Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-12

Belgrade, June IA military con-
spiracy, which subsequent events show
had the sympathy of the majority of
the Scrvian people, was carried out in
the early hours of this morning, and
King Alexander Queen Draga, her two
brothers and several ministers, We're
asSaSSnated.
Prince Peter Knrageorgevitch, the
pretender to the throne, has been pro-
claimed King by the army and there is
every reason to believe that this de-
ciSiOn Will be confirmed by the Scrvian
Parliament, which has been summoned
to meet, June Is.
The revolution was executed without
any opposition on the part of the peo-
pie of Belgrade and the capital ana the
country remain tranquil.
The following is the official list of
the killed:
King Alexander.
Queen Draga.
The Queens two brothers.
Premier MarkOvitch.
The minister of war.
Two aides dc camp and two other
officers.
The time of the agsassinations is
given officially as A. NJ.
While the main outlines of the event
which took place within the royal
palace are known, details are conflict
ing owing to the extraordinary secrecy
with which the plot was contrived and
carried out. The chief conspratOrS
were all men of high rank who acted in
concert with the army. The participa-
ton of the latter in the asSaSSinatiOnS
of last night, which blotted out the
Obrenovitch dynasty, which has ruled
Servia with a short intermission for
nearly a century, is mainly due to the
attitude of King Alexander and his
consOrt towards the officers of the
army, whom he always treated with
scant courtesy. His desire to remove
the war school from Belgrade to
ShebatZ gave the officers offence.
TodaN's date is a sinister one in tho
history of the Obrenovitch house, be
ing the 35th anniversary of the assassi-
nation of King AleXander's grand I'M
Gle. Michael, who was done to death
by agents of Alexander Karageorge
witch. the then leading member of the
house which has long disputed the
throne of Servia against the Obenovitch
family, and whose head, today, Prince
KarageOrgevitch, has been proclaimed
King.
dissatisfaction against King Alexan-
(ler's rule has been accumulated since
his suspension of the constitution last
April and it is from that time that the
military plot dates. The organization
of In nj inl
out with consummate skill. The King
for the past two months was thrown off
his guard by the apparent quietude of
the reception of his recent coup d'etat.
In the meantime the conspirators had
decided on June 10 as the date for the
execution of the revolution for two rea-
sons. first it is the anniversary of the
murder of King Alexanders grand I'M
Gle Michael, and second, because it was
feared that further delay would per-
nit the Skuptschina to settle the sue
cession to the throne according to the
Kings wishes and it was believed that
the hated Queen would be his choice.
The prime movers in the plot were
Liubomir Schiokovics and Vojislav
Velikovics. who have entered the new
cabinet as ministers of justice and
finance, respectively. NJ. Schiokovics
was condemned to 90 years penal SER
yitude for an attempt to assassinate
former King Milan.
The King and Queen passed the eve
Of their death quietly. They attended
q choral festival. then took supper in
the Konak and afterwards retired to
rest. Meantime the conspirators held
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