A CRISIS IN SERVIA.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXIX, Issue 88, 17 April 1893, Page 4

A CRISIS IN SERVIA.

+ -. HIGH-HANDED ACTION OF THE j KING. ] THE CONSTITUTION DENOUNCED. I [UJfITKJ PBKS3 ASSOOTATIOH.I | Bzlobads, April 14. I King Alexander of Servia came ef age at midnight, and immediately dismissed his Ministars, and the Bagaiti who are »«present confined m the Palace. The Kiag has issued a manifesto denouncing tha Coasti* iutioa. He is supporUd by tba army. [AtxxiHDKß L, KiDg of Senria, was b. 1875, and ascended the throne on the abdicatiea of his father, King Milan (q.v), on March 6th. '89 Pmately educated at Belßrade, according to the programme oi the German gymnasium of high school. He is undar th» guardianship of M.Bishteb M. Protitoh, and M. Balimar-Tnitch, who act U Bsgeats until ha attains the age of eighteen years. When Crown Prince he aocompanied bii mother, Qaeen Natalie into exile after her separation from the Zing, but was forcibly remeved from her at Berlin, and conveyed back to Belgrade, i During 91 he visited Russia, and paid a state visit to the Emperor of Austria. It mi sUted m July '92 that his examiners • reported him to have passed a most satisfactory examination, with ipscial distinction m moral philosophy, French, Bagliih, and German. His sixteenth j birthday was celebrated on April 14th, and i ha attains his majority at the sgs of eighte«n-in April '93]