The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-12
SBecidi Correspondence to THK Sun.

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he plays very badly and Yet Away!
wins. 1t Is an open secret that durint
the last ten years the old King regulari!
spent many hours every day playing
poker with the diplomatic representa-
tives Of the great Powers accredited a
his court. whose chief and best qualifi
cation consisted IN allowing him to win
thus a great portion of their office al
iowaices was transferred into the Kings
pockets.
The more a diplomatist lost In poker
at the royal palace at ccttinje tn,
greater was the influence he acquired
with the King. who Judged Ministers and
the countries they represented according
to the amounts they could afford to lose
at poker.
"ln the Kings pocket" a diploinatist
who spent many years in Montenegro
recently said. zone will find RUSSIAN
rubles. English soyereigns. Austrian
crown and French Napoleons all mixed
together. and strangely enough. In some
mysterious way. enemy COINS Stnl KEEP
filing the Kings pockets even during the
war despite the fact that the representa-
tives Of the Central Powers, both no.
toriously bad poker players, left Get
TIM" early In August. 1"1i
tn discovery made by this diplomat
ist AMI expressed In diplomatic language
hgurativc but quite plain. was Ear from
a mystery to many people who tried t.
explain II by openly limiting that the
Gernan wife Of the Crown Prince OF
Montenegro. Duchess Jutta ,Militza
of Mccklenburg-Strclitz. probably con
tinucd to receive her allowance IRON
Germany during the war. Her husband
Prince Danilo. spent most OF his time
abroad. even when war broke out, pref
erably In Switzerland or southern France
and his absence from Montenegro wa'
regarded with suspicion. especially 10y
the French. but then nobody suspected
his father ~ conspiring with the enemy
Continued TO play Poker.
The old King continued to play pokel
with the representatives Of the Allies a.
rettini. and during the early part ~
the war the Mouteucgrins fought sid'
by side with the Serbians against tn
Austrians. Nobody then doubted tina
King Nicholas was not heart and sou
with the Allies.
The French and English helped Mon
tcnegro and French MAYA, guns will
French artillerymen were sent to Mon
tenegro and bombardcd tattdro from M
IoNChen. Inc kuSSldnS sent MUNITIONS
and money To Montenegro and the Itai
ians provisions and supplies, but nothing
came out of the Auglo-French nava
operations in the Adriat!c and cattart
remained Austrian.
When Italy entered the war tho Him
OF Montenegro Was most site
and despit. the fact that there was M
low. lost be,weeu him and his sun-in
law Victor Emmanuel. cordial telegram
were exchanged. II was then cNp.cte,
tina, the Non,cn,rrins and tho Serbian
would resume the offensive against IN
ku~s,rians IN order To- prevent them iron
sending troops t. the western frontie
against Italy. Instead nothing Wa
done.
TIL. serbian army was being rcorgan
lied after driving ont tho Austrian IN
vadcrs and the nation. after d"f"a'iul
another dangerous 20" IN tho -t"i'" "
typhus fever. wts resting "h 's wlilt'",
~laur-ls. The Mont"ucgriuS d'd NOT eve
attempt to explain their pa~~lN" r'ti'lh
toward Austria, hut "n'N compliance
because ltali.u help WAS lt"hing
Meanwhile, the AuStritrs, Nh" '"u'
have easily attacked Mnnten"sr"' W'r
lkewis" passive" Hardy any ''""p
w"r" left along IN" M"u'rh'Er'h 'r"'
tier. and the heavy AftlI'TH "'i''u'''
Saraj.No in the early dtS- oi '"' wa
threatened 10y the Mohteh'gr'h WI
sent TO the lttIian IRON,
'~C'tSl"'diN y" N"'" -"
,,,,n. ,,.- r.,,,ri, and podpori,za. hu
even Those air raids St"pl~H' an" 'r"r
May 20 October, l'l'. hardy a sh"' Wa
fired between i"" M'n'"N'si'hs '"" III
.Austrians.