Word: royall
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Royal and Imperial command that you [German soldiers] ... exterminate first the treacherous English, walk over General French's contemptible little army...
...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...
Retiring respectfully the priest Prime Minister waited, doubtless prayed and presently, as the Royal flu abated, handed in the Cabinet's resignation...
Within a few hours a royal proclamation was printed and posted up extensively in Belgrade: "To MY DEAR PEOPLE...
...HAVE THEREFORE DECIDED HEREBY TO DECREE THE CONSTITUTION OF THE KINGDOM OF 1921 ABOLISHED. THE LAWS OF THE LAND WILL REMAIN IN FORCE UNLESS CANCELED BY MY ROYAL DECREE. NEW LAWS IN FUTURE WILL BE MADE BY THE SAME METHOD. THE PARLIAMENT ELECTED NOV. 1, 1927, IS HEREBY DISMISSED...