The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-12

IAlexander's murder, manifested in wild riots, kept police alert and authorities worried to-day as young King Peter II sped across Europe to claim his unhappy heri- tage.
 The resignation of Albert Sar- raut, French minister of interior, responsible for police arrange ments at Marseilles, and the prom ised dismissals of two officials at the scene, made an excellent im- precision and feeling against the French was calmer.
 Sarajevo, where Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassin ated in 1914, was the scene of the latest violent demonstrations.
 Townspeople ,enraged at the death of their king, wrecked shops and houses, milled outside Ro- man Catholic churches, damaged the interior of the Roman Catho- lie cathedral, and bombed the post office.
 In these riots Serbs selected as the object of their wrath people who failed to display crepe In mourning for Alexander.
 Tn earlier riots, mobs attacked the Italian consulate at .Laibach (Ljubljana) and demonstrated against Hungary in the villages Essefi and Subotich, which are near the Hungarian frontier.
 The riots at Sarajevo last night assumed serious proportions. They broke out in the form of spontaneous demonstrations all over the city.
 Police could not disperse van dals at the cathedral before heavy damage was done to the interior.
 A bomb was exploded inside the postoffice. One employe was wounded.
 The mobs began smashing win- dows and interiors of shops which failed to display crepe.
 It was to a capital divided be-. tween rage and sorrow that little King Peter was coming to receive the homage of his people.
 Peter, his mother Queen Marie and his grandmother Dowagsr Queen Marie of Rumania, were ex- pected here Saturday.
 His fathers funeral was set for Thursday. Until then there was a political truce. Afterward. with the regency headed by Prince Paul ruling for Peter, the cabinet. was expected to resign--as it or- fered to do yesterday-and oppo- sition political elements were ex- pected to attack the government.
 Bad> weather has delayed the naval funeral cortege of King Alexander, proceeding from Mar seilles to Split (Spalato) on the Adriatic coast.
 Italy Again Tries Peace
 Rome, Oct 12.-(UP)-In dem. onstration of friendship for Jugo- slavia, Italy to-day rendered hon. ors to the body of King Aiexan- der.
 Coast batteries received orders from Rome to fire 21 salvoes us the Jugoslavian destroyer Dubrov- nix, bearing the assassinated kings body, and its escort of French warships. reached the Straits of Messina at the bottom of the Italian peninsula.
 The commander of the lower Tyrrhenian fleet was ordered to meet the cortege with his cruiser and a flotilla of destroy CTS north of Aeolian island and escort 1t until sunset.
 The government continued it's attitude of Ignoring anti-Itaiian demonstrations in Jugoslavia and were ordered not to publish articles about them.
 Apparently the view was taken that the denominations were but natural, though nnisjudged, vent ings of popular rage at King assassination, and Pre- mier Benito Mussglini decided to use the occasion for a gesture of positive friendship as well as sympathy.
 Messlna, Sicily Oct 1s.--(UP)- Twenty-one gun salvos at one- minute intervals were fired by coast batteries on the sicllian side as the Jugoslavian destroyer Du- brovnik crossed the Strait of Messina this afternoon with the body of King Alexander.
 Salvos also were fired from 12 Italian warshipB flying the Jueo- slayian flag from their topn1asts. The Italian ships met the destroy or off the Lipari Islands and will escort lf until sunset,
 The crews fined the decks of the Italian warships, saIuted and shouted ''Long live the king"
 Italian merchantmen aiI along the route carried the jugoslaRinn flag af haif-mnst.