Word: king
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Bitterly did King Amanullah of Afghanistan regret, last week, that he had ever sought to sow "reforms" among his people (TIME, Sept. 10), for it began to seem that he had reaped a revolution quite capable of toppling down his throne...
...reported from Moscow, where the Soviet radio station is directly in touch with Kabul, that King Amanullah had delegated his Royal powers to a "Council of Fifty," composed of "leading Mullahs and Khans of the Realm." Since these persons would unquestionably revoke all the newfangled decrees issued by King Amanullah after returning from his famed tour of Europe (TIME, Jan. 23- June 4. '28), joyous Afghans prepared for a new order, "Back to Barbarism...
...dictature set up in Jugoslavia last fortnight by King Alexander and General Petar Zivkovitch, Commander of the Royal Guards (TIME, Jan. 14) assumed, last week, the powers of Absolutism, if not Despotism...
...King is the Bearer of All Authority." declared a new Royal decree. "The King issues and promulgates all laws, appoints and dismisses all officials, commands the Army and Navy, declares war, concludes peace and pardons whomever and whenever he wishes...
...ministers appointed by the King are responsible to him only, and can be judged only on complaint of the King by a court appointed by the King. All persons of the Judicature, including judges appointed by the Ministry of Justice, are appointed in the name of the King...