With the Serbs in Macedonia

THE DELIVERANCE 269
taining peace and order in the country, which is
not only needful for the present, but a pledge
for the future of our Kingdom.
Our noble Allies and the whole world have
seen with admiration and appreciation our
heroic resistance and the self-sacrifice of my
army and the endurance of my people. Let us
now strive to forget all our mutual controversies,
and by the sinking of our differences to
show the example of a sane and well-balanced
nation, worthy to live and work in peace
together with the great and enlightened nations,
whose loyal friend and gallant Ally it had the
honour to be in the war. Inspired by the
example of lofty patriotism and sacrifice displayed
by oar army, our martyrs and public
workers during the war, and mindful of the
graves of our heroes, I and my Government will
unceasingly and worthily
care for the families
of the warriors, who covered themselves with
eternal glory and laid down their lives in the
struggle for the realization of our great historic
idea and the task of the nation. In the name
of my august father and in my own, I send Royal
greetings to all my people, to all Serbs, Croats
and Slovenes, I wish you all a Happy New
Year, in which, by God's help, our glorious
tricolour will be unfolded to wave proudly
throughout the centuries, the symbol of our
Kingdom, recognized and honoured as the
splendid emblem of the indisputable sovereignty
of our State in all our lands, in our hills, in all