THE KING AND QUEEN OF SERVIA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9142, 25 August 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE KING AND QUEEN OF SERVIA.

THE RELATIONS OF ROYALTY AND

OF HUSBAND AND WIFE. Kino Milan has caused an official state ment to be published of his dispute with the Queen, in which he accuses her of conspiracy against himself. The breach between the King and Queen may therefore now be considered complete. Queen Nathalie, it is certain, will never return to Servia so long as King Milan is there, having curtly rejected the King's proposals, and even refused to receive Bishop Dimitryi, who consequently left Wiesbaden, and has now returned to Vienna. The Queen, it has transpired, made a determined effort to return to Servia, with the avowed intention of continuing a policy hostile to that pursued by the King and the Cabinet for the last 10 years. The King, therefore, was constrained to take steps to keep the. Queen out of Servia. He offered to allow the Queen to retain her royal dignity, to settle upon her a third of the civil list, and to give her the care of the Crown Prince except for two months, which he was to spend in Servia, on condition that she did not attempt to return to Servia until he attains his majority, which will be in four or five years' time, save with the King's permission. Bishop Dimibryi was the bearer of these proposals, but after waiting three days without succeeding in obtaining an interview with the Queen, he sent them to Her Majesty in writing. The Queen replied in writing, stating that she did not recognise the competency of the Holy Synod to intervene in the affair, and that she rejected the proposals. The reason for this refusal is believed to be that the Queen counted on the Czar intervening in her favour, although she recently solicited the support of several European Courts in vain. General Protich, who was instructed by the King to take the Crown Prince back to Servia at all costs, still remains in Wiesbaden, and the German Government has directed the supreme legal official of that place to assist General Protich as far as possible in carrying out his instructions. The Queen has been definitely informed that any refusal to deliver up the youthful Prince will be fruitless. Her Majesty's obstinacy has made a bad impression in Servia, even among those who were at first in complete sympathy with her, while the King's considerate conduct meets with general approval.