Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-29
FOUR NATIONS
Of EARTH FACE
UNCERTAIN FATE
Serbia, Albania, Montenegro
and Belgium Leading a
TranSitoy Existence With
Capitals Outside Territory,

London. March 14-Four sovereign
governments are just now having n
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 trans
lent guests owing to the ever-present
prospect of moving on through the ex-
igencies of war; and with that strange
anomaly Of complete governmental
establishments with rulers, prime min
isters, cabinets. parliaments, and adj
ministratlons yet with no territory
to administer.
Albania is the latest to pack the
government archives in travelling
cases, Essad Pacha, the nominal ruler.
stopping first at Durrazo. then Brin-
dist, and going on to the Greek is
land of Corfu. The Serbian king,
ministry and administration was al
ready 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 Mon
tenegro temporary seat of government
al Lyons, in central France. althogh
three of the Montenegro ministry still
remain at Podgritza, Montenegro so
that it is not quite certain whether
the government is in Lyons or Pod
gritza. Belgimu's administration is
much more stable. but is also outside
home territory, at Havre, France,
where the work goes on in an eX-
tensive hotel at a seafront suburb of
the city.
Help From Allies.
Premier Asquth recently told par
lament that about billion dollars
had been advanced to the allies, and
another billion to them through the
banks at the governments request.
He did not specify which allies, but
it 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 as nations and perhaps a vote,
when the final councils come over the
war. This help from British Golfers
has been most opportune to the
governments separated from their
countries with the usual revenues cut
off from customs and internal taxes,
and the tobacco monopolies, postal,
telegraph and other sources of in
come, in the hands of the enemy.
Without revenue, the expenses of
these smaller governments have gone
on steadily: they have kept up their
art,,ipe fopaiop ,,iptetarg and cppgtIic
as well as ministries, royal establish
ments, and as much of the civil adj
ADMINISTRATION as circumstances would
permit.
King Nicholas of Montenegro re-
Gently informed the Montenegro con-
sui general here that he had ordered
the three ministers remaining in Mon
tenegro 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 Of government to
be with him, at Lyons and not back
in Podgritza. With the king are his
prime minister. Miouchekovitch, and
his family, queen Milena, Princess
Vera, Xenia and Militia. and the heir
to the throne, Prince Danilo One of
the princesss daughters Militia, mar
ried the Grand Duke Peter of Russia,
while another, Anastasie, who is not
with the family, married the Grand
Duke Nicholas Nikolawitch. and an
other, Helene. is now queen Of Italy.
There are German connections, as
WELL the crown prince having married
a German Duchess, and the daughter,
Anna, married a German prince.
Ministers the Government.
That the ministers remaining back
at Podgritza think they are really the
government is Indicated by recent
statement by the Minister Of Foreign