Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-19

ordinary schooling of the ordinary schoolboy for him. When they en- deayored to get him admitted to mlli7 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 a military institute there. The two most prom inently connected with the agitation to make him claimant of the Servian throne, are his mother and 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 ad- vantage over the young George Obreno- witch, ayers he was legitimatized by his father. This second son of Milan had for mother Mime. Christies, one of the many ladies for whom Milan deserted his wife, the beautiful Queen Natalia.
 One of the clements in favor of con tinued popularity for the present sov-, 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 daughter; a younger brother, Prince Arsene who has 8 11-year-old son; and two male cousins. of the Kara georgevitch line, Prince Alexis and Prince Bozidor. These latter arc sec ond cousins, great-grandsons 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 If he were busted from the throne. Prince Alexis is said to have been for some time previous to his cousins ac- cession a pretender to the throne. It is gossiped that this prince sued diligently and ardently for the hand of a young Chicago heiress, but the heiress father did not look with friendly eyes upon the gentleman's advances, and without loss of time married his daughter to plain mister"
 l Tn addition to the aforementioned coveters of the troubled throne of 1 Servia, there is prince dwelling in | Montenegro that would, so rumor
 spreads, be willing to assume the bur- dens of ruler of Servia. His name is Prince Mirako, of Montenegro. and he | bases his claims on his marriage to 1 Constantinovitch, descendant of the old
 Servian monarch. But Prince Mirak 0
 dreams of ruling Servian empire rath- l CT than simply the present kingdom of 1 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 1000, 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 if the Mon-
 tenegrin prince and other leaders that
 dream the same dream, were to set about
 the establishment of a government in-
 cludinG all the Servians under one head.