Rex Timidus

In weaving plots against the Royal House, stirring up the populace and driving King Alexander frantic, the foremost family in all Jugoslavia are the Brothers Pribitchevitch and their innumerable relations (TIME, June 22, 1931 et seq.).

As usual Brother Svetozar Pribitchevitch led the pack last week, caused to be secretly circulated around Belgrade a book called King Alexander's Dictatorship. In this book Svetozar Pribitchevitch accuses His Majesty of planning a "desperate expedient" to save his Crown, nothing less than the "amputation" of that part of Jugoslavia which is fullest of troublemakers, namely Croatia.

What King Alexander thinks should become of amputated Croatia, Svetozar Pribitchevitch did not reveal. His other "revelations"--true or false--caused a terrific Belgrade sensation, set many citizens of the Capital to vowing that they had a "traitor King." According to a telephoned despatch from Belgrade which eluded censorship: "His Majesty suffered last night from a three-hour nervous collapse brought on by fear of assassination."

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