THE DEAD KING

Southland Times, Issue 22449, 12 October 1934, Page 7

THE DEAD KING

PAID ASSASSIN? MOVEMENTS IN FRANCE POLICE LAXITY ALLEGED TWO ARRESTS REPORTED ("United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright ) (Rec. 9.30 p.m.) London, October 11. According to the Paris correspondent of the News-Chronicle drastic measures against certain high police officials are expected to-day for alleged laxity in protecting King Alexander. “We know the Police Department is gangrenous,” says La Liberte. “It is also incapable.” A message from Paris says that Kalemen, the assassin, entered France on September 28 with a false passport and since then had frequently changed his name and address. He took a room at a small hotel in Paris about October 30 under the name of Suk. One of his friends was already staying at the hotel and another visited him there and probably supplied him with money, because the day after his arrival Suk visited a store and bought himself a new suit and an overcoat. The scene changes to an hotel at Aix-en-Provence where a man arrived on October 7 and was joined that night by two others, one of whom was Kalemen. All described themselves as brothers and avoided signing the registration book. Kalemen 'Well Armed. Kalemen and a friend had breakfast in their room on the morning of October 9 and afterwards drank a considerable quantity of alcohol after which Kalemen departed for Marseilles. His companion returned to the hotel and paid the bill after which the remaining two departed and have not been seen since. Kalemen left well armed and newly clothed with about £25 in his pocket. A later message states that two men were arrested at Annemasse (Haute Savoie) and are believed to be Kalemen’s accomplices. Tire police visited a small villa at Fontainebleau in search of another suspect. As they arrived a man rushed out firing a revolver. He fled to the forest which the police are now scouring. The Daily Mail says that the British ministerial opinion does not anticipate direct international complications as a resuk of the assassination. Though it has increased nervousness it has augmented caution among Central European administrations. Everything is believed to depend on the attitude of the Croats in response to King Alexander’s gesture in appointing two of that nationality to the Regency Council. The Marseilles police impounded films of the procession showing the assassination and prevented the transmission of such films to America. Immediate Crisis Unlikely. A report from Belgrade states that fears that the Croats will precipitate an immediate crisis were allayed when the Croatian leaders at a meeting at Zagreb decided to co-operate with the Regency. Thus far there is only talk of a military dictatorship, though many good judges regard this as inevitable. Kling Alexander’s body will be landed on Friday at Zelenika, where the greater part of the British Mediterranean fleet will honour his memory with the dipping of flags and booming of guns, while 12,000 sailors will stand to attention. The body will be railed from Zelenika to Belgrade, where it will lie in state prior to interment in the famous Karageorgevich dynastic mausoleum at Topolo. It is reported from Marseilles that the condition of General Georges is improving, but the bullet has not yet been extracted. A second woman succumbed to a bullet wound in connection with the assassination. THE ASSASSIN. FORGED PASSPORT USED. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) Belgrade, October 10. The police state that they know nothing about Kalemen’s passport, which must have been forged. The authorities in Prague also state that the passport is a forgery. The Havas Agency says that Kalemen was a well-known terrorist in Belgrade. King Peter under his fathers will returns to school in England after the funeral. Demonstrations against Kalemen occurred at Sarajevo and at Zagreb. It was denied that . the assassin was a Croat, but when the demonstrators began to mention Italy the police dispersed the meeting. It is understood that Kalemen’s brother, a dental surgeon, has been arrested. KING CAROL’S GRIEF. MAY NOT ATTEND FUNERAL. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Bucharest, October 10. The assassination of King Alexander prostrated King Carol, who spent most of the day with the Crown Prince Michael, who is almost the same age as Prince Peter. The Government, in view of current unrest, does not desire King Carol to visit Yugoslavia to attend the funeral. FRENCH FEARS. POLITICAL CRISIS LIKELY. (United Press Assn—Telegraph Copyright.) Paris, October 10. A French political crisis is likely to arise from the assassination. The Chamber of Deputies clamouring for the resignation of the Minister of the Interior owing to his failure to .take measures to protect distinguished strangers. It also wants the resignation of the Minister of Justice. The police are searching the houses of Yugoslavian Separatists resident in France. Fifteen have been detained.