Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-29
FOUR SOVEREIGN
GOVERNMENTS ARE
NOW TRANSITORY
Rulers of Serbia, Albania,
Montenegro and Belgium
Without Palaces

Correspondence of the Associated Press
London, April e5.-Four sovereign
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 ever-present pros
poets of moving on through the exigen-
cies of war; and with that strange
anomaly OF complete government es-
Establishments with rulers. prime minis
ters, cabinets, parliaments, and admin
| istrations, yet with no territory to ad-
minister.
Albania is the latest to pack the gov
ernment archives in travelling cases,
Essad Pacha, the nominal ruler. stop
ping first at Durranzo, then Brindisi.
and going on TO the Greek island of
Corfu. The Serbian king. ministry and
administration was already at Corfu.
while members of the Skoptchina, or
parliament, have been considering ses-
sion at Nice, with Premier Paschitz
joining them there. This would not be
far from the Montenegro temporary
seat of government at Lyons, in CEN
tral France, although three of the
Montenegro ministry still remain at
PodSritza, Montenegro. so that 1T is
not quite certain whether the govern
ment is In Lyons or Podgritza. Bel
GUMS administra Ion is much more
stable, but is also outside home ter
ritory, at llavre, France, where the
work goes on in an extensive hotel at
seafront suburb of the city.
Premier Asquith recently told Par
Lament that about a billion dollars had
been advanced to the Allies, and an
other billion to them through the banks
at the governments request. lie did
not specify which Allies, but it is un-
derstood that considerable of these
large sums has gone to keep UP the
smaller governments in a full state of
national sovereignty. for the siSnili-
cant 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
fhas been most opportune to the govern
7 ments separated from their countries,
with the usual revenues cut off 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
G expenses of these smaller governments
have gone on steadily; they have kept
up their armies. foreign ministers and
consuls. as well as ministries, royal
establishments and as much of the
civil administration as circumstances
would permit.
!. Up 10 Allies
Il King Nicholas of Montenegro recent
|, ly informed the Montenegrin consul
: general here that he had ordered the
h three ministers remaining in Monte
!, negro not to undertake any govern
Il ment business or negotiations under
n any circumstances, adding deprived
8 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
n great Allies" These orders to the
+ ministers indicate that King Nicholas
h considers the seat of government tC
be with him, at Lyons, and did not bach
= in Podgoritza. With the king are hi
: prime minister, Miouchekovitch, and his
J. family, Queen Milena. Princess Vera
Xenia and Militia, and the heir to tn,
throne, Prince Danilo. One of thu
e princess daughter. Militia, married tn,
n Grand Duke Peter, OF Russia, while an
n other Anastasie, who is not with thu
II family, married the Grand Duke Nicho
= las Nikolawitch, and another, Helena
is now Queen of Italy. There are Ger
l. man connections, as well, the Crow
n, Prince having married German
n duchess, and the daughter, Anna, mar
e red German prince
% That the ministers remaining back a
Podgoritza think they are really tn,
ID government is indicated by recen
m tatement by the Minister of Foreign
20 Affairs, Mr.. Popovitch. "In accord
,r ance with the constitution" he said
n three of us remained behind and con
'r stitute the whole of the government.
;, am minister of foreign affairs and min
10 lister of the interior, Mr.. Radalovitch
* is acting premier and minister of edu
ss cation, and Gan. Vesovitch is minister
of war"
Living mt Hotel
These are the ministers, however, Wht
were ordered by King Nicholas not Il
carry on business, and it remains Il
be seen who is the real government.