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Show PLAN NEW SLAVIC KINGDOM W5 JSl tfit tf PRINCE MIRK0 TO BE RULER Diplomatic Negotiations Reported Re-ported to Be Under Way at Lucerne, Switzerland. AMSTERDAM, Jan. 27. It Is learned - here that negotiations are in progress between Austria-Hungary, Germany and Montenegro with a view to the creation of a new Slavic kingdom under Austro-Hungarian Austro-Hungarian protection. The atory indicates that the conference confer-ence to decide the matter la being held in Lucerne, Switzerland, and that there is every probability that Prince Mirko of Montenegro wiJl be the ruler of the new kingdom. , Prince Mirko is the second son of King Nicholas and remained In hia native land ater its, occupation ly Austro-Hungaxlan troops. He married Princess Natalie of Serbia, a distant relative of the assassinated assas-sinated King Alexander. , Last April it was rumored that because be-cause of his half -hearted defense of his native land Prince Mirko was believed to have had Austrian leanings, and the announcement an-nouncement that he would be selected as ruler for the new state caused little surprise. Prince Mirko ' of Montenegro, j who is said to be slated ! for head of i another kingdom to be under Hungarian protection. 1 -7 |