Salt Lake Democrat | 1885-12-29 | Page 1 | Servia's Dembralized Army

Servia's Dembralized Army. London, December 29. The correspondent of the Post says it is well known in Belgrade that King Milan was deceived in regard to the effective strength of his army in the same way that Napoleon HI. was before the opening of the Franco-Prussian war. A ring of corrupt officials in the capital are responsible respons-ible for the weakness displayed in the field, and for the humiliating position in which Servia now finds herself. Under the vigorous vigor-ous hand of General Aorvatovich, who was recalled from a foreign mission as the one man capable of redeeming the King's shattered shat-tered forces, there has been a marked improvement im-provement in -the condition and management manage-ment of the troops, but at best," Servia will be heavily handicapped in any military movements that may be undertaken iu the near future. . .