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Show KING OF SERBIA I IN THE TRENCHES I Aged King Clad in Uniform of H a Private Seeks Death for H Stricken Country. lH OLD SERBIA IS LOST H New Serbia in Precarious Con- H dition Morale of Troops H Is Splendid Recruits jH March and Sing Like jH Veterans. ' jH Saioniki. Nov. 14. via Paris. Nov, uW-M 16, 4:35 a. ni King Peter of Serbia, H despite his advanced age. is fighting H with bis soldiers in the trenches, clad H in the uniform of a private, accord- H ing to M Jacowscheff, secretary of '--U the Russian legation in Greece, who H arrived here today from Mltrovltsa, H western Serbia, having come by way H of Albania. H The aged king seeks death, accord- --W ing to the Russian diplomat, saying: H "When I am killed you can flee or H surrender." H Old Serbia is lost and new Serbia M is in a precarious condition, in tho H opinion of the secretary, who assorted jH the Serbians at Babuna pass could H not hold out much longer and that the --W only hope was that the Serbian force H concentrated at Mitrovitse would H prove to be strong enough to toAke the H offensive and advance through Tetovo H towards Monastir. H "The morale of the Serbians is --M splendid," he continued. "Half trained recruits inarch to battle singing like H veterans. Famine and misery prevail. H There is no bread at Mltrovltsa. Tho H people are reduced to eating haricots." H oo- H |