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Show PETER JS NOW KING PLOTTER IS FORMALLY MADE RULER OF SERVIA. It is Believed That Question of Pun- Ishment of Assassins of Former Rulers Will De Allowed to Lapse. At Belgrndo, Sorvln, on tho 2Gtn, King Peter KnragcorgoItch took tho oath before tho skupschtlna. Previous to tho king's taking the oath there wns a Joint sitting of tho tcnato and sktipschtlnn, attended by n religious service nt which tho metropolitan metro-politan oniclatcil. Tho president of tho senate opened tho session with tho nnnouncomont that tho king would tako tho oath to maintain tho constitution. King Peter Pe-ter then appeared wearing his ordors and decorations nnd nccompanlod by his cabinet ministers. Tho metropolitan uttcrod a brief Prayer nnd then read tho oath, which tho king repeated in a firm volco. Loud cries of "Long livo Potor" punctuated punc-tuated tho king's ropotitlon of tho oath. During tho day tho king had sov-eral sov-eral conferences with tho ministers, and n royal proclamation was Issued and was well rocolvcd. It is bollovod that tho question of punlshmont of tho assassins of King Aloxandor nnd Queen Draga will bo nllowod to lapse. It was remarked today that Colonol Maschln, minister of public worltB, who took a leading part In tho assassinations, assas-sinations, kept In tho background during the ceromony at tho parliament parlia-ment building. Tho foreign ministers have left Belgrade. Bel-grade. All tho mlnlstors recolvod similar Instructions to act together. Accordingly an understanding was reached that they should depart, this stop being regarded as tho most om-pTiatlo om-pTiatlo mothod of Impressing tho pWers' protest against tho assassinations assassi-nations of King Alexandor and Queen Draga. Tho Russian and Austrian representatives apparently sharod In tho prlnclplo of tho protest, but did not withdraw, becauso Russia nnd Austria wero apprehensive that a united unit-ed withdrawal of tho ontlro diplomatic representation at Bolgrado would precipitate pre-cipitate another revolution. |