Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-24
KING PETER COT COLD DEAL
Servia's Monarch Not a Favorite at
Russian Court.
BELGRADE PAPERS BELCH FIRE
Austrian Politicians Much Interested
I'm the Accounts of the Recep-
tion Given the Visitor by
the Gar.
BY EMIL ANDRAssY.

VIENNA, April 23.-(Special Dispatch to
The Bee)-Despite the denial from ST.
Petersburg that King Peter of Servia was
received in Russia with decided coldness,
it is persistently reputed here that such
was the fact and that the Servian mon
arch feels the sights said to have been
put upon him, keenly. One Belgrade pa
per, in fact, says the king intends to alb
dicate in favor Of the crown prince, 1t is
felt here that King Peters position has
been rendered impossible by the czar. The
crown prince Of Servia is shortly going to
st. Petersburg at the invitation of the
czar, and it is said that the czar suggested
to King Peter that he should resign
Just how much truth there is in all these
stories it is impossible to say. 1t is not
impossible that they have been spread by
Austrian diplomacy which is greatly wor-
ried by the progress made by Russia in
solidfylng the Balkan Slavo under Rus
sian leadership.
Movement of Emperor.
The Emperor Francis Joseph, who has
been residing during the last six months at
the castle of Schonbrunn, is expected to
spend part of May at Budapest, and about
the middle of June he is going to Ischl
for a stay of three months 1t is expected
at Vienna that King Edward of England
will pay a private visit to the Emperor
Francis Joseph at Ischl during the second
week in August.
Woman of Courage.
The rather feeble health of the ex-queen
of Naples, the Emperor Francis Josephs
sster-in-law, recalls the fact that she is
the only woman who has received the
Russian cross of St. George, which is only
conferred for acts OF conspicuous bravery
under fire. The ex-queen received It In
recognition of the courage she displayed
in connection with the magnificent defense
OF Gaota against the armies of Garabaldl
and King Victor Emmanuel.
One day during the siege bomb fell into
the room where King Francis and Queen
Sophia were dining. King Francis retreated
to the cellar, trembling with fright. Queen
Sophia rose from the table and walked to
a looking glass that hung on the wall, and
noticing that her hair was whtened by
the plaster dust raised by the bursting
bomb. said quite calmly: What a pity
1t is that powder is no longer fashionable
Don't 1 look quite an eighteenth century
queen with my whitened hair? | must
keep 1t so while the garrison is being re-
viewed"
Queen Sophia conducted the entire de-
Tense of Gaota, which was so magnificent
that the garrison was permitted to march
! out with all the honors Of war. Every day
/ she visited the ramparts and encouraged
officers and men She sighted the guns
and her example shamed those who were
disposed TO surrender into an appearance
( OF courage.
Kerens L. Doing Well.
! United States Ambassador Kerens is rap
| idly making his position secure in Vienna
The Missouri statesman is lacking in some
OF the fine points of development upoT
which European diplomats place so mucl
stress but his hearty good humor and com
mon sense by far overbalance these omis
slons and his popularity is growing. The
/ fact that he is a devout Catholic Is a grea
help to him.