousins ac-
cession a pretender to the throne. 1t is
gossiped that this prince sued diligently
and ardently for the hand of young
Chicago heiress. but the helress' father
did not look with friendly eyes upon the
gentleman's advances, and without loss
of time married his daughter to plain
mister"
In addition to the aforementioned
coveters of the troubled throne of
Servia. there is a prince dwelling in
Montenegro that would, so rumor
spreads, be willing to assume the bur-
dens of ruler of Servia His name IL
Prince Mirako, of Montenegro, and he
bases his claims on his marriage t..
Constantinovitch, descendant of the old
Servian monarch. But Prince Mirako
dreams of ruling Servian empire rath-
err than simply the present kingdom of
! Servia; desires the reconstruction of
the Servian empire of the middle ages.
When one learns that outside the pres
ent confines of Servia, there are 5000. 900
/ Servians. subjects Of the emperor of
Austria or the sultan of Turkey, one can
get some idea of the widespread dis.
turbances that would ensue II the Mon
tenegrin prince, and other leaders that
dream the same dream. were to set about
the establishment of a government in
GLIDING all the Servians under one head
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