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Show II KING PETER SLiGHTED I ; MMO nBSU l $ Scrvia's Monarch, It Is Said, 1 1 I Will Abdicate in Favor of I ; i Crown Prince. ' j' z ' I jj - BY EMTL ANDRASSY. Special Cable to The Tribuno. M ' ' .j VIENXA. April 20. Despite the dc- I 'ft nial from St. Petersburg that King Peter tU . 'j, of Servia was received In Russia with W. !? decided coldness, It is persistently rc- 'k. putcd here that such was the fact and I . thai tho Servian monarch foels tho . : slights said to have been put upon him i keenly. One Belgrade paper In fact says 0 i? the king Intends to abdicate in favor .( of tho crown prince. It Is felt hero that. I - ' King Peter's position has been rendered ' impossible by the czar. The crown prince 1 (.( of Servia Is shortly going to St. Petcrs- burg at tho invitation of the czar, and , N it Is said that tho czar suggested to King I Peter that he should resign. Just how P : ,: much truth there Is In all these stories I . ' It is impossible to say. It is not impos- I 'r- slblo that they have been spread by H I. ; Austrian diplomacy, which Is groat y flj ' worried by the progress made by Russia wT ,- In solidifying the Balkan Slavo under IV Russian leadership. I " r v Emperor's Movements. I 'I ',,ie emperor. Francis Joseph, who has I ! ' " been residing during the last si?: months I at the castle of Schonbrunn. Is expected I to spend part of May at Budapest, and I 1 about the middle of June he Is going to Hi ". Ischl for a stay of three months. It is H r expected at Vienna that King Edward of D England will pay a prlvato visit to the I , J Emperor Francis Joseph at Ischl during H ' j the second week in August. 'j. Russian Cross of St. George. I ! The rather feeble health of the cx- i' queen of Naples, the Emperor Francis II '-m Joseph's sister-in-law. recalls the fact I ft that she is the only woman who has rc- l-1 ceivod the Russian cross of St. George, f r which Is only conferred for acts of con- ,,K splcuous bravery under fire. The cx- . f; queen received it In recognition of tho 'it'l courage she displayed in connection with '(: the magnificent defense of Gnela against ft the armies of Garabaldi"and King Victor ' Emmanuel. I Queen Sophia's Wonderful Nerve. I ' One day during the slcgo a bomb fell into I ho room where King Francis and Queen Sophia were dining King Francis ( retreatc-1 to tho cellar, trembling with fright. Queon Sophia rose from the table ta-ble and walked to a looking-glass that hung on tho wall, and. noticing that her hair was whitened by tho plaster dust raised by the bursting bomb, said quite calmly: "What a pity It Is that powder Is no longer fashionable. Don't I look quite an eighteenth-century queen with mv whitened hair? I must keep It so while tho garrison Ik being reviewed." j Conducted tho Dofonse. Queen Sophia conducted the entire defense de-fense of Guetn, which was so magnificent that the garrison was permitted to march out witli all the honors of war. Every day she visited the ramparts and encouraged en-couraged officers and men. She sighted the guns, and hor example shamed those who were disposed to surrondcr Into nn appearance of courage. Kerens at tho Front. United Slates Embassador Kerens Is rapidly making his position secure In Vienna. The Missouri statesman Is lacking lack-ing in some of the fine points of development devel-opment upon which European diplomats place so much stress, but his hearty good humor, and good common sonso by far overbalance these omissions, and his popularity Is growing. The fact that ho Is a devout. Catholic Is a great help to him. |