Word: jugoslavia
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Fortnight ago Alexander of Jugoslavia, his Queen, and his Foreign Minister entrained for Tsar Boris' Bulgaria. The Rumanian Cabinet was threatening to resign (it was reconstructed almost intact), Mistress Magda Lupescu had a bad cold so King Carol could not come...
...Should Bulgaria, wartime enemy of Rumania and Jugoslavia, join their existing security pact...
...Bulgaria and Rumania have already recognized Soviet Russia. Now that Russia has joined the League, should Jugoslavia do likewise, despite the great numbers of White Russians settled in the country and King Alexander's sentimental memories of his youth as a page at the court of Nicholas II? 4) Can the three countries adopt a united front against the growing power of Benito Mussolini in the Balkans? Should tongue-in-cheek approval be given to Adolf Hitler...
...royal visit was issued which carefully avoided any mention of anything beyond purely local issues. Customs guards will hereafter be much politer. Three new passes will be opened through the mountains. And engineers may soon bid for two new railroads, one to connect Sofia with the ports of Southern Jugoslavia...
Like madmen a guard of cavalry whirled, charged on the screaming crowd. The assassin fell beneath shots and swords. Hit by a stray bullet, General Dimitriejevitch of Jugoslavia fell mortally wounded. King Alexander lurched half out of his automobile as the aides flung open the door. Horns shrieking, they sped him to the prefecture. There, while surgeons worked desperately over his four wounds, Alexander of Jugoslavia died...