The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-08
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BELoRAps. April The King Of Ssrvis
to-day issued two proclamations. One
OF them suspended the constitution and
annulled a series az laws passed by the
Skuptschina The other. after the appoint
ment Of new Senators and Councillors OF
State, restored tho constitution forthwith
to it's former validity
The state Of Affairs In the Balkans.
says the King. lis very serious. and Serva
need order. unity and peace
VIENNA. April The coup d'etat which
the King Of Servia achieved to-day had
been In preparation for six months. A
crowd In Belgrade, to show their disap-
prevail OF the dissolving OF tho Skuptschina,
burned portraits Of the King and Quee n
In the streets.
Hilmi Pacha, the Turkish Inspector
General, declares that the Turkish Govern
ment has no intention TO disarm the Al =
banians.
The Cabinet. which resigned when the
Constitution was suspended. was immedi-
ately reinstated after the Kings second
proclamation. the only change being that
NJ. Denitoh. Minister Of Public Works. took
In addition the portfolio OF the Foreign
Office. vice NJ. Lozanitch.
Among the newly-appointed life Senators
there are no Radicals They will forth
with draft, lin accordance with the spirit
OF the Constitution provisional electoral
law and rules Of procedure for the Senate
and Skupschtina. All the members OF the
Council OF State will be drawn from the
Senate.
LONDON, April THE coup d'ttat Of
King Alexander of Servia. by which he de
clared himself an absolute monarch for a
few minutes. does not appear, so far as
present information goee. to have been more
than an internal political move, in which the
King acted as the puppet OF the faction pos
sessing for the moment the greatest power.
Nobody here credits this unattractive
young man with being an incipent Napo-
leon, and although he is an adept in coups
d'etat and has been identified with many
headstrong deeds, IL ID not supposed that
he acted on his own initiative in all OF them
His act to-day, whether his own OF prompted
by politicians, was aimed at the Radical
party. which has become too strong.
In such measures the King must rely
on the army for support, and 1t Is significant
that he has appointed Gen. Belemarko-
witch President OF the Senate. which i'm
plies his confidence in his military chiefs.
NJ. Mijatovich. Servian Minister at Lon
don, says that he has received no official
information Of the coup d'etat.
The possibility Of a change In the Cabinet
had been discussed for some time, but he
knew no more than was published in the
newspapers. He adds:
Il myself was a Councillor Of State this
morning, but l do not know whether ! am
now. The Cabinet have cleaned slate.
The measure Of freedom enjoyed by the
press ia Withdrawn am sorry for that
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which VIC are passing II Is very dishearten.
ing. The King is a great Servian patriot.
He undoubtedly felt compelled by the cir
cumstances Of the moment TO do this thing
II We did not have such a grave situation
in Macedonia and on the Servan frontier
this very likely would not have happened
When asked TO explain what laws had
been repealed by the coup, the Minister said
that secrecy Of the ballot had been annulled
and the country revprts 10 the Old conditions,
under which the peasants vote openly.
and II they vote against the Government
the fact is remembered against them. The
laws granting autonomy to districts and
freedom Of public meeting are also abro-
gated.
Repeating that he did not speak officially.
the Minister said he was OF the opinion that
the Kings object was , stop internal dis
sensions, and to turn the people from them
to the urgent matter Of foreign policy.
is Gbyous s that n it ,hs bearing on the
d'etat Is mainly important. In the alb
sence Of more detailed news 1t is impossible
10 say what is behind the curtain. Vari-
GUS circumstances have created the belief
in some quarters here that Russia In the
power behind Servia, while tho repeated
rebukes administered TO Bulgaria by Aus
tria and Russia in connection with the
Macedonian agitation seem to give signif-
cance to a report that Prince Ferdinand
will shortly leave Sofia for foreign tour,
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