The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-29

Princip, the assassin, went to the ceme- tery in Sarajevo and laid flowers on the grave of Zerajic, the young student whom he had seen try to kill General Varesanin in 1910 and who had com mitteed suicide when the attempt fail ed. By the side of this grave he pray | ed for success.
 Princip, besides being a leader, is l the most interesting character in all the band which ambushed Franz Ferdi- nand. When he committed the crime he was nineteen years old:
 He was born in Grahovo, on the ! Dalmation border, little mining vil- lage shut off from most of the outer world by a range of mountains. The stock from which he sprung is known as the most nationaliStic, patriotic, of all the old occupied provinces. As a small boy he tended sheep on the hillsides and learned from the highland peasants about him the old Serbian folk songs and the stories of Serbia's past glories.
 The name Princip is not Serbian. It probably shows descent from a cele- brated Montenegrin family who took their names from the old Latin, prin- ceps, meaning leader. Gavrilo Princip was a born leader.
 When he was six years old his brothers sent him to the neighboring town of Dvar to school and there he | obtained the radiments of an educa- tion. His brothers started wood business, but, being ignorant men, de cided that Princip must be the educated member of the business and so sent him at the age of 13 to Sarajevo, to the commercial high school. He was a cleved pupil and easily first in his classes.
 Attempt Inspires SchOOlbOy It was while he was in this school that he saw Zerajic make his unsuc- cessful attempt to shoot the Austrian general, Varesanin. Inspired by this in. cident he left the commercial school for l the gymnasium the classical high 1 school-and determined to study and work for the liberties of his people. H' was a zealot and dreamed in his early boyhood of sacrificing his whole life for the liberation of his country.
 The gymnasium in Sarajevo at this time was a center of revolutionary en- thusiasm. Pupils were constantly ir correspondence with patriotic youth in other high schools in the occupied pro vinces and with revolutionary Organiza tions which had their headquarters ir Belgrade. Pincip was soon one of the most prominent leaders among these schoolbOy rebels. He led student strikes joined the secret organizations, dis tributed propaganda, and was ready fOl any dangerous enterprise.
 He began to attract the eye of thu Austrian authorities and at the ag' of 15 suffered his first arrest. He was taken into custody after revolu tionary demonstration of Croatianl which was repressed with bloodshed but the police had no proof of hii part in it and he was released. A little later when one of his friends was ar rested for distributing revolutionary literature he was again seized, an( again proof was lacking. But his name was on the list of suspects and ht was expelled from the gymnasium.
 His means were practically nothing he was often hungry. Empty stomachl breed revolution. Then too he was in fluenced by the press, which was al ways in conflict with the Austrian mis rule.
 When expelled from the Sarajevc gymnasium he walked to Belgrade tC continue his studies. I first met hin in 1912, one of the poverty-stricker immigrant students" who flocked into free Serbia to pursue the studies that were denied them under Austrian rule He slept in the parks. Often for sev eral days he was without food. Hi; chief diet was bread and milk.
 But he studied continually, chiefly Serbian history and economies, and be came a leader among the students fol scholarship.
 Rejected By Recruiting Sergeant
 When the Balkan war broke out Princip tried to enlist but was re fused as too young, too small anG too weak. He was refused by the very man who later furnished him with the gun with which he killed Franz Fer dinand. It was blow but it hardened his resolution.
 One more trip to SarajevO in 1913 There he saw the Austrian military gov ernor close all the schools to Serbian youth, calling education the breeding ground of revolt. Princip was essential ly a student; with the schools closed he stayed only long enough to join a Bosnian group of terrorist revolution. | | youths who were his accomplices in 1914.
 The Hateful morning dawned. Two hours before Franz Ferdinand arrived in Sarajevo all the twenty-two con spirators were in their allotted posi- tiOns, armed and ready. They were distributed 800 yards apart over the whole route along which the archduke must travel from the railroad station tc the town hall.
 When Franz Ferdinand and his reti nue drove from the station they were allowed to pass the first two conspira tors. The motor cars were driving too fast to make an attempt feasible and in the crowd were Serbians; throwing grenade would have killed many in- nocent feople.
 When the car passed Gabrinovic, the eompositor, he threw his grenade. Il hit the side of the car, but Franz Ferdinand with presence of mind threw himself back and was uninjured. Sev, eral officers riding in his attendance were injured.
 The cars sped to the town hall and the rest of the conspirators did not in terfere with them. After the reception in the town hall Geperal Potiorek, the Austrian commander, pleaded with Franz Ferdinand to leave the city, as it was seething with rebellion. The archduke was persuaded to drive tho shortest way out of the city and to go quickly.
 Turn In V Roads Gives Chance
 The road to the maneuyers was