Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-06-17
ASSASSINATE
THEIR RULERS
In a Military Uprising In servia the
King, Queen and Several Min.
listers Are Murdered.
PRErENpER TAKES THE CROWN
The New Ruler 10 a Friend to Russia
The New Government Meets
With Little Opposition.

Belgrade, Seryia, June ia mil.
tary revolution broke out here last
night. The troops revolted under the
leadership of Major Angikovics, sur.
rounded the palace, assassinated King
Alexander, Queen Draga, the latter's
sister, the queens brother, Nikodem;
Premier Markovitch, Ministers Petro.
vich and Tudorovics, General Pavlo.
vich, the former minister Of war. and
some of the members of the royal
guard. Prince Karageorgevitch was
proclaimed king.
A new government was formed and
the following proclamation was is.
sued:
ITO the Servian people: Last night
the king and queen yer shot. In this
grave and fateful movement friends
Of the fatherland have combined to
form a new government. While the
government makes this announcement
to the people, 1t Is convinced that the
Servian people will gather around IL
and lend 1t their aid to maintain or.
der and security throughout the land.
"Tne government hereby makes IL
known from today the constitution
of April 6, 1901, comes In force. A
meeting of the national representa-.
tives, dissolved by the proclamation
of March "a, is summoned to meet at
Belgrade June Is.
(Signed).
"JOvAN AvAKUMovICS, Premier.
IL. JUBoNUR KALCvICS, Foreign
Minister.
"sTOJAN PRoTICs, Minister of In.
terror.
GEORGE HENsICs, Minister of Com.
merce.
GENERAL JoRovAN ALANzoK-
WIGS, Minister of War.
"VOGISLAV VELIKOVICS, Minister
IL. JUBIMIR scHIoKovIcs, Minis.
ter Of Justice"
Approved Bloody Deed.
The streets we're thronged with peo.
pie, whose actions seemed to approve
the coup d'etat. M. Protics, the new
minister of the interior, was loudly
cheered as he drove to the ministry.
M. A~vakumovics, the new premier,
belongs to the independent liberal
party. The people received the news
Of the assassinations. which were per,
petrated between 1890 last night and
n ,poyool< thsa nnnrufu4 1tiatlu
The bodies Of the king and queen
remain in the palace.
As the morning advanced the ex
element in the streets grew steadily
Inspite OF the pouring rain, thousands
of people gathered in the vicinity Of
the palace. Everywhere troops of all
arms were posted and field guns were
placed In position to quickly deal with
any opposition to the newly formed
governments will. The soldiers dis
carded their cockades bearing the late
King Alexander's cipher and substitut
ed for II flowers. green twigs and
leaves.
Bands of young men paraded the
streets, waving flags and shouting
Long live Karageorgevitch."
Flags are flying from nearly ever,
house In Belgrade and there is abso
lutely no display whatever OF crepe
or other signs Of mourning. The roy
al standard has been lowered from
over the palace. Reports from places
oustside Belgrade indicate that tn,
country accepts the disappearance o.
the Obrenovitch dynasty without re
greet.
There were many causes leading I,
the revolution. A large section Of th'
people were greatly dissatisfied with
the tendency Of King Alexander tC
eliminate the radical element from tn,
! government and by the constant ru