JUGO-SLAVIAN CHAMBER

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20610, 8 January 1929, Page 9

JUGO-SLAVIAN CHAMBER

DISSOLVED BY THE KING. REGRETTABLE DISPUTES. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph— Copyright.) BELGRADE, January 6. A Royal proclamation declares that the hour has come when there cannot be any intermediary betwen the King and the people. " My' soul is torn by the complaints of the labouring masses, patriotic but exhausted, who realise that the way we have trod can no longer be pursued. Parliamentary life and the political outlook have become more and more negative. All useful institutions are jeopardised. Political, passions have so abused parliamentary life, which has always been my ideal, that it becomes an obstacle to all profitable work, and regrettable disputes in the, Skupstina have undermined confidence' therein. It would loss of-time to seek a remedy in a change of Parliament. or Government. Fresh methods must be sought, I am convinced that the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes will help my efforts to reorganise the administration as best suited to pur needs.”—Australian Press Association—United Service. THE ONLY WAY OUT. DICTATORSHIP FORESHADOWED. BELGRADE, January C. Tim Serbian Kinghas suspended the Constitution, dissolved 1 the Chamber, and proclaimed that all laws remain in force unless modified by Royal Decree. A semi-official announcement says that there is no other solution of the present difficulties. It foreshadows a dictatorship “in order to prepare the ground for a new Constitution and healthier parliamentarianism.”—Australian Press Association—United Service. THE "NEW MINISTERS. MAGNITUDE OF THEIR TASK. BELGRADE, January 6. After the new Ministers had taken the oaths of office,-King Alexander invited them to collaborate with, him. Ho said he hoped .that they would appreciate the _ magnitude of the task and the significance of his confidence.- He appealed to them strictly to carry out the laws, thus creating popular confidence towards the authorities. He assured them of his real - protection if their duties were honestly discharged.— Australian Press' Association—United Service. ■ LIFE OF NEW CABINET. ' ■ EXPECTED TO BE SH^RT. . BELGRADE, January 6. , (Received Jan. 7,; at 8 p.m.) General Zivcovitch has been appointed Premier,' " Political' circles. prophesy ’a short life for the Cabinet, which can be regarded as a: military' one. The law promulgating royal powers -indicate -that the King is an absolute dictator.—Australian Press Association. CONSTITUTION OF CABINET. “ THE KING’S FRIENDS.” LONDON, January 7. (Received Jan. 1; at 8 p.m.) 1 The ‘Belgrade correspondent of The Times reports that because it was Christmas Eve according t 0... the Orthodox calendar, the newspapers dosed for the therefore news' of the ‘coup d’etat was, published solely by placards were hurriedly posted up during the night. General Zivcovitch, who is connected with the secret- society which, assassinated 'King Alexander and Queen Draga, in 1003, is the most outstanding member of the royal household. He has a, distinguished .war record, and is commander of a crack corps of the guards division.-- '- • The Cabinet ’ consists of influential personages known vas the “King’s friends,” who will - apply military '.standards -ruthlessly, with efficiency and experience. They favour arbitrary measures, supplemented, by selected specialists. The conduct of- foreign affairs remains. unbroken and the Government policy will be a Yugo-Slavia opposed to all .rivalries " between the .different branches of; the nation.—Times Cable. Enthusiasm in zagreb. ; THE STREETS THRONGED. BELGRADE, January 7. . - (Received Jan, 8, at 0.15 a.m.) Nothing less than a bloodless revolution has taken _place, The King has assumed - semi-dictatorial powers and will rule by-means .of decrees and proclamations. The Mayors will remain in office but will administer only a s special. nominees of the Crown. It is pointed out that the Crown, has taken into consideration all - three sects of the, country—Serbs, Croats and Slovenes—as dictators. The Cabinet includes three Creations, six Serb Nationalists, two Democrats, and a Slovene clerical. The appointment of M. Marinkovitch to the Ministry, of Foreign Affairs suggests that there will be no radical change in foreign policy. . ere , was great popular enthusiasm in Zagreb streets, which were thronged, the., demonstrators shouting, “ Long live Alexander. At last we have equality with the Serbs.”:—Australian Press Association. ■