Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-13
POLES R|CHTFUL
KING LIVES HERE
CITIZEN OF LOS ANGELES Isl
OF REGAL BLOOD
If Revolution in Poland Is Success
Col. John Sobieski of This
City May Be Placed on
Throne

Few people of Los Angeles know
that they have king for neighbor.
A king by every right of lineal descent.
If Poland is successful in the struggle
in which it is now so desperately en-
gagged it may turn to Los Angeles and
pick from our midst man now living
modestly and simply in an unostenta-
tious endeavor to serve as q good citi-
zen of this republic should, and place
him on it's throne with crown upon
his head, and a great empire at his
feet for him to govern.
He is known now as Col John So
beski, and his title is a mark of dis.
tinction for his service to the United
States government during the Civil
War. He may, perhaps be known
soon as His Imperial Majesty King of
Poland, and that title is his right as
the only direct descendent in the male
line Of the last native king, but one, of
that country-John Sobieski. King
John was followed by a Saxon who
bought his election to the throne, and
he in turn by Stanislaus Poniatowski
the creature of Queen Catherine Of
Russia, neither of whom could be con-
sidered as bequeathing any rights to
their posterity that modern Poles could
respect.
That q man who comes and goes
about the streets of Los Angeles as
any other resident, a man of retiring
disposition, who finds the chiefest in
ing the advancement of the cause of
temperance, in which he has become
interested, may be suddenly trans
formed into a monarch attired in regal
vestments, whose moves are announced
by a fanfare of trumpets, is like
chapter of the widest romance ever
dreamed.
All this, however, is far within the
range of possibilities and may anytime
be made certainty by the success of
the revolution which is now practically
in progress in the Russian empire.
Col. John SobieslSi, 2SO7 Brighton ave-
nue., Los Angeles, Cal, is the only Pole
whose blood would entitle him to the
throne of his native country.
Notable War Record
John Sobieski was born in Warsaw,
the capital of Poland, September 10,
1912. His father was Count John So
bieslSi, the son of James Sobieski, who
fell on the battlefield in the revolu-
tion of 1881. Col. Sobieski came to
and entered the regular army,
serving for ten years. During the
between the Merrimac and
the Monitor in the Civil War he re-
ceived a wound which almost proved
fatal and which caused him much trou-
BILE in later years.
After our Civil War he Joined the
Mexicans in thei rqstruggle against
the Austrian invader and guarded the
person of Macmillan the day before
the emperor was put to death.
Col. Sobieski went to Missouri I'm the
7O's and made his home at Neosho IN
he southwestern part of the state. He
became a lecturer on temperance and
as such has been heard in every sec
lion OF the country. A few years ago
he removed with his family to Los
Angeles, where he now resides.
1t was over a century ago that the
ancestors of Col. John SobieslSi We're
ieposed from their throne and their
country divided and their people en-
ilaved. Since that time ii has been
IN name province OF the Russian em-
Dlre. But 1t has been In name only, |
or ever since that time the people of
Poland have lined loyal to their old
and now the enthusiastic
Poles can almost see their national
lag waving from the heights OF War
Jaw. The present crisis in that coun-
ny has kindled within their breasts
he smoldering but never entinguished
Tres of patriotism, and they are in
pired with new hope. 1t is such
ines as these for which the people Of
'oland have constantly waited during
he long night of their country.
The attempt to denationalize the
ountry OF Poland has been carried !