18 DECEMBER 1926, Page 2
His leadership of the Serb Radicals was tactically wonderful. Although
his methods were severe and frigid he never lost the devotion of his followers. He was in many ways an inscrutable and sphinx-like man. Criticism and even abuse, though his reputation might be involved, never drew from him a secret which he did not wish to reveal. He seemed to sum up in himself all the yearnings of Serbian nationality. He was already an old man when he tramped with the routed Serbian army during its arduous retreat in 1915. But he was just as determined when all seemed lost as he was when the Peace Treaty created the new triple kingdom. His renown will never fade in Yugo-Slavia nor in all the Balkans.
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