Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-15

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~ ELGRADE, May 3--Prince George
KarageorgAvitch despite his
remuneration Of the thronss
of his fathcr. may yet reign
over Servia. In this funny little
land where they change their
minds as often as they. do their clothes,
public sympathy is veerlng around in
his favor and there is now a. large and
powerful body of public and official
opinion which excuses and even ap-
plauds his killing his valet
This change of front is due entirely
to sober reflection and to the search
ing light Of publicity which has been,
trained on the events leading. up to the
unfortunate death Of the valet There
Is very bitter feeling among the SsrN-
ians over the unsatisfactory ending Of
the negotiations with Austria Hungary
and It is generally felt that had Prince
George had his way the little Balkan
state would have emerged from the
encounter of wits with more glory and
prestige. 1t is now realized that how
ever much truth there may bef:in tho
humberleas charges against the high
spirited prince, he was undoubtedly the
victim of q. series OF cleverly planned
Vaccinations on the part OF the dual
monarchy. So.
The paper which first printed the re-
port OF the assault upon the valet is in
the pay of Austria which has crowds of
spies in the Servian capital and man
ages to give the prince as, black a char
aeter as possible On making cargful
INQUIRIES j found that the paper had no
better authority than woman who
sad she was the dead Wallets sister.
she said that the prince gave a letter
70 20. hef brother to post. A short Tina
afterwards he asked If it were posted.
les, your llighness, it Isl was the
/ answer The girl affirmed that, on
nearing this, the prince got into a rage,
,tliew the valet down stairs ran after
MN and kicked him with his spurrea
boots. till bleeding and exhausted. he
,,ad TO be taken to the hospital where
ne died shortly afterwards.
"Ie DESERVED IT,
This version OF the story was spread
a, an over the world and religiously be-
.iasea. OF course the prince is an inn
5pahieht man. but, to- anybody who
h Knows him at all it would be incredible
alitt ne, lnilving thrown a man down,
s.ontlhued to kick him. But. by the ma
si y;r who do not know anything about
. nun except what they hear from Aus
i'"tisltss, lllS part OIL tue StUrS
~ Nfs accepted in good faith Some went
~ hir as to say that it was the fifth
,'r ne had killed within the past year.
tne prince. with all his faults. Is a
.'uelitul person. II did not kick him
~ ueath. he said, when spoken 10 !
I' ~, II, and, what is more, even had
Nile n,iled him. he deserved It,"
~, nus statementfalso was exaggerated |
~ the paper that first attacked him
sa The prince says the man de- |
we'd ,,, the death he got. What better
pt ~ 40 we want of his quite"
IN IN the end the indignation against
a,e prince grew so strong that. dis I
he ,uss0ta at his unpopularity. he wrote
Oh, nI,5 hfs& famous letter to the Skoupts-
, n,.,ia, i,r parliament. saying, that lis a
s,,i,. against the way his future
Detained his name without
M iRg the facts of the case, he had
rrr,l. up his mind to renounce his
So. ,Ishl TO the Serrian crown. He had
ttih, H. demanded an inquiry, which
to to- pa per , that spread the story, refused
VALET WAS a SPY,
in -s IosS that things have Quoted down
ra.,t Pc = grade Il Is possible to GET 10 the I.
t, ~. Facts Facts OF theS case. Since his "a
The .solil russia. which he visited with n
via via nope. that the car would help SER
baen s' s5llilst Austria, the prince has
uffounded by spies. 1t is easier