SERVIAN AFFAIRS

Hokitika Guardian, 7 January 1929, Page 5

SERVIAN AFFAIRS

A ROYAL PROCLAMATION. (United Press Association.—RyJOloclri Telegraph.—Copyright.) i Received this day at- 10 a.in.) BELGRADE, Jan. fi. \ Royal proclamation declares th hour has conic when there cannot, be any intermediary between the King and the people. “My soul is torn by. tlie complaints of the labouring masses, patriotic hut exhausted, who real ise tho way we have trod can no longer In* pursued. Parliamentary tile and the political outlook have become more and more negative. All usnfii institutions are jeopardised and p'li tical passions have so abused Parliimentary life, which has always (boon my ideal, that, it becomes an obstacle to all profitable work am! regret.,table disputes in the Skupshtina have undermined confidence therein. It would he a loss of time to seek a remedy in a change of Parliament and Government. Fresh methods must he sought. I am convinced that Serbs. Croats and Slovenes will help my efforts to re-organise the administration as is best suited to our needs.’' CON ST IT UTJ ON SUSPE ND ED. BELGRADE,, Jan. 6. The Serbian'King has suspended the Constitution, dissolved tlie Chamber and proclaimed that all laws remain in force unless modified by Royal Decree. A semi-official announcement says there is no other solution of Ihe present difficulties. It foreshadows a dictatorship “in order to prepare tin* ground for a new cnnsLilitlion and healthier Parliamentarism.’’

NEW MINISTERS. BELGRADE, January (5. After the new .Ministers had taken their oaths of office. King Alexander invited ibein. to collaborate with him. tie hoped they would appreciate tiie magnitude oif the task and tlie sign' ficamci of his confidence. He appealed to them strictly to carry out the laws creating a popular confidence cowards the authorities. He assured them of real protection if their duties were honest lv disci targe rd.