Word: pribitchevitch
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Five thousand strong, a hopeful delegation of Croat peasants meanwhile cheered sexagenarian Croat Leader Vecheslav Wilder who cried: "We have endured seven lean years, given us by the Belgrade Dictatorship, but seven fat years lie ahead!" Seasoned old Croat rebels, such as famed Svetozar Pribitchevitch who now lurks in Paris, meanwhile slipped warning letters into Yugoslavia by secret courier. They feared that the Regent of Yugoslavia, Prince Paul, has developed Nazi leanings and chose M. Stoyadinovitch to be Premier for the purpose of shifting Yugoslavian policy a few points away from Paris and several points nearer Berlin. "Beware!" warned Rebel...
...weaving plots against the Royal House, stirring up the populace and driving King Alexander frantic, the foremost family in all Jugoslavia are the Brothers Pribitchevitch and their innumerable relations (TIME, June...
...usual Brother Svetozar Pribitchevitch led the pack last week, caused to be secretly circulated around Belgrade a book called King Alexander's Dictatorship. In this book Svetozar Pribitchevitch accuses His Majesty of planning a "desperate expedient" to save his Crown, nothing less than the "amputation" of that part of Jugoslavia which is fullest of troublemakers, namely Croatia...
What King Alexander thinks should become of amputated Croatia, Svetozar Pribitchevitch did not reveal. His other "revelations"-true or false-caused a terrific Belgrade sensation, set many citizens of the Capital to vowing that they had a "traitor King." According to a telephoned despatch from Belgrade which eluded censorship: "His Majesty suffered last night from a three-hour nervous collapse brought on by fear of assassination...
Greater than that great Croatian statesman Svetozar Pribitchevitch (see above) was memorable Stefan Raditch. When drunk this tubby Croat caroused like a wild walrus. When sober and not occupied with affairs of state he kept a bookstore in Zagreb. Drunk or sober Stefan Raditch could set the voters of Croatia on fire as no one else could. As leader of the Opposition he was foully shot down in the Jugoslavian Parliament by a Government Deputy (TIME, July 2, 1928). In Paris last week Croat Raditch's son, Vladimir Raditch, won his academic degree at the school of Higher Social...