Arizona republican., 1921-08-30


 isms that might be termed crude even in a prince. He used to get
 drunk and beat his mistresses and be turned out of saloons. He even
 went to the length of killing his
 valet. Whether he would ever have
 been permitted to mount the throne
 is doubtful, but he settled the matter
 for himself during one phase of the
 Bosnia Herzegovina troubles. Austria had announced that the modified in- dependence of this tiny province was to be taken from it. and the Serbs who had cherished some faint hope that their brother Serbs in Bosnia Herzegovina might some day be re- stored to them-began an agitation. George led a parade in the streets of Belgrade which broke the win dows of various Austrian residents. Naturally enough Austria inquired whether this conduct on the part of the heir apparent might be consid- cred as a definite statement of the sentiment of the Serbian state. King
 Peter felt his duty plain. No matter how much he may have sympathized with George in his capacity as a Serb. as king it was his duty to keep his
 people out of war. So that he sent TOT 1eorSe anu prohe tne news to him.
 Resigned Heirship to Throne First you must resign your heir ship to the throne said Peter. "and then you must get far, far away from here.''
 Which George did. The second son, Alexander, was made the heir to the throne, and George is now trying to fill the shoes left vacant by his uncle. Tt..s.- T. ..lx. IL. Montmartre section. He has not
 killed any valets lately, owing to a prejudice on the part of the French
 against such goings on, but he is said
 in other, ways to be the life of any
 party on The Hill to which he may
 he invited. He rarely gives any par
 ties himself, as his revenues do not
 run to such extravagances. During the war he served as chauffeur, though at a distance from the front. The Serbian soldiers indicated they had enough to bear without being called on to put up with George. If Alexander were to die, then, the direct heir to the throne would be his
 uncle Arsene, who at last accounts
 was still marooned in the Caucasus. Arsene, however, signed some sort of a paper under duress in which he agreed never to attempt to claim the throne. no matter what happened. His son, Pavlo, or Paul, would nat urally become the heir. He is said to
 be a nice, manferly, rather colorless boy in his early twenties, but utterly without the personality necessary to | hold the grim statesmen of the Bal | kans in life. Nor could he depend
 upon the services of Prime Minister Pachitch much longer. Pachitch Is
 over 80, and his nerves have not
 recovered from the shock sustained when he and Alexander were bombed not long ago. Neither was seriously | hurt, but a man of 80 can be for given for suffering a slight lapse of morale when a bomb explodes under
 his carriage.
 Alexander AII-Important | Alexander seemed a modest and
 inconspicuous youth when he was
 made regent and heir apparent But
 he has developed marvelously since | then. Jugo- Slavia, made up as 1t is tof Croats. Slovenes and Serbs-all of the same blood but bg no means Of the same opinions-has been main- tained as a going concern very large Fly through Alexander's strength and | fairness. He is strong enough to be Il the ruler, but he is also fair enough } not to attempt to penalize those who differ from him. The Croats and I Slovenes have their fair share of the government, but theirs is a loyalty to Alexander, it is believed, rather than a loyalty to the new kingdom. | With Alexander removed anything might happen.
 Some prophetic things have already T happened. The city of Nish is in the hands of communistic gov {. ernment. Belgrade's municipal gov- ernment is almost communistic in personnel. Minister Rascovitch was assassinated a. few weeks ago by a . communit, and the plot was traced direct to a group which had its head
 ship in the Skuptshina or legislative , assembly. The government at once , enacted 1awswith teeth in it. Eight , members of the parliament were ar !, rested at the door of the chamber ! that day and others were warned f that they were under surveillance. F One thousand communists are said I to have been imprisoned. The gov
 ernment has given them to know that
 any subversive activity will De } answered by rifle balls. Eliminate
 Alexander from the situation and the situation is apt to go to pot. I New Republic Problem : Meanwhile the new republic of Ba-
 ranya has thrown it's hat into the
 ring On the Austrian border, it has
 a mixed population of Magyars and
 Serbs. The allies held plebiscite to
 determine whether. it should go to
 Serbia or Hungary, but the Baran-
 vans themselves have declared re-
 public under the protectorate of the
 kingdom of the Serbs, Greats and
 Slovenes. The British military mis-
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