SERBIA'S KING.
ABDICATION REPORTED, Bv Tflogr.ph—Pre„ Aviation— Copyright. Auetralia'n and N.Z. Cable Association. LOXI)ON, October 12. The Paris correspondent of the •‘Daily Express ” states: —“ A sensational storv has been published that King Alexander of Serbia has abdicated in favour of his elder brother George. It is stated that M. Pashitch had a, threc-bour interview with Alexander, but failed to move him, despite all api>eals. Though the Serbian Legation denies the story my personal inquiries at Trianon palace, where the Pe-hion King is staying, suggest that fh. * 4.- ♦ Tlio ialmt-o swarms with French and Serbian police. T lielieve that Alexander never will be except in lla.ee. la goes daily in tear of assassination. It is true that ho has been ill, bat not from appendicitis. The truth i« that tlie* King uas not formally abdicated but lias told George that he can have' the throne if he wants it. Alexander prefers Versailles-’’
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16555, 14 October 1921, Page 2
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