ALEXANDER OF SERVIA.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1629, 5 October 1889, Page 3

ALEXANDER OF SERVIA.

King Alexander of Servia, who ia but twelve years old, and who has no father or mother to watch over him, is exposed (the Vienna correspondent of the London 'Times' observes) to all the enterprises, of the Pretender, Prince Peter Karageorgevitch. The father of this Prince was convicted before a Hungarian court of justice of having been accessory to the assassination of Prince Michael, the uncle of King Milan. In these Eastern European States political struggles are Gerce, ancl human lives are not rated highly. In the caße of King Alexander, who apparently remains the last descendant of the Obrenovitoh dynasty, the one security against murder or kidnapping would be that an heir should he upstanding, in order that the boy's removal (houlcl entail no political consequences. But, according to the ' Fremdenblatt,' Count Kalnoby has left the boy King absolutely defenceless. This is a real shame, and, whatever may be the rights and wrongs of King Milan's quarrels with, his wife, all right minded people in Sjurope will revolt at the idea that the boy King should be left withoqfc a parent to exercise guardianship &ye* him. From the moment when hjs father deserted him his mother became his natural guardian. It is said that th.c boy ia now crying constantly for fits mother, and, meanwhile, official telegrams are declaring that Queen Natalie cannot be allowed to return to Servia, This is absurd and atrocious. A thrill of horror would run through every honest man and woman in the world if it were, heard that this child King, now left to tbe care of professional politicians, l^ad, been suddenly assassinated^ Xhjs. i,s 30 extravagant fesr.