Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-06-19
RUSSIA DEMANDS
SERv|AN REVENGE
Says King Peter Cannot Let
Traitorous Criminals Es-
cape Hands Of Justice.
WELCOMES THE NEW KING
Expresses Confidence That King Pc
ter Will investigate the Abominable
Deed and Mete Out Punishment to
the Criminals.

st. Petersburg. June 19.-An Official
note was published in the Gazette yes.
terday recognized Peter Karageorge-
witch as king Vt Servia and welcoln.
ing his accession. In brief, the note
declares that it is incumbent upon
King Peter to avenge the assassina-
ton of King Alexander and Queen
Draga, and expresses the conviction
that he will know how to severely
punish the regicides. whose misdeeds
should not be visited on the entire
Servian nation or army. The note
adds that it would be dangerous to the
tranquility of Servia to leave the
crime unpublished. a
The text of the note follows:
"a week has now elapsed since the
day of the bloody revolution at Bel
grade, an intimation of which could
not be given to the imperial govern
ment in the customary official form
because legal authority was lacking
in Servia. Strictly adhering to her
standpoint of non-intervention in the
internal affairs of the Balkan states
and at the same time finding it i'm
possible to hold any intercourse with
the persons who have arbitrarily
usurped power, Russia has awaited
the conclusion of the trouble in order
to clear her attitude toward the events
in the kingdom Of Servia. The Sku-
pschtina assembled in extraordinary
session June 16, the legal order If
things being re-established and Prince
Peter Karageorgevitch unanimously
o1nn$nA 1bt~u ( nNhn YpisNro NOYn n1vi,1e o.
with the request of the national as;
throne of Servia under the name OF
Peter /. Immediately after the pro-
clamation the new king telegraphed
to the car asking his imperial ma.
jesty to recognize him as king,
whereupon the reply of his majesty
in confirmation of this was sent.
"The imperial government. while
hailing the election of the new mon
arch, scion OF a glorious dynasty and
wishing all success he has SO well be-
gun, to the supreme head OF the Ser
Wan people, which is allied to Rus
STA by the cause of religion, can never
theless not refrain from expressing
the confident hope that King Peter
will be able to give evidence OF his
sense of justice and f1rmness OF will
by adopting measures at the outset to
Investigate the abominable deed that
has been committed and mete out rig
orous punishment to those traitOrOus
criminals who have stained them
selves with the infamy attaching to
regicides OF course, the entire Ser
Wan nation or army cannot be held
responsible for the crime which re-
volts public conscience, yet it would
be dangerous to Servia's internal
peace not to exact expiration for the
revolution carried out with violence
by the military. Such neglect would
inevitably react in an unfavorable
manner on the relations of all the
states. with Servia and would create
for Servia serious difficulties at the
very commencement Of the reign OF
King Peter I.
III Their Russian co-religionists offer
to God supplications for the repose Of
the souls of King Alexander and his
consort, who have met an untimely
end and they invoke the blessings Of
the Almighty on the rule Of .Klng
Peter for the Welfare and prosperity
of the Servian people"