''Alexander the Absolute"
The dictature set up in Jugoslavia last fortnight by King Alexander and General Petar Zivkovitch, Commander of the Royal Guards (TIME, Jan. 14) assumed, last week, the powers of Absolutism, if not Despotism.
"The King is the Bearer of All Authority." declared a new Royal decree. "The King issues and promulgates all laws, appoints and dismisses all officials, commands the Army and Navy, declares war, concludes peace and pardons whomever and whenever he wishes.
"The ministers appointed by the King are responsible to him only, and can be judged only on...
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