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Every child in Serbia (now Jugoslavia) knows that Ferdinand Gavrillo Princip is the name of the young man from the province of Bosnia who, on June 28, 1914, assassinated the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, and thus kindled the World War. Last week an heroic statue in honor of the late Princip was carted into ominous Serajevo. Patriots made ready for the formal unveiling next week. Excited little girls wove wreaths and little boys practiced piping songs to honor the Great Assassin...
...Gravrilo Princip and Nadelko Cabrinovite were the students who killed the Archduke & his Duchess. Their bodies, with those of 26 of their fellow conspirators, lie in a great stone vault, unmarked out of regard for Austrian feeling. Here solemn hero services were held last week...