The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-06-18
.SERVIAN TRAGEDY
KING AND QUEEN AND OTHERS
ASSASSiNATED.
Military Conspiracy Does Bloody
Work at acknowledgements
Dynasty Wiped Out and Prince
Alexander KarageOrgevitch Pro-
claimed King.

Belgrade, June PA military con-
spiracy, which subsequent events show
had the sympathy of the majority OF
the Servian people, was carried out in
the early hours of this morning, and
King Alexander, Queen Draga, her two
brothers and several ministers, were
assassinated.
Pince Peter Karageorgevitch, the pre-
tender to the throne, has been pro-
claimed king by the army, and there is
every reason to believe that this deci-
sion will be confirmed by the Servian
parliament, which has been called to
meet on June Is.
Country Is Quiet.
The revolution was executed without
any oposition on the part of the people
of Belgrade, and the capital of the
country remains quiet. While the main
outlines of the events which took place
within the royal palace are known, the
details are conflicting, owing to the ex
traordinary secrecy with which the plot
was contrived and carried out.
The chief conspirators we're ali men
of high rank, who acted in concert with
the army. The participation of the
latter i'll the assassinations of last
night, that blotted out the Obernovich
dynasty, which has ruled Servia, with
short interim ssion, for nearly a CEN
fury, is mainly due to the attitude of
King Alexander and his consort toward
the officers of the army, whom he al
ways treated with scant courtesy. His
desire to remove the war school from
Belgrade to Shebats particularly gave
the officers offense.
Is Sinister Date.
Todays date is sinister one in the
history of the Obrenovich house, being
tie forty-ffth anniversary of the assas-
sination of King Alexander Karageorge-
vich, the then leading member of the
house which has long disputed the
throne OF Seriva against the Obrenovich
family. and whose head today, Prince
Peter Karageorgevich, has been pro-
claimed king.
Dissatisfaction with King AIexan-
his suspension of the constitution last
April and it is from that time that the
military plot dates. The organization
of last nights bloody deed was carried
out with consummate skill. The king
for the past two months has been
thrown off his guard by the apparent
complacent reception of his recent
coup d'etat. In the meantime the con-
spirators had decided on June 10 as the
date for the execution of the revolution,
for two reasons:
First, it is the anniversary of the
murder of King Alexander's grand IN
Gle Michael, and second, because it was
feared that further delay wousld permit
the Skuptschina to settle the succession
to the throne according to the kings
wishes, and it was believed that the
brother of the hated queen would be
his choice.
Leaders in Revolt.
The prime movers in the plot We're
Ljubomir Schickovics and Ojislav Vic
kovics, who have entered the new cabi-
net as ministers of justice and finance
respectively. NJ. Schickovics was con-
demned to twenty years penal servitude
for an attempt to ASA ssinate former
King Milan.
The Sixth infantry, which was chos-
EN- to carry out the coup d'etat, was re-
Gently punished for having used ith
weapons against crowd OF demonstra-
tors. About enc O'Clock in the morn
ing the Sixth and Seventh regiments
were called to arms and were lei to
the royal palace, which they entirely
surrounded.
Some of the officers, led by Col. Mas
chin and Col. Maschios, forced their
way into the palace, shooting all who
attempted to bar their passage. They
were aided by treason within. The aide
de camp on duty, Col. Naumovics, had
been won over by the conspiratnrs and
was entrusted with the plans Tor action
within the royal enclosure. Several
doors leading to the ROYAL apartments
were blown in by dynamite Col. Nau-
movies himself bursting in the door OF
the royal bed chamber with bomb.
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