For some years the ex-king exercised considerable influence over his son, and was again an uncertain and much distrusted factor in the troubled politics of southeastern Europe. In 1898 the son appointed him commander-in-chief of the Servian army, and he is said to have ably and energetically improved its efficiency during the brief period of his command. A breach between father and son was brought about before long, however, by the determination of the latter to marry a lady, Madame Draga Maschin, considerably older than himself, who had been lady-in-waiting to his mother; while the father was arranging a political marriage for him with a German princess. The young king married his chosen bride in August, 1900, and guarded his frontier with troops to bar the return of his father, then sojourning at a German watering place, to the kingdom. It was a final exile for the ex-king. He visited Paris for a time; then went to Vienna, and there, on the 11th of February, 1901, he died, at the age of 47. BALLOONS, Declaration against explosives from. See (in this volume) PEACE CONFERENCE. BALTIC and NORTH SEA CANALS. See (in this volume) GERMANY: A. D. 1895 (JUNE); and 1900 (JUNE). BANK OF FRANCE: Renewal of privileges. See (in this volume) MONETARY QUESTIONS: A. D. 1897. BANKING: Its effect on the Nineteenth Century. See (in this volume) NINETEENTH CENTURY: THE TREND. BANKRUPTCY LAW, National. See (in this volume) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1898 (JULY 1). BARBADOS: Condition and relief measures. See (in this volume) WEST INDIES, THE BRITISH: A. D. 1897. BARCELONA: A. D. 1895. Student riots. See (in this volume) SPAIN: A. D. 1895-1896. BAROTSILAND: British Protectorate proclaimed. See (in this volume) SOUTH AFRICA (RHODESIA): A. D. 1900 (SEPTEMBER). BARRAGE WORKS, Nile. See (in this volume) EGYPT: A. D. 1898-1901. BARRIOS, President: Assassination. See (in this volume) CENTRAL AMERICA (GUATEMALA): A. D. 1897-1898. BARTON, Miss Clara, and the Red Cross Society. Relief work in Armenia and Cuba. See (in this volume) ARMENIA: A. D. 1896 (JANUARY-MARCH); and CUBA: A. D. 1896-1897. BASHEE, BACHI ISLANDS, The American acquisition of. See (in this volume) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1898 (JULY-DECEMBER). BECHUANALAND, British: Annexation to Cape Colony. See (in this volume) AFRICA: A. D. 1895 (CAPE COLONY). BECHUANALAND, British: Partial conveyance to the British South Africa Company. See (in this volume) AFRICA: A. D. 1895 (BECHUANALAND). BEEF INVESTIGATION, The American Army. See (in this volume) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1898-1899. BEET SUGAR. See (in this volume) GERMANY: A. D. 1896 (MAY); and SUGAR BOUNTIES. BEHRING SEA.