The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-17
Committee Leaves For Geneva to
Bring Peter to Belgrade.
HOLY CELEBRATION HELD.
Metropolitan of state Church In
Services at Cathedral Praises Army
For It's Recent Action-Peopie
of the Capital Apathetic.

headed by the presidents Of the two
houses, has left Belgrade by special
train to inform King Peter of his cleo
ton to the throne. The officers who
have been appointed to attend the king
went on the same train. The deputa-
ton Is expected to return here with the
king on Monday or Tuesday next.
The chamber met at 10 o'clock and
adjourned to go to the cathedral, where
a great thanksgiving service, including
Te Deum, was celebrated.
The ministers attended the service,
which was carried out with all the
stately ceremonial Of the Greek church.
The cathedral presented a picturesque
scene. The aged metropolitan, in gor-
geous vestmeHts Of purple and cloth Of
gold and with jeweled inter, was sur
rounded by the bishops and priests Of
the cathedral chapter. Half the con
gregation was composed Of army Of
ficers in full uniform. The ministers
wore dress suits and all their orders
The metropolitan in brief address
congratulated the nation on the restora
ton of the Karageorgevitch dynasty,
a dynasty which had included so many
brave and noble men, While deploring
the necessity for recent events, he
thanked the army for what 1t had
done and praised its behavior. The
officers audibly expressed their pleas.
ure at these remarks from the prelate
who concluded with invoking a bless
Ing on King Peter and expressing the
hope that under him Servia would en-.
joy peace and prosperity.
During the services cannon stationed
in the vicinity were fred at intervals,
Troops lined the street in front Of the
cathedral.
Extraordinary lack Of interest Isl
shown by the majority Of the people in
the events arising from the revolution
The notice issued By the municipal au
thorities calling on the inhabitants to
decorate their houses in honor Of the
new king has met with seant attention
and the town by no means has fes
tive appearance.
The new royal ciphers, ordered at
SemIin, Hungary, some days ago are
reaching the military depots and VIII
be served out to the army before the
arrival Of King Peter.
The portraits Of tie late King Alex
ander are being removed from the
walls Of public offices and placed in
lumber rooms,
Rehabilitating the Palace.
Workmen are busy day and night al
the palace removing an signs Of the
tragedy and repairing the damages
caused by flying bullets preparatory
to the installation Of the new ruler
The ministers had promised to conduct
the newspaper men to the scene of the
tragedy. but when the reporters at
tended at the appointed hour they were
CURLY told that the Inspection had been
postponed 1t was evident that an
traces Of the massacre had not yet
been removed.
1t appears very unlikely that an Of
fetal account of the crime will be pub
lished The absence Of ali expression
of regret among the educated classes is 4
most striking and leads TO the conclu
sion that either the assassinations
were extremely popular or the Ser
vians are the most impassive people III
the world As matter Of fact the
whole country is governed by few
men. and in many cases the peasantry
are ignorant Of the cause Of tie change |
There are peasants living not far from |
the capital who do not know the name |
of their own king and think The car
governs the country.
No further progress has been made |
In the revision Of the constitution.
Many Of the better class OF Seryians
aver that the present ministry is in |
clined to conservative ideals and de- |
sires TO protract the deliberations ON
the subject of the modification Of the |
constitution until the arrival Of King
Peter thus giving the new sovereign d 7
free hand in granting q new constitu-
ton. This is partly confirmed by tile
report Of the committee Of the chamber \
appointed to revise the constitution,
which had been instructed to produce
an entirely new one based on the con
stitution Of 1888. The more liberal
politicians strongly object to the incor-
poration in the new constitution of the
principle that the people should receive
the constitution from the king at all.
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