Assassination of King Alexander and French Foreign Minister. Photo shows: King Alexander (in uniform) and M.

Assassination of King Alexander and French Foreign Minister. Photo shows: King Alexander (in uniform) and M. Barthou seated in their car on their triumphal drive through Marseilles, immediately before the shooting took place. King Alexander of Jugoslavia and M. Louis Barthou, the French Foreign Minister, were shot while driving through Marseilles yesterday. Both died of their wounds shortly afterwards. Shots were fired by a number of people and the actual assassin jumped on to the running board of the royal car and fired point-blank at the King and Minister. The assassin was lynched on the spot. King Alexander was on a diplomatic mission to France and M. Barthou was at Marseilles to welcome him on behalf of the French Government.