The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 12, 1903, Page 1

VOLUME XCIV-NO. 12. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1903. FOUL DEED OF REGICIDES PRICE FIVE CENTS. DELIGHTS THE SERVIANS Populace Re joices Over Tragedy. | v || ~ 1 No Mercy Is'; Shown the ; Rulers. ] Loyal Aides| Die With King. | Call and New York | by the New York | | | { ELGRADE. Servia, | June 11.—! week aided by | arm r the in-| | Peter a provis- | aed 1o, 5 i Rapreseniatiyes-shall Al- the Servian| | Sibal !‘ \ | sovereign. excitec vitch. Premier:| | Mir Loungevitza, ark of | | other| | Petrovitch youngest brother of | | ant Colonel M {ing’s aid-de-camp; a d two soldiers. | King Kills One of the Assassins in His Chamber|, and New York by the New York ONDON, June 11.—Dramatic de- L tails of King Alexander’s death are given in a Semlin (Hun- giry) dispatch to the Daily Express. After describing the arrival at the palace of the conspirators, headed by 1 Mischin, whose brother was Draga’s first husband, and Naumovics, the correspond- says, noise of the melee at the es brought together the palace ser- and attendants, who were im- een At every made prisoners. r soldiers with fixed bayonets ere placed with orders to shoot vu any one offering the slightest tanoce A number guards who sought to escape were i ly bayoneted. this & -_ e CZAR’S GOVERNMENT CHARGED WITH AIDING CONSPIRATORS UT of the tragedy in the Servian capital will come profit to Russia. Prince Peter Karageorgevitch is a great admirer of the Czar's government, and his eldest son, now the heir to the throme, is practically a ward of Nicholas II, and is being educated at the latter’s expense in St. Petersburg. In the other capitals of Europe suspicion is already being directed toward Rus- sia, and it is hinted that Russian gold provided the sinews for the Karageorgevitch conspirators. pretender made numerous trips to St. Petersburg. Thus far the nations of Europe appear disposed not to interfere in the Servian affair, and the world’s peace is not likely to be endangered. Prince Peter Karageorgevitch is about to leave for Belgrade, where, judging from the rejoicing of the populace over the down- fall of the Obrenovitch dynasty, he will receive a popular welcome. The Servians appear to be well content with the change in rulers. e - | | E2 Brother of Queen Draga, Wournded in a Dozen Places, Makes [ — hands of a private. his room, shouting: himself and was killed. revolver. reason of palace | Naumovics held toward him a paper. “We demand your Majesty’s signa- ture to this paper,” he said. way the Queen’s youngest | tains 2 promise on your part to break brother, who appeared in a passage | with the woman Draga, this woman | in his night clothes, met death at the|of ill-repute, who has brought dis-| LIFE OF NEW RULER OF SERVIA RINCE PETER KARAGEORGEVITCH, who has been proclaimed King. of Secrvia, bases his claim_to the throne on his ancestor,”Kara George, who from 1804 until 1813 was leader of the Servians and cleared the country of Turks after years of fighting. ; The Turks, however, made a new conquest of Servia in 1813, and Kara George fled to Austria. He returned four years later and’ was assassinated by order of Mulos Obrenovitch, who had made himself leader in Kara George's absence. The Obrenovitches remained in power until 1842, when they were forced out, and Alex- ander Karageorgevitch, of the family of the new King, was proclaimed Prince. Alexander was in turn driven out in 1858 and Obrenovitch again put into power. ; Prince Peter Karageorgevitch was born in Belgrade in.1846. His father was principal in- stigator of the murder of Prince Michael of Servia in 1868, and.was forbidden ever to set foot in Servia. Peter was married in 1883 to Princess Zorka, daughter of Prince Nicholas of Mon- tenegro. She died in 1890. There are at present four adult Princesses. Peter has two sons, George and Alexander, who are in St.'Petersburg being educated, in care of their Uncle Alexis. The elder is a protege of the Czar. —_—_— Gallant Stand Against a Score of Conspirators. “What does this mean? How dare you enter this place?” An officer ordered him to consider under arrest. He resisted In the meantime Colonel Naumo- vics had burst open the door leading to the King's apartment with a bomb. Colonel Naumovics, Colonel Mischin and Major Lazerewics, the open enemy of the King, rushed into the room with drawn revolvers. King, attired in only his nightdress, stood in the middle of the room, pale and excited. latter an The In his hand he held a He demanded furiously the of the intrusion. Colonel “It con- He rushed out of [ grace upon your house and nation. Failing in this you must abdicate.” The King drew himself up, stepped back toward the bed and, aiming de- | liberately, fired a revolver at Naumo- vics, who fell dead, shot through the head. s At this moment Queen Draga ap- peared at the door, opposite, crying out for help. The King turned to her and begged her to be calm and not to be frightened, soothing her with tender words and requesting her to return to her apartments. Queen Draga refused to move, and, advanc- ing toward Colonel Mischin, begged him piteously not to murder them. Colonel Mischin had in the meantime picked up the paper which his dead comrade had carried and held it up, shouting: “Let him sign this document and free Servia from your miserable pres- ence.” & At this moment Major Lazerewics e rushed into the room, fresh from an encounter - with Lieutenant Lounge- vitza, the Queen’s brother, who had of- fered most heroic resistance in an- other part of the palace. Tieutenant Loungevitza, wounded in a dozen places by bayonet thrusts and bullets, had torn past his enemies, sword in hand, fighting his way to the door, where, coming face to face with Colonel Mischin, he was shot dead by | that determined conspirator. At the sight of Colonel Mischin in- flamed with passion the King turned to the Queen and told her to fly for her life. They both ran from the room, followed by the officers. Behind the latter came a stream of shouting sol- diery. The King and Queen ran through the royal sleeping apartments, slam- ming doors behind them. Followed by shots from the soldiers they reached the roof in safety, but Continued on Page 4, Column 3, boella L arncToRGEVITE: Within the past several months the King Alexander Pays Dearly for His Coup d’Etat. ARIS, June 11.—The startling announcement of the assasination of the King and Queen of Servia . caused a deep sensation here, particularly in govern- The Foreign Office re- ceived early advices from the French Minister at Belgrade confirming the Belgrade press dispatches and adding that the icity was comparatively quiet, the people seeming to accept the proclamation of Prince Karageorge- vitch as King. Foreign Minister Delcasse communicated his advices to President Loubet. Officials of the Foreign Office say it is too soon to in- dicate clearly the effect of the situation mental circles. in Servia on the European situation. Servia's dynastic troubles have been long impending, the present rising being due to the animosities growing out of the propaganda of the pretender, Karageorgevitch. It is recalled that when the Kara- georgevitch dynasty obtained brief rule in 1858 the European powers inter- vened and established a protectorate and thus terminated that dynasty. Whether there will be similar -action by the powers at this time officials are unwilling to predict, saying the shock of the tragedies is principally occupying attention. 3 It is generally believed that the as- ‘sassinations are the sequel to the i S e S St g T W Continued on Page 4, Column 5. Murderous T roops S Decorated as for a Festival. 73 XA _——— SERVIA'S MURDERED RULERS, THE NEW KING AND VIEW OF THE CAPITAL. +* IENNA. June 1r.— Dispatches from Belgrade say that since the late King Alexan- der's last suspension of the Servian constitution the army has been ani- mated by hostile feelings toward the King and Queen. The revolution was planned weeks ‘ago. Secret committees were organized in the country and worked in co-operation with the army. The leaders of the revolution are said to have been the new Ministers of Jus- tice and Finance, respectively, M. Schiokovics and M. Velikovics, and the Sixth Infantry, garrisoning Belgrade, was designated to carry out the plot. It was originally intended that the plot should be executed later, —_— New Ruler’s Denial of Guilt. Prince Peter Feigns Sur- prise. Hears News at Home in Ueneva. ——— BSpecial Dispatch to The Call. ENEVA, June r1r— Prince Peter Kara- georgevitch, who has been proclaimed King of Servia. has been living in Geneva since 1891. He apopeared greatly astonished on receiving the news from Belgrade, which, he said, had reached him through a private tel- egram from Vienna. The Prince did not leave the house all day. Over the telephone this afternoon he said to a correspondent that he had not yet re- ceived any official notice regarding the events which took place in Belgrade fast night. He did not even know whether it was true that he had been proclaimed King, and he said he did not know when, or whether, fie wonld start for Belgrade. The new Ministry, he added, included several of his, ad- herents, but he was unable to speak definitely on the subject, as a number of names had been mutilated in tele- graphic transmission. Through the Russian Consul. an in- timate friend of Prince Karageorge- vitch, the following statement was ob- tained: “Prince Karageorgevitch declares himself innocent of any knowledze of the tragedy at Belgrade. He said that | through his grandiather he undoubted- | Iy had the best right to the Servian throne and intended taking it if pos- sible, for the sake of his son. but he expected to meet with great difficulties and has asked for assistance from Aus- tria.” From other sources it is learned that the Prince will leave secretly on Fri- day morning for Vienna. whence he will proceed to Belgrade. Rumors have been current’here for three davs of expected trouble in Servia, and Prince Karageorgevitch has been ceiving an enormous number of tele- grams for a week past. many of them * from the frontier of Servia. During his residence Prince Karageorgevitch went into society. It has been a subject general remark among the aristocracy and the people that he has looked ex- tremely careworn for some months. The Prince is a widower, aged 53. and appears older. He is of medium height and build, and his face, distinguished by a long miilitary mustache. is rather fierce. He has three children—George, his heir, 16 years of age; Alexander, 14, and Helene, aged 10 years. He lives in an extremely simple manner and occupies an entire house—an un- usual thing in Geneva—in the Rue de la Bellotte. The house is elegantly furnished, though the Prince is not rich, and keeps only a woman servant He has several times pro- claimed himself heir to the Servian throne, but has no entourage. as his poverty is known and the presence of a court would have excited suspicion. Russian money was undoubtedly used in the revolution. which. accord- ing to general belief, was planned here. It is recalled that when the Austrian Empress was murdered by the anar- re- in Geneva freely of and a valet. chist, Lucheni, in this city. in 1808, Prince Karageorgevitch openly ap- plauded the deed. He is extremely popular here with all classes. and is described as unassuming, sensible and strictly honest in all private and public transactions. 5 The Prince usually ,visited Vienna and St. Petersburg every year, but re- cently he has been several times to Vienna and has visited St. Petersburg, where his son is at school. He is still considered to be a member of the Montenegrin royal family, inte which Continued on Page 4, Column 4. | e married.