Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-02
TWO KINGS IN EUROPE
ARE WITHOUT KINGDOMS
Peter of Serbia Has His Two Capt.
tails in Hands OF ln-
~ VudcrS.
HE Is FLEEING TO ALBANIA
Monarch Regarded as One of Most
Dramatic Figures in Wm-liiS
History Intimately Connected With
Two RcgiCidCs.

ftIENNA. January There is a
second king i'm Europ" without q king
dom, as "a result OF the Mar Peter Of
Serbia is to-day no better off than The
Kin. or the Hcignns. karaGcorgo-
Witch Is q fugitive betor, the advance
Of the Central Powers and BulIariau
troops Ills two capitals, BELGRADE and
Nish. arc in the hands 81 the invaders.
For time kiuE Pete" travelled in Il
special train NJ KruscyatCh he had
to abandon his movable court As he
stood I'm the station huildnG OF that
town and waited for the automobile
,hat was !" take him To other parts.
tears strcamed down his cheeks. one
OF his dwiudliug encourage murmurcd
Il few comforting words bat To these
King Peter merely nodded To-day
lie i said To he ON his way Ia Scutari.
Albania
In many respects King Peter is tho
most dramatic figure OF the European
war. TWO revtcidcs are intimately
connected with his history. tho murder
OF his predecessor, Alexander thrCno-
witch ana his queen. praGa. and the
assassination OF the Archdukc OF AUS
tria. the Dual Monarchy's heir prcsump-
tive. There are those who claim that
King rctcr knew Of tho two plots:
that indeed. he was the instiSator Of
the former. How true this is would
be hard TO say in tho absence OF more
evidence than has SO far been produced.
Certain is II only that King Peter
showed no inclination To bc severe with
the rcgicidcs in either case, lie even
managed to he on good terms with
Major MisitCh arch villain OF the crime
in 1.-THE old Kouak Of Belgrade thirteen
years ago.
Peter KaraGcorovitch never forgot
and never was permitted To forget, that
he had taken the place "f a man who
had been foully murdered. only II few
soverciGnS consented {" meet him ana
he WAS always "a i'll ut c2sc i'm the
presence Of s,raugcrs that Ii" usunlly
Stunned thcm.
King retor's family. i; is said is "f
Gypsy origin. The original Nnragcor"-
witch, or son Of Black Georsc. how
ever. Was Il shepherd. King 'e;cr him
self spcu, much of his lie in swift
zcrlaud. where The summons 20 Scrhia's
i'll ratcd throne reached him.
shortly art,r his election 10 the kiu"-
shin. rcttr cut,tcd INTO close relations
with the '1issi.rM crown. large an
nual revenue WAS settled Lpor hin, With
Tho understanding that in ali matter"
affecting Serbia t"roiCn policy he was
to lSrcp i;ussia's intcrcats on the Balkan
Peninsula in mjId.
TIL attitude OF The serbian l.ihcral
part: mad, such course by Russia
advisable This party had favored IT,"
establishment OF = icpubic in Scrniu
after >lcSnndcr and pra"a had been
murdered This ana the fact that tho
Liberals i'm those days were not the ar
dcut Pan Slnvists which they became
later. recommended the re cnforc"m o!t
Of The serbian crown maHcially. In
Petrowrad /, was felt that Russia
needed a reliable agent in tn, Balkans,
nor could il bc overlooked there that
experiments in republican government
by q SlaN people were not calculated to
make lif" for the RomaUon dynasty