The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-18
COMES AS OFFICIAL
EMISSARY OF FRANCE

the King was warned OF the attempt
about to be made TO kdnap and de.
pose him. and 1t was because OF the
/ resistance which he offered that ne
was shot and sabred to death, together
| with Queen Draga. instead oil being
| merely chloroformed.
II seems that the consplrators had al
| first arranged TO offer the throne 10 "A
| Russian prince of the blood But they
were given TO understand that tins
would lead to an immediate occupn-
! ton OF Scrvia by Austria. Realizing
thereupon the inheritance OF .iustrias
attitude in the entire AFFAIR. Navoko
vitch himself and another OF the lead
ers OF the conspiracy, proceeded TO
Vienna, where 1t was intinlated to them
by some Austrian parsonage high In
authority that once Peter KaraSeorge
witch mad been proclaimed King. his
election to the throne by the Servian
national legislature would meet with
no opposition on tho part OF the Aus
trian government II was this that
virtually determined the conspirators
to continue in their resolve to remove
King Alexander: and people In Vienna
are spocuating as TO who this Aus
trian disni.ary was, who thus dispelied
the iinal hesitation OF the conspirators
against King Alexander and practical
that Il was possibly Count Golouchow
ski. who WIS Austrian Minister OF For-
cign Affairs at the time; and that his
Subsequent withdrawal into private
shrouded in certain amount OF mys-
terry was prompted by Emperor Fran
els Joseph's dissatisfaction with the
encouragement that he had in so many
words given to Eavokovitch and his
fellow con plrators.
Asia Savokovitch is the leader of the
Scrvlan bar, and IS one OF the three
acknowledged organizers and leaders OF
the conspiracy. IL Is universally adj
mitted that his revelations are en-
tirely authentic. and within rather than
/ beyond the truth. They have created
sensation, both throughout Seryia
where they are held TO strengthen the
reports OF King Peters Imminent alb
dication. IT is difficult TO see how Pc
ter can possibly continue to remain on
the throne after Savokoyitch's dis
closures of his completely in the con-
spiracy which resulted in the murder
OF his predecessor. and notices have al
ready been given by the members or
the Servian legislature that as soon
as ever it meets this month a. Bel
grade they intend TO interpellate the
government concerning the kings con-
uvance at the tragedy.
Sir Edmund Lacon has not long sur
vived either his marriage two months
ago, In Canada, or his bankruptcy In
England. For on the very day follow
ing the most recent meeting of his
$4,000 worth of creditors in the court
OF bankruptcy in London, fortnight
ago, cablegram was received from
Canada. announcing that ne had been
killed there. He was born on this side
of the Atlantic, where his father. tile
late Thomas Lacon, settled after his
marriage with the daughter of r.. q.
Banks, OF Toronto Canada. Sir Ed
mund was, until he became involved
in financial difficulties an officer OF
the Twelfth Lancers, served as such
in the South African War, and succeed
ed his uncle, the late Sir Edward La
con, in the family baronetcy, eleven
years ago. He was also for a few
years n sleeping partner In firm OF
bankers in the eastern counties.
The Lacons, like the Gurneys, have.
while members of the old county fam
lilies of Norfolk, dabbled in banking
and In beer. But their former sue
cesses in these directions have not
been maintained. and their ancestral
home, Ormsby House. at Great Var
mouth. and Raynham Hall, have passed
out of the possession OF the family.
Until the late Sir Edmund's marriage,
his younger brother, George Lacon
captain of the Royal Yorkshire regi-
ment, was regarded as his heir But
now, of course, he cannot succeed to
the title: until 1t Is definitely deter
mined whether or not the newly we'd :
ded Lady Lacon has any hopes of be-
coming mother. and II SO, whether the
child to which-sbe may give birth Is
a son, who would in that event become
the sixth baronet.
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