Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-22
REFUSED RECOGNITION.

The United states government It
seems, has decided not to recognize the
new seryian king until, we presume,
the awful crime that preceded his elee.
ton has been wiped out as FAR
as this can be done by any act Of hui
man justice In this ATTITUDE our gov
ernmtnt win be sustained By the Amer
lean people For this Republic ssould
not whatever its own imperfections
may be deal ON terms OF equality with
lot OF assassins. Or the friends " as
assasslns
The attitude Of the European powers
Is not essentially different from this
though there is a disposition to avoid
everything that might preclpltate a
crisis The Austrian emperor In rec
ognizlng the new monarch demanded
that he restore Servia TO the respect Of
the world by raising 1t again after the
severe fall which II recently sustained
through the heinous and universally
reprobated crime" This. n It Is to be
taken literally can only mean that, In
the opinion Of the Austrian emperorthe
reglcidcs must be brought to Justice.
The Russian emperor directly reminds
King Peter that It Is incumbent upon
him To- ayenge the murder Of Alexander
and Draga, and expresses the belief
that he win be able severely to punish
the regicides The king is assured,
moreover, that TO lodye the crime un-
punished would threaten The Internal
peace Of scryla.
Great Britain has so far refused to
recognize the new regime. and the con-
CALCULATIONS Of the king Of Italy are
merely Of personal nature, the two
being brothers-ln.law both having
married Processes Of the house Of
Montenegro
IS The various governments cannot. con-
sistently take any other course. II
they recognize rcgicide as a politicalex-
pediency they invite the assasslns In
their own immediate vicinity, to actlv-
ity. Moreover II the assasslns Of Alex
ander are not brought to justice, but
perhaps rewarded for their dark deeds,
what win prevent them from treating
Peter In the same way should he fail
to meet their appreciation, as he is sure
TO do at some tme2
II Is all the more necessary for the
civilized nations to administer a needed
lesson in civilization to seryia because
It appears that the people there are
being taught thai murder Is perfectly
legitimate The highest authority OF
the servIan church Is said to have de-
clared that The assassIns were the in
struments in the hands OF the Amgh-
tyNthus stamping the outrage with the
ecclesiastical seal Of approval, Where
the masses are taught such doctrine. in
deed and words, the nations have a
duty to perform. II IT, TO enforce the
recognition Of correct principles, and a
higher moral The nations feel called
upon to cooperate for the extermlna-
tlon Of anarchism and hihlism. They
cannot treat the Belgrade assassins
differently from any other criminals Of
the same class They took life with.
out even a pretense at the observation
Of legal FORMS and that is a crime in
every civilized country King Peter
may not have been aware Of the plots
laid. He may not be responsible He
says he Is not, But II this Is true, It
is an the more incumbent upon him to
bring the consplrators to justice. TN
til this is done, seryia should be ex-
cluded from the family OF nations.