Montenegrin ''Premier"

Jovan Plamenatz, who recently tried to gain admittance into the United States on a passport issued by himself, was, it is authoritatively reported, ejected from Italy by command of the Mussolini Government, following repeated requests for his expulsion by the Yugo-Slavian Government.

Plamenatz styled himself the " Premier of the Royal Montenegrin Government," but, as neither Montenegro nor its Government exist, he could hardly expect to hoodwink the world. A so-called Government was, however, set up in Italy. As the Queen of Italy is the daughter of the late King Nicholas of Montenegro, Italians gave the Montenegrin cause warm support. After Italy had signed the treaty of Santa Margherita with Yugo-Slavia, it was no longer possible for her to give official support to the Montenegrin Royalists, with whom she had previously been in sympathy; for by signing the treaty Italy had also recognized the Yugo-Slavian boundaries.

While there is a great deal to be said for the reconstruction of Montenegro, it is considered by most impartial observers that since both King Nicholas and his Queen are dead, the cause is foredoomed.

On the death of King Nicholas, March 1, 1921, Montenegro became definitely incorporated into the Serb, Croat and Slovene Kingdom--more briefly Yugo-Slavia.