The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-11
9TH BIRTHDAY OF PU-YI,
 ONE OF MANY EX-RULERs.


 Que of the most pathetic of the many throneless monarchs and ex- He'd rulers of the world is little Pu- vi, the deposed king. of China The youthful emperor was born nine years ago Feb. Il. 1905, and was Ht- tie more than a baby when he was deprived of the crown which was his by Chinese dynaatic law. According to all reports, Pu-yi has been treated with the greatest consideration by the republican rulers of China, and, while the future may bring regrets for what might have been, at present he is doubtless much happier than if he were seated on the imperial throne.
 Pu-yi is not alone in his nisfor- tune, if nlisfortune it be. for the world has many kings in exile and JobIess rulers. King Manuel of Por- tuga1 has been out of a job for nearly five years, and apparently has little chance of recovering his lost crown Abdul Harnid. long the typrant of Turkey, is now a prisoner in a pal ace. with plenty of time in which to repent of his past misdeeds, Prince William of Wied, who for a < brief of Albaniay found his throne very uncomfortable. and was soon com pelled to resign his new honors.
 From the German viewpoint, King Albert of Belgium also belongs in the ssezs' class, for he was formally de- posed by the Gerufan officials when he and his army were driven from Belgium Although a king in exile, Albert still has hopes of recovering his throne.
 The right of several European rulers to their thrones is disputed by various pretenders. Prince Victor Napoleon claims to be the lawful ruler of France because of his de scent from the famous Corsican fam l fly, and tn eDuke of Orleans, as 3 scion of the House of Orleans, is ac- corded at European courts tha recog- milton due to menarchs.
 l The Duke of Madrid, the head o1 l the CarIists, claims to have a. better right to the Spanish crown than Al fonso KILL, and on several occa- siona his numerous followers in 1 Spain have tried to overthrow the reigning dynasty Ex-King Manuel is not alone in aspiring to the Por- l tuguese throne, for the Duke of Bra ganza disputes the legitimacy of his royal pretentions The Duke of Cum 1 berland was long a claimant to the crown of Brunswick, but abandoned his claim when his son married the Kaiser's only daughter. Italy has I several pretenders, but they are not l consi dered seriously Even in Eng land a movement was started some years ago when Edward VII. was king to overthrow the reignine l dynasty. The Legitimate Jaeobite League, as it was called. conferred 1 upon the wife of Louis of Bavaria | the title of Mary ", Queen of Eng, land,'' and gave to her oldest son Prince Rupert, the title of Prince oi l Wales" The league achieved HsAit ] but ridicule, and is now praetfcall5 l dead, as extending an invitation to 2 I BaVarian to rule over England would l not b eexactly heaIthfuI in these day:
 In Servia the ObrenoVitch dynasts and the karageorgevitch house have 1 waged a long war for supremacy, bu the latter, represented by King Peter finally triumphed.
 1 Diaz and Huerta, former dictatorl of Mexico, share the plight of tht exi1ed monarchs. Castro, the ex
 dictator of yenezuela, and Billing 1 hurst, the former president of Peru
 are also in a position to -sympathiz'
 with the job1ess rulers of roya 1 blood. Persia, Morocco and Kores
 also have rulers in exile, and Abba IT., Khedive of Egypt, having beel deprived of his job by Great Britain
 is now in a position to accept otke
 employment. Before the present wa
 Is over 1t is quite possible that tn
 process of cutting down the king TOW
 may be carried farther.