The Vienna correspondent of the Times fully expects a coup
d'état in Servia. The people, it appears, were bitterly dis- appointed by the result of the war with Bulgaria, and are irritated by the taxes imposed to pay for it. The electors have consequently resisted the pressure pat on them from Belgrade, and have sent up a Skuptschina in which the Radicals are so numerous, that their withdrawal would deprive the Assembly of a quorum. Should this step be taken, King Milano intends, it is stated, to dissolve the Skuptschina, and pass laws by his own authority, assuming the position, in fact, of an absolute Prince. He has neither the genius nor the popularity for a Cmsar ; and as the people are already attacking the tax- gatherers, he may be deposed, in which event either Austrian troops will occupy the country, or the Servians, protected by Russia from occupation, will elect a new Sovereign, who may not impossibly be the Prince of Montenegro. In any case, a revolution would produce a most strained situation, and perhaps precipitate the struggle between Austria and Russia, which cannot be postponed for ever.
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