A SERVIAN RADICAL ON KING VILAN.

Otago Witness, Issue 2456, 10 April 1901, Page 63

A SERVIAN RADICAL ON KING VILAN.

(0.<5 Irif.-rit,. „..,.! The nev 3 of -UiUn'- djath vrs r<.t_ rrl wnh the grLOKsL Ci'i-tCi'ir.iWn in :d;u . £ the 111-repiu-* m whrh ~u< -\ as hell n -• inly va ycii ". L. ' .ill ovei ir" v\ irM. -At the moment v, hen ' o f<ppc iird (Ln."\.-i as tver. and when Li" :mrned:ite rocur.i *-< -s feared by the win 1 ." p^oplo, \v.< Icu-'t i l , t \'S iva' no ii.oi. 1 , ,mhl tint his :i or'; of d r -- tru 'tion "iw* p-.l'l or; and l\r -.11 Mil, exercised a j.ial.. u :uii'K-o r l iL,: < '■•-lopnien. i.t i' i \ a ior ?0 v„■ ; n ; v. '

o much .uw^-.i'sri to ■• rcLrglc v-i'i i ri tint we c. al'[ <--.•: sly imagine c^~ K^ so fortunate as io b-j i.d of linn. It 11 impossib l e to calculate the i ' i'l < 1 ]> ~ death on out future developrrur.: V*' * :n .-■' remember tha" the ma | only r -i f'.c n >' ii.'.ily tolei.'ku the con ..ai.iir. or *!_■ King's 1 ruiiTi ! ""> * oj.i fe*r of ~'"'i l ia. "\i ■ that hi', let', t is no loii^ei' ....ininen* , tu--oppos.iion m t >c ihmv ruler vll became f i more evei/ Ik. ft wl d^p?ncl on i. •. King alon - whct''i rr no', an .'jitai.narises agaii^t the dyris-iy. He mu*t me :

the wishes of the country quickly and freely; he must phow himself rcidy to repair what his father destroyed ; -then, peiEaps, his rash marriage may >v forgotten TBut any attempt to evade a re dlv popular on the plea that it wou'd be unduly tfavouring one pai'ty will mcvitiblv exute an anti-dynastic agitation, and t^eivia will once again be the sce^' ot pu'sionnte For the moment tiie f.-te of tho Obrenovitch dynast; i« sMi m K^-ig Alexander's hands, but it may not be so ni -the immediate fiuure. Ths foae.gn r:'a,tions of Seryia wili al^o b° changed by Milan's death. Above aH, Austria, or a. vlea?t Austrian diplomacy, whose trump card the old King alwa}-^ was. has lost the igame. Austria must now Keek other Fup,j»ort in the reconstruction of her influence. •It is perhaps fortunate for the Vienna •foreign office that it has been released by a higher power from a traditional but most umru^iwrrthy ally. Most Seivixns are quiti convinced that their i elation s with the grPHI neighbouring monarchy must be las friendly as possible. It was only the consideration which Milan enjoyed in in--^uertial political circles at Vienna, and particularly at Buda-Pesth. which gave rise to the continual misunderstandings bejfcween the two States, and our relation* with other neighhouri.ipr coins il'i'-s will in any case ba the bctte.* for ilil-i i's deatli.. ,We ousrht not to have long to wait for a rapprochement with. Montenegro ; but it ,-will depend on the Kinp-'s home rolicy •whether" Russia continues to be as fiiendly <lispos2el towards Sei\i.i in the mture as in ,lhe p?.st." In St Peter^buri? Milin wrs »n object of special hatred, and after his nanDshment Russian cntici&m of Servian at'airs did not continue to be co searching. Now that his return i^ no longer to be feared, •we must emphas-i=e the necessity for an 5i mediate improvement in the state ol politics ; arcl w? miy liazaid the vish that the peop'e should demand a larger share in the administration. It is obvious that the Aistrc-Russian treaty of 1897 will now come into full force for the fiist time, for Milan was the chief disturber of all understanding and gGod relations between theie two Powers. Milan's death will undoubtedly have far -reaching results on the home und foreign policy of Seivia.