Evening star., 1934-10-18
ALEXANDER BURIED
AS MASSES MOURN
Special Precautions Taken
to Prevent Recurrence
of Tragedy.

(Copyrisht. 1884. by the Associated Press.)
BELGRADE, October 18.-The body
Of murdered King Alexander was
placed today near those of his ances-
tors in the Royal Memorial Chapel
in Topolo.
While so men bore the sarcophagus
up hill through tree-lined lanes to
the chapel all activities throughout
Yugoslavia remained at q standstill
for two minutes as the common people
paid tribute to their fallen King.
Them as Alexander was laid in the
tomb which he had only recently
completed, church bells were tolled
throughout the country. They min
gled strangely with heavy guns on
land and sea which roared out
mighty dirge.
Trumpeters Sound Taps.
Trumpeters sounded farewell taps
for the dead soldier-sovereign. Mig
non," as Alexander called his wife,
the dowager Queen Marie, took leave
OF her royal consort and the doors of
the tomb were closed.
Massed thousands Of mourners were
held back by troops standing shoul-
der to shoulder as the funeral train
passed from Belgrade to Topolo. Only
children were allowed on the right
side Of the route, enabling troops to
supervise more efficiently the activi-
ties of adults on the left.
SnnPtatnrQ uara mt a11ou,ad -
carry canes or umbrellas, despite g.
terror prevailed, lest anarchist at
tempt to take the lives Of the three
Kings in the funeral cortege-little
Peter II. son of Alexander; Carol of
Rhmania, his uncle, and Boris of
Bulgaria.
Many Arrests Made.
Secret service agents made many
arrests as they mingled among the
crowd, seeking firearms and bombs.
AS the coffin was being taken to
the tomb at Topolo, in the nations
Pantheon, the widowed Queen Marie,
her mother, the Dowager Queen
Marie of Rumania, and little King
Peter walked directly behind it.
Peter was in a grayish-green Boy
Scout uniform and wore o red and
black cap. He seemed on the verge Of
tears but was consoled by his mother,
who bent over and patted him on the
cheek, whispering encouraging words.
In strong contrast to the solemn
mien of the royal mourners was King
Carol, who had almost a jaunty air.
He chatted with President Lebrun of
France and his aide-de-camp.
The Duke of Kent, fourth son Of
King George of England, and his
hancee, Princess Parma of Greece. were
in the procession. They had special
occasion to remember Alexander be-
cause he promoted their match.
Goering Striking Figure.
Hermann Wilhelm Goering, premier
Of Prussia and Chancellor Hitler's rep
resentative at the funeral, was strik-
ing figure in the gray-green uniform
OF a general as he walked between two
officials of the Austrian government.
During the funeral all lights in Bel
grade were extinguished as a mark Of
respect to the King.
Requiem services in the cathedral
here before the train departed for To-
polo were deeply impressive.
Standing before Alexander's cofin.
the Patriarch Varmava of the Serbian
Orthodox Church eulogized Alexan-
der as "a knightly King under whose
crown and sceptre the divergent peo-
Piles of Yugoslavia for the first time
in history have been united"
Alexander's dying words, Save
Yugoslayia," he said, were a precious
legacy which the nation would fulfill
! with "all honor and glory to our chiv-
alrous King and unifier."
Princes at Side.
All members of the royal family
participated in the church services.
The bereaved Queen Marie was pic
ture of maternal compassion. At her
side stood the tiny Princes Tomislav
and Andreas, touching her dress.
Too young to realize the signih-
canoe Of the occasion. they looked
around the CATHEDRAL with boyish Gu
riosity and then at their big brother,
Peter.
As the coffin was being removed
from the cathedral to gun carriage,
two days Of steady rain was suddenly
dissipated by bright sun which cast
fsilyery rays on the flag-draped
sarcophagus.
simultaneously more than 100
Yugoslav, French, Czechoslovakian
and Rumanian airplanes scared ma
jestically overhead.
Insisting that they must have the
honor of bearing their master and
King through the streets of the capi-
tai to the railway station, So members
of the Kings guard replaced the
horses which were to have pulled the
gun carriage.
The hysterical sobbing Of women
could be heard above the funeral