The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-26

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between France and Italy, and Bar
thou was soon to go to Rome to fur
Their the scheme. Jugoslavia is allied
TO France but is not at all friendly to
Italy, and Alexander hated Mussolinl
personally, believing that the duce
gave moral support to the rebellious
Croats. But the king did not want
war and was willing to help along the
proposed accord If it was not inimical
to his country.
If trouble does follow after the as
sassinations it probably will start with
revolution in Jugoslavia. Only by as
Stunning and exercising dictatorial pow
in the hodgepodge that comprises the
kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and
Slovenes, otherwise Jugoslavia, and 1t
is not certain that there is anyone else
there who can do it.-lCiyil war might
tempt some other nation to intervene
and grab part of the realm, and in that
case. a general conflict might be pre-
cipitated. 49,.
Alexander's eldest son, Peter, who
was in school in England, was prompt
~ proclaimed king and, being only
eleven years old, will rule under q
regency of three men who were named
in the political will Of the murdered
monarch. Whether these three can
hold the kingdom intact is question.
Only the Serbs are really loyal to the
royal house, though all the people had
admired the strength and bravery of
Alexander, whose life had been at
tempted four times before.
Prince Paul, cousin of Alexander
is at the head of the regency and he
is considered fairly capable and is well
liked. His two colleagues have been
rather prominent in the government,
but they are not Serbs.
The death of Alexander was held
especially important to Germany by
the statesmen of that country, for they
had looked to him to curb to con-
siderable extent the alleged ambitions
of Mussolini. He was considered a
close friend of the reich and a poten-
tial ally.
France was not only worried by the
possibility Of trouble in the Balkans,
but also deeply mourned the death of
Barthou, one Of her ablest statesmen
and. indeed, one of the ablest in Eu-
rope. He had been working assiduous-
ly on his pet scheme Of security pact
for eastern Europe; and, although Ger
many had scored him for trying to
build a diplomatic and economic ring
about the reich, last June he personal
~ negotiated an accord between
France and Germany that was believed
to give assurance of peace.
Petrus Kalemen, the assassin, who
was quickly killed by the French POI
lice, was found to have been travelling
on a forged Czech passport. Two men
who accompanied him on his mission
of death were captured near the Swiss
border and another was being hunted
down in Fontainebleau forest.
From the confessions Of those cap
tured and from the Investigations Of
the police of France and Belgrade it
was learned that Kalemen was a no.
torious Macedonian terrorist named
killed two Bulgarian political leaders
several years ago. He and his asso-
GATES in the plot were directed In their
murderous work by a mysterious mas
ter mind" and the authorities assert
this man. whom the assassins knew
as "the DOCTOR" controlled the activi-
ties of several distinct terrorist bands
that were ignorant of one another's
moves. The semi-official Havas news
agency says: of4
Serious clews have come to light
and it is more and more apparent that
the terrorist plot was carried out after
a long preparation. with minute at
tention to detail. The master mind,
who directed the plot. has worked with
Machiavellian ingenuity to throw the
police investigators on the wrong
trails" 49,. +... ..-.
The French police were convinced
that at least nine persons were in
volved In the assassination plot. Their
chief interest centered on one Egon
Kramer, whom they believed to be the
chief of the gang and who had not
been caught. and a beautiful young
woman known to the prisoners as
Marie Vjudroch whose trail was picked
up in a hotel in Aix-en-Provence. The
woman is supposed to have brought
from Germany the two weapons, vir-
tual submachine guns, used by the
killer.
Premier Doumergue's French cabi-
net was considerably changed as re-
suit of the tragedy in Marseilles. AL
bert Sarraut, minister of the interior,
and Henri Cheron. minister of Justice
resigned and were replaced respective
ly by Paul Marchandeau and Henri
Iemery. Laval was made minister
Of foreign affairs to succeed Barthou
and his place as minister of colonies
was given to Louis Rollin.
FRANCE lost another of her elder
statesmen in the death of Raymond
Poincare, who was president from 1919
to 1920 and returned later to public
service as premier. II was during that
period that he seized the Ruhr in an
effort to compel Germany to paw the
war reparations to France. Poincare
was horn in Lorraine. and that fact ex.
planned in part his unrelenting attitude
toward Germany In dealing with post