The Government in Servia is trying to be rid of
all authority but its own. It has succeeded with King Milan,. who, in consideration of £30,000 a year, promises not to revisit Belgrade ; and hoped to succeed with Queen Natalie,. but the negotiations were at the last minute broken off, the Queen informing the Regents that she did not intend to leave her son's capital except under compulsion of physical force. It is a strong measure to remove a Queen-Mother of un- blemished personal character by physical force, and the Regents will probably wait until the Queen gives them some excuse for a-charge of treason. The Radicals would probably run the risk, but they are anxious not to offend Russia, and fear to irritate the Army, which is sullen, and inclined to resent all insults to the Obrenovitch dynasty. It has never quite lost its original favour for King Milan, and, besides,. considers itself neglected in favour of civilians.
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