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General Tchernaieff, partly perhaps from the desire to allay the

Servian jealousy of Russia and of the crowd of Russian officers and soldiers who throng the Servian camp, and partly to put an obstacle in the way of peace, had Prince Milan proclaimed King of Servia in the camp, just before the declaration of the armistice, —a proclamation which was enthusiastically received by the soldiers, chiefly, no doubt, because it seemed to renounce any notion of annexation to Russia. At Belgrade, however, the proclamation has been ignored, and Tchernaieff told that the political affairs of the kingdom must be decided on, not in the camp, but in the council-room ; and it is not likely that the manoeuvre—or the caprice—will produce any permanent effect. Prince Milan himself does not covet an independent throne.

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