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Show FATE REACHES Military Men Who Assassinated Assassin-ated King Alexander and Queen Draga Meet Penalty. SHOCKED THE WORLD Murder Clique Remained in ' Control of Serbian Army Until After Present War. CORFU, Island of Corfu, July 10! Press). Fate has at last fallen on that band of military regicides -who some fifteen years ago broke into the royal palace at Belgrade at night and assassinated King Alexander and the Serbian Queen Draga. Three officers have recently been shot after military court-martial. Three more are awaiting death sentence, sen-tence, seven officers, including a general, gen-eral, have received life sentences, and som thirty officers have received lesser les-ser sentences of from one to five years. Outside World Shocked I While the outside world was shocked, the band o'f assassins enjoyed at home a certain Immunity and even glory, for having rid the country of a dissolute ruler and his plebeian gypsy queen, for the name of Draga had been well known In the concert halls of Emolu before she had the luck to wlni a king and crown. i Tho murder clique remained in con-' trol of the army until after the present war, when Prince Alexander became regent owing to the age of King Peter. One of his first acts was to restore to active service a great num-j ber of officers retired by the murder clique. This resulted in the clique plotting his death, but the conspiracy was discovered. Over Forty High Officers Tried More than forty high officers were tried as a result of the conspiracy. 1 Those condemned to death include Colonels Dimltrivitch, MilanovRch, Toutzovitch, Lazitch, Lieutenant Colonel Vesnltch and Commander Vulovitch. General Popovitch heads the list of those condemned to life im-r prlsonment. In tho list are most of the band who carried out the murder of Alexander and Queen Draga. |