Paris Peace Conf. 772.73/6
Manifesto of the National Executive Committee of Montenegro Directed to the Government of the United States 5
The National Executive Committee of Montenegro, elected by the Great National Assembly of the Servian people in Montenegro in its sitting of November 13/26, of this year, and invested with the Sovereign Power of the People of Montenegro, begs to communicate to the Government of the United States the two following resolutions adopted by the Great Servian National Assembly of Montenegro:
- First, it was resolved at the sitting of the Great National Assembly of November 13/26, this year, that: Nikolas I Petrovitch Njegoch, King of Montenegro, and his Dynasty are dethroned forever from the Throne of Montenegro and that the Union of Montenegro and Servia under King Petar I Karadjordjevic is proclaimed.
- Second, it was resolved at the sitting of the Great National Assembly of November 16/29, this year, that: all goods in Montenegro owned by Ex-king Nikolas and by his Dynasty are confiscated to the benefit of the Servian people in Montenegro, and finally Ex-King Nikolas and his Dynasty are forbidden forever to enter our country.
In communicating these two resolutions of the Great Servian National Assembly to the Government of the United States, the National Executive Committee of Montenegro, in the name of the Servian [Page 350] people of Montenegro, extends its cordial thanks to the Government of the United States for having undertaken the gigantic struggle for the destruction of usurpatory and aggressive aspirations, and for causing the subdued nations to spring up from the ruins of their usurpers and, according to the principles proclaimed by Mr. Wilson, President of the United States, to freely determine and shake off the yoke not only of the usurpers of the power but also of the tyrants within the country. In the spirit of these high principles, the Great National Assembly of the Servian people in Montenegro has dethroned King Nikolas and his dynasty and proclaimed the Union of Montenegro and Servia into one country under King Petar I Karadjordjevic, thus constituting the Union of Servians, Croats and Slovenes under one Government.
Members:
- Entrusted by the Executive Committee to the Commanding Officer, 2d Battalion, 332d Infantry, U. S. Army, at Cattaro, for delivery to the representative of the United States at Paris.↩