The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-17
KING PETER
 FIGUREHEAD MaSchin and MitSchitich
 Will Rule. A MILITARY DICTATORSHIP So Far All is Serene in the Kingdom of Servia. The People Seem to Know Little ana Care Less Regarding tho Trsnd
 of Politics Question
 of Republic.
A MILITARY DICTATORSHIP

Belgrade. June 1s,-The position cf Klno Peter promises to be little more than that of a royal captive. and the rea1 gov~ ernment of the country will be a military dictatorship under the leaders of the rev- olution. Colonel Maschin and Colonsz Mitschitich.
 The new King is almost without any personal adherants. and the ruling spirtta of the army. tt ts thought probable would just as readily murder him as theU did his predecessor, should he opposs their aims.
 At the present moment the whole ooun- try is under military rule and althougi1 no prefectss in the country districts hava been removed, each is accompanied by n army officer who attends the pref&c4 wherever he goes, even to the teiphona. This policy has led to one good result-s not single case of disorder anywhar9 has been reported.
 No Chance For Republic.
 Extremely forcibie arguments wsre tons of the radicals for q republic. Tho foremost advocate of the creation of q republican form of government waa Ljubomir Schiokovics. the editor of Tho Belgrade Odjek. Finding him imperviouA to arguments. the conspirators invited Saturday. During aee dinner his host told him that unless he agreed to supporz Prince Peter Karageorgevitch there would be one head less in Belgrade that night. M. Schiokovics yielded to the force of this reasoning. and accepted the situa- ton. He is now Minister of Justice m the new government.
 The deliberations of the members of tho Senate and Skupschtina on the repuhll- can question was materially hastened by the attendance of one of the leaders of the revolution. Colonel Mitschitch. The Colonel took no part in the proceedings, but his presence was significant enough army's choice. Premier Avokumovica told the deputies that it was useless to talk of a republic. as neither Russia nnr Austria would permit it. He further arr gued that the proposed new Legislation would give King Peter far less power United States.
 Delegation is Detained.
 In spite of the semi-official statements made that the delegation of the National Assembly elected to submit the crown to the newly chosen King. had already start ed, 1t is still here. The government de- ciares that the number of it's members, twenty-four. would entail too great . cost on the country in the way of trav- cling expenses, but the real reason of ths delay in it's departure is that the govern ment found some of It's members to ba adverse to King Peter.
 Now that the ministry has cut off tinstR travelling expenses. their desire to make the journey will he greatly diminished and the delegation will probably consist of a dozen members at the most,
 Inquiries in official circles everywhAr@ elicit the assurance that the people are delighted with the action of the govern ment. but conversations overneaEd km public places indicate that the people. especially those living outside the cqpi- tai, know little and care little about the trend of national politics.
 It is believed that the army win try Ga make secret terms with the new RfnRs by which 1t will retain the supremacy gained by the tragedy. but whether tho King will agree to tho conditions ifs un- certain.