Show THE SERVIAN SITUATION now how comes the report that russia la Is at the foundation of the servian coup by means meana of which the throne was waa usurped by a mere stripling of sixteen years the russian author ties deny this however and probably would do so if it were true because russia la is not as an well prepared for war just now as she ehe doubtless hopes to be next year or after one bountiful harvest however the war spirit that thai occasionally makes the diplomatic crust overspread over spreading log europe bulge up in places seems seema to radiate from those states of which has bag always been the most troublesome in a general way has an area of square miles the population to is about most of the people are members of the he greek church and of the ri ervian race though mohammedanism is the religion of 01 many the country having been formerly a dependency of turkey belgrade the capital has a population of the approximate strength ot its army on a war footing is about men servia is a country of f farms grain and vines being cultivated and many prunes grown its trade is main mainly y with austria hungary the troubles trout les over the divorce and expulsion of queen natalie mother of king alexander and wife of the then reigning king milan excited wide attention kint the e subsequent abdication of king milan and the succession of his bis young son pon and the recent reconciliation of milan and natalie are among the interesting features of recent european history probably botill more interesting events eventa will grow out of them |