Show S. S S CANNOT SCARE IE KING ICING I PETER JETER J TEn S King ICing Peter of or Servia Senja appears appers to o bean bo be boan boan an imperturbable t soft of person Tho Thou dato Into for or his liEs deposition or on assassination has been t fixed hut but he lie doss does not seem to mind a trifle trie like that Ho Hl bobs up UI UI serenely after every date and amid pursues his even tenor enol as though he had not an enemy Jem In fri the lie world The enemies are arc probably not so numerous numer ous Otis or so o dangerous as us thc they are arc depicted depicted de de- le- le and arul tho time friends of this pastoral kind of king Icing Jing are numerous His en enemies elm elm- el- el are arc mainly ambitious rivals rhal who do their plotting in fOI foreign coun coun- tries The They have o ha money and In the tho tJ usual course ought to be able ablo to hire hll th he the men but somehow they lucy have not not yet eded Peter Petel i is just the sort of person to suit mulL sui the simple and anc Ignorant Ig- Ig lorant The They have been accustomed to kings and ind queens who were always alwa's rowing 11 gambling overturning o mini mini- imprisoning and shooting subjects subjects sub- sub and anti draining drining tho the last Jast cent that c could ll be extorted from the people So 0 crops and no iio herds were safe saCo from flom the lie rapacity of ot Peters Peter's predecessors an and nd the country countr fol folk were In constant constant fear ear of or re revolutions Peter Petel has hns chan chan- ed d alt all al this He has hns the time royal blood ia Sri hIs Is veins veins which is enough for or the thC cultured Serbian ian but there thee Is no Nt style le about bout him He would rather rathel live In Iii alouse a u louse e than a n palace Ills His HI tastes are mple and his wants are arc few len BO so that it I does docs not cost much to keep klep him anti and andis his is simplicity very ery largely largel dominates public On the streets where he often orten appears he hue would as leave talk to a pea peasant nt as a u prince Peter has hns good goot sound common commonsense commonsense sense and while he does not in interfere with wih the administration of or the government govern govern- gO ern ment except when he lie believes It J l I is absolutely necessary when he does In Interfere Interfere In- In n- n It I is always ays al for tor the tile peoples people's benefit That Is Js why he lie has a greater number num bel of or friends and supporters among the tho simple than an nay any of or his pre predecessors It I ma may also explain ox- ox plain the failure of those who are constant constantly plotting against him The They know that that If It tho they ass assassinate him they will wi not have ha e to reckon with wih a batch of or political Intriguers only but with wih the bulk of the Servian people who work of rival rhal would woul make short nn any who resorted to such means Concerning P Peters Peter's ter retention In of office ot- ot lice fice of or tho the re regicides it i must be rem ro- 10 that It I was through them he lie the lie throne throne e. e Tile The They were retained in iii office oUke by b the hc Servian people people peo peo- pie who are more moie responsible than Peter He has gotten goten rid of oC some of or them and ant but for the outer outcry fi front from m abroad would have gotten goten rid of or them al all He lie probably feels keenly tho humiliation hu hu- hu- hu of oC his position but hut he lie Is not the ort sort of person to be bo driven by h tin threats eats He lie le has hns no Intelligence bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau while his opponents have hare In S several sev eral cral erl European l cities He Is probably not In a as much danger a an as his enemies enemies ene ene- mies rules would ha v hatho tho the world worle believe belIeve belIeve- Baltimore American 1 |