Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-30
PETER A SECOND
KING WITHOUT A
STATE TO RULE
SERBIAN MONARCH TODAY is NO
BETTER OFF THAN Is The KING
OF THE BELGIANS.
HIS TWO CAPITALS IN HANDS or THE
INVADERS HE FLEES TO pro
LECTION OF FRIENDS.

4 correspondence of the Associated Pressl
VIENNA. Dee. e. There is a second
king ia Europe without A kingdom, M
a result of the war. Peter of Serbia j.
to-day no better of than The Kin. Of the
Helgians. karageorgovitch is a fugitive
before the advance Of the Central Pow
ers ami Bulgarian troops. His two cap
italS. Belgrade and Nish. are in the
hands If the invaders. For a time King
Peter Travelled in a special train. AT
kruSeyatch he had 10 abandon his NOV
able court As hc stood ia the station
building Of that town and waited for
the automobile that was to take him to
other parts. tears streamcd down his
checks. One of his dwindling cntomr-
age murmurctl a few comforting words.
but To these King Peter merely nodded.
Today he j. said 10 be on his way to
S%cntari. Albania.
In many respects King Peter j. the
most dramatic figure Of the European
war. Two regicideS are intimately ron
nected with his history. the murder of
his predecessor. Alexander Obrenovitch
and his Queen. Draga. and the aSsaSSi-
nation If the Archdukc Of Austria. the
Dual Monarchv'S heir preSumptiye.
. - itN Nv NiiiHI lUdl NiitG
Peter knew of the two plots. that. IN
deed, he WAS the instigator Of the f.
mer. How true this il would ~ hard
to SAY in the absence If more evidence
than has So far been produced. Certain
il T. only that King Peter showed no
inclination t. be severe with the rc-i-
.-idcS III either case. lie even managed
To- hr on good terms with Major Mi>itch
"a t,l, ,illafn &c f1. .,tn,a -, IL. III II.
max If Belgrade thirteen wears ago.
Peter Karageorovitch never forgot.
ana never was permitted ~ forget. that
he had taken the place III i man who
had been foullv murdered. Only - few
Soverei.nS consented to meet him and
he WAS always 80 i'll nj ease in the
presence IT strangers that he usually
Stunned them.
King Peters family. il is said. j. of
GYPSY origin. The original Ksra.eoro-
witch. or son OF Black Gcnrao" howevar
was u shepherd King Peter himself
spent much Of his life III Switzerland
Where the summons to Scrhia'S Inflated
throne reached him.
shortly after his election tn the king
ship. Peter entered into close relations
with the Russian crown. A large an
HH'i hN' NdN N'fit'fl AIf'n HlW WIN
the understanding that in I'll matters
atfecting Srrhin'S foreign policy he WAS
ia keep l;uS>ia'S interests on the Bal
ken Peninsula in mind.
The attitude Of The Serbian Liberal
PARTY made >ucn 4 course ~ Russia
advisable. This party had favored Tia.
establishment Of 4 republic in Serbia
after Alexander had been murdered.
This AVID IN" fact that the Liberals in
hos" da,~ were net the ardent pan
~irvi-'~ hi,h thnv hecInw later. rec
commended tic reinforcement If the Ser.
han crown Entuti nv. III P~etrograd II
WIS f"li that Russia needed a reliable
t"rut w the Bin ,"~ nor could il bc
"Nrrlcllrl III we that rNl- rim-ntS IN
r"plhiiran government T., . Slty proplr
we're not calculated ~ max. lirt fnr III"
l;"man'n DYNASTY easier i'pr twelve
wears. Peter drew his Ltu>Siln r,.."nr,
'rnurtHuitN a. serve IN rrturn N" WY.
ranecmcni made Scrbin u Ncriiahlc an.
ana. u ~ asserted here. never lost p>
rHndagr To- Russia AMI - far ~ the Hin.
ropean war has now progressed. proved
Srrhia'S n~mluing Whether or not King
Peter will ever rule i'm Serbia il hard r.