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I he Review of Reviews. 



Xoremljer I, 1906. 



I 



The Wife (now deceased) of King Peter. 



(The Princess Zorka. daughter of Prince Nicholas of 

 Montenegro.) 



the Servian people were ready to risk tiieir nearest 

 and dearest in their struggle for liberty, and to- 

 day, under King Pett-r, grandson of Karageorge. 

 they are ready and willing to undergo any aufl 

 every sacrifice to see their country placed in a con- 

 dition of complete independence, and able to pur- 

 sue a national progressive policy along constitu- 

 tional lines. To-day Servia possesses a Parliament 

 w-hich really represents the will of the people, in 

 which peasant, deputy and priest are to be found, 

 and which is heart and soul with the King in the 

 national struggle for independence. King Peter 

 has already achieved this much to his credit, that 

 Servia has now a national policy which she is de- 

 termined to maintain to the end, even though, as 

 now, Austria gathers her legions in Bosnia and 

 prepares to place a menacing armv in Southerti 

 Hungary. The Servians are nothing daunted b\ 

 the hii;h-hanrled action of .Austria in closing the 



froiuiers to Servian produce in the hopes of forcing 

 King Peter's Government into the acceptance of 

 an impossible commercial treaty. The Parliament 

 in Belgrade in its last session replied by voting a 

 considerable sum for the developinent of new trade 

 routes which would render the Austrian trade un- 

 necessary. Under King Peter the first step to- 

 wards a closer union between Servia and Bulgaria 

 lias been taken in the drawing uji of a customs 

 union between the two countries, which may well 

 lie but the first step towards political and military 

 iiippvochcmcnis in the future. 



King Peter has raised the flag of national inde- 

 pendence, and has gathered around him, as did his 

 ancestor, all that is best and finest in Servia. He 

 IS also peculiarlv fitted to understand the intricate 

 problems of Balkan politics, as far as the Servian 

 races are concerned, since he has lived in Monte- 

 negro and has fought in Bosnia. Let us glance for 

 a moment at his individuality and nis life story. 

 Few would imagine that the King is as old as he 

 is, since he bears his sixty -two years but lightly. 

 There is no mistaking the fact that ne has had a 



Karageorge, 'Founder of the Ser\irn Dynasty. 



