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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...
Gratefully Candidate Raditch said that although the press of Jugoslavia was gagged at the time of Statesman Raditch's murder and has been gagged with respect to it ever since, the World press told the story fully, fairly. To hear her son present his thesis Widow Raditch came in her trailing weeds. Three professors sat in solemn presidence, one from the University of Besancon and two from the Sorbonne, their chairman being Professor Charles Seignobos, noted historian...
Just before the ordeal of thesis, Candidate Raditch told reporters: "Five minutes before my father died I swore by his bedside I would devote my life to prove to the world who were the instigators of his murder! My thesis is only a part of this documentation. . . . For obvious reasons I cannot bring precise charges at such a time as this and on such an occasion, but I am prepared to put this question: Is it true that the day before the shooting of my father by Punica Ratchitch, the assassin was closeted two hours with King Alexander of Jugoslavia...
...Punica Ratchitch," continued Candidate Raditch passionately, "was sentenced to imprisonment for 15 years, yet he is to be seen frequently riding about Belgrade in an automobile in the evening! My father and my cousin were murdered. My mother, my brother, my brother-in-law and myself are living in exile. Another brother-in-law died mysteriously in a military prison. Now you may understand why my thesis is entitled 'June...
...assemblage came to order. Widow Raditch on the front row raised proud eyes to Candidate Raditch who advanced with his 450-page thesis, read a summary which came straight to the point...