The Entente powers reaffirmed their opposition to a restoration, while the Czechoslovak, Yugoslav and Romanian ministers declared that such a move would be regarded as a casus belli.

The post of Yugoslav prime minister is reserved under the Constitution for a citizen of Montenegro, to be chosen by that sister republic's President, Milo Djukanovic.

Yugoslav prime minister Milan Panic survived an attempt by hardline nationalists to oust him yesterday and won a round in his power struggle with Serbia's president Slobodan Milosevic.

A Yugoslav minister warned this week that Albanian rebels were planning a coordinated offensive in March across Kosovo, southern Serbia and even into Macedonia.

The pro-Belgrade opposition, led by the Yugoslav prime minister, Momir Bulatovic, and the local leader Predrag Bulatovic (no relation to Momir), ran with the simple message "Yugoslavia."

Rösselsprung was a commando operation meant to capture the Yugoslav commander-in-chief, Marshal Josip Broz Tito, who was also recently recognized by the Allies as the Yugoslav prime minister.

One of those who resigned, signaling the further dismantling of the old federal government, was the Yugoslav prime minister, Momir Bulatovic.

The one chapter in which they rely mainly on their own interviews - their detailed treatment of relations between Milosevic and the Yugoslav prime minister, Milan Panic - is first-rate investigative journalism.

The Yugoslav prime minister and his cabinet resigned today over the transfer of Mr. Milosevic, calling the handling of the case an affront to the country's dignity.

But the pro-Belgrade opposition, led by the Yugoslav prime minister, Momir Bulatovic, won in the town of Herceg Novi in a show of support for President Slobodan Milosevic.