THE BOY KING
ARMY RESERVISTS TAKE OATH VAST GATHERING IN BELGRADE Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright BELGRADE, December 16. (Received Dece.mher, 17, at 11.40 a.m.) Sixty thousand reservists aged from twenty-one to .fifty-five rent the air with cheers when, after assembling on the parade ground, they took the oath of loyalty to King Peter. The capital and all towns were denuded of male inhabitants and transport vehicles because every member of the 2,000,000 reserve forces throughout the country
simultaneously swore fealty, priests of six different religions administering the oath in Belgrade. The Regent (Prince Paul), in. the presence of a vast concourse,. subsequently opened the “ reparations ” bridge across the Danube between Belgrade and the suburb of Zemun, and christened it Alexander Bridge in honour of the martyred king. Yugoslavs completed half the _ after 1932, when the German provision of materials under the reparations clause ceased.
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Evening Star, Issue 21905, 17 December 1934, Page 11
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143THE BOY KING Evening Star, Issue 21905, 17 December 1934, Page 11
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