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Show PETER IS NOW KINGU PLOTTER IS FORMALLY MADE! r RULER OF SERVIA. It Is Believed That Question of Punishment Pun-ishment of Assassins of Former Rulers Will Be Allowed to Lapse. At Belgrade, SorVfa, on the- 25tn, King Peter Knragcorgovltch took iho- oath beforo tho'skupschtlno. Previous to tho king's taking th-oath th-oath thoro was a Joint sitting of tho sonato and skupschtlnn, attended by a religious sorvlco at which the metropolitan metro-politan ofllclntcd. Tho president of tho senate opened the session with tho announcement thnt tho king would tako tho oath to malntnlu tho constitution. King Peter Pe-ter then appeared wearing his orders and decorations nnd accompanied by his cabinet ministers. Tho metropolitan uttered a brier prayer and then read tho oath, which tho king repeated In n firm volco. Loud cries of "Long llvo Peter" punctuated punc-tuated tho king's repetition or tho oath. During tho day tho king hnd sov-cral sov-cral conferences with tho ministers, nnd a royal proclamation was issued . and was woll rccoived. It Is bclloved T that, tho question of punishment or tho-assassins tho-assassins of King Aloxandor nnd Queen Drngn will bo allowed to lapse. It was remarked today that Colonel Maschln, minister of public works, who took a leading part In the assassinations, assas-sinations, kept In tho background during tho ccromony at tho parliament parlia-ment building. Tho foreign ministers havo left Bol-grado. Bol-grado. All tho mlnlstors rccclvod slmllnr Instructions to act together. Accordingly an understanding was reached that they should depart, this step being regarded ns tho most omphalic om-phalic method of Impressing tho powers' protest against tho assassinations assassi-nations of King Alexander nnd Queen Drngn. Tho Hii3oinn and Austrlnn represontntlvcs apparently shnrcd In , the prlnclplo of tho protest, but did not withdraw, becnuso Russia nnd Austria were apprehenslvo that a united unit-ed withdrawal of tho entlro diplomatic representation nt Belgrade would precipitate pre-cipitate another revolution. |