Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-27
-FOUR S0VERE|GNS
HAVE NO CAPITALS
Belgian, Serbian, Montenegro
and Albanian Rulers Driven
From Home.
BILLIONS ARE ADVANCED
TO KEEP NATIONS GOING
Governments of Three Are Very I'm
stable, While King Albert Is
More Firmly Seated.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
| LONDON, March 13-Four gn
governments are just now having a
somewhat transitory existence, Serbia.
| Albania, Montenegro and Belgium. with
seats of government outside their own
territory, living at private hotels much
like travelling tourists, as transient
guests owing to the everpresent pros
pect of moving on through the exigen-
cies of war: and with that strange
anomaly of complete governmental es-
Establishments with rulers. prime minis
tiers. cabinets, parliaments and admin
istrations, yet with no territory to ad-
minister.
Albania is the latest to pack the gov
eminent archives In travelling cases,
Essad Pasha, the nominal ruler. stop
ping first at Durrazo. then Brindisi,
and going on to the Greek island of
Corfu. The Serbian king, ministry and
administration were already at Corfu.
while members of the skouptchina, or
parliament. have been considering
session at Nice. with Premier Paschitz
Joining them there This would not be
far from the Montenegro temporary
seat of government at Lyon in cen
trail France. although three of the
Montenegro ministry still remain at
Podgoritza. Montenegro, so that it is
not quite certain whether the govern
ment is in Lyon PodogritZa. Bel
GUMS administration is much more
stable. but is also outside home terri
tory. al Havre, France. where the work
goes on in an extensive hotel at sea-
front suburb of the city
Premier Asuuith recently told parlia-
ment that about billion dollars had
been advanced to the allies. and an
other billion to them through the
banks at the governments request. He
did not specify which allies. but 1t is
understood that considerable of these
large sums has gone to keep up the
smaller governments in full state of
national sovereignty, for the signif-
icant reason that they would have a
voice nations, and perhaps vote,
when the final councils come after the
war.
Help From the British
This help from British Golfers has
been most opportune to the govern
with the usual revenues cut of from
customs and internal taxes, and the to-
bacco monopolies. postal. telegraph and
other sources of income in the hands
of the enemy. Without revenue, the ex-
penses of these smaller governments
have gone on steadily; they have kept
up their armies, foreign ministers and
consuls, a well ministers, royal es-
Establishments. and as much of the civil
administration as circumstances would
permit.
King Nicholas of Montenegro recent
ly informed the Montenegrin consul
general here that he had ordered the
three ministers remaining in Monte
negro not to undertake any govern
ment business or negotiations under
any circumstances, adding deprived for
the moment of his kingdom, like the
kings of Belgium and Serbia. the King
of Montenegro places the fate of his
government in the hands of the great
allies" These orders to the ministers
indicate that King Nicholas considers
the seat " government to be with him,
al Lyon, and not back in PodgoritZa.
With the king are his prime minister.
Miouchekovitch and his family, Queen
Milena, Princesses Vera, Xenia and
Militia, and the heir to the throne,
Prince Danilo. One of the princess
Duke Peter of Russia, while another,
Anastasie. who is not with the family,
married the Grand Duke Nicholas Nix
olawitch and another. Helene, is now
Queen of Italy. There are German con-
nections. as well, the crown prince
having married a German duchess. and
the daughter, Anna, married a German
prince
nat the ministers remaining DdCk at
Podgoritza think they are really the
government Is indicated by recent
statement by the minister of foreign
affairs. Mr.. Popovitch. TN accordance
with the constitution" he said. three
Of US remained behind and constitute
the whole of the government. I am
minister of foreign affairs and minis
ter of the interior, Mr.. Radalovitch is
acting premier and minister of educa
tion. and Gen. Nesovitch is minister OF
war"
These are the ministers, however. who
were ordered by King Nicholas not to
carry on business. and it remains to be
seen who is the real government.
Serb Government at Corfu.
The Serbian seat of government at
Corfu is also IN a hotel. the largest es-
tablishment on the island, formerly
run by a German. but now entirely
taken over for Serbian cabinet meet
ings and administration. Here the min
| listers have their Offices. and in COM
pany with Albanian officials recently