The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-29
GOES in STRONG FOR
DEMOCRATIC WAYS
Declines to Accept Usual Perquisites Of
Royalty; Tramps Streets in Civilian
Clothes with Single Attendant;
Rushes to Rescue Woman
BY HENRY WOOD.


| Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
ROME, Jan. 2O.--(By Mail.) = 1Ee
Duke of Genoa, who subs as king at
| the Quirinial while Victor Emmanuel is
at the front, is fast proving himself
formidable rival of the latter for the
affections OF the Italian petople. King
Victor, however, seems in no way dis
turbed Eight months ago he asked
his august uncle TO come down to
Rome and ''sit in for him. Until his
return from the Italian front this week
the king had not even returned to
Rome to see how his Sub" was get
ting away with the job There is per-
haps no other royal family in Europe
whose members would do such a thing
The House of Savoy now includes. be-
sides King Victor and the Duke of
Genoa, the Duke the Abruzzi the
Duke of Aosta and the Count of Turin.
The five are cronies. Zach has had
the rigid military or naval training re-
|
CURED of every male member of the
house and each is considered COM
petent to be king. Victor would just
as soon trust one as the other. He
chose the Duke of Genoa because he
was the eldest. He figured the younger
ones could better serve Italy in their
respective positions as military and
naval commanders. The choice met
with disapproval only from the Duke
himself.
Il know am getting old" he said
wistfully to the court functionaries
who welcomed him to the throne, "but
my hand would rather have grasped
the sword than tue pen that must sign
royal DEGREES"
King Victor has ever been known az
the most democratic sovereign in
! Europe, although perhaps the title of
Soldier King would better suit him.
his sub has gone him one better
for democracy and won for himself
the sobriquet of the Civilian King.
The nearest the Duke of Genoa
comes to accepting any of the kingly
perquisites that go with the job. is az
each dav when he goes for his drive
n the country Four cavalrymen sur
round his carriage and corps of BIZ
cycle guards follow. The police won't
let him drive unless he accepts this
escort.
In the evening he makes up for it by
walking about the streets of Rome in
civilian clothes, accompanied only BY
!, his chief aid-de-camp. He trayerses the
principal streets and widow shops as
he goes along.
1t was while amusing himself this
!, way one evening that the duke saw
street car collide with fat woman.
! Of all the men who leaped to her as
: sistance, the duke got there first She
was quite uninjured but the duke bun
died her off to hospital before she
knew who had helped her!
Half an hour later when. the duke re
turned to the Quirinal he sent his aide
TO the hospital to make certain she
: really was not injured.
When the duke comes down to Rome
to "sit in" for his nephew as king he
does not bring his family with him. Hi;
nearest relative here is his sister
Queen Mother Margherita and h'
never tires of visiting her hospitals
and charity works with her
The duke comes nearest to beinI
king on Thursdays and Sundays, whel
the ministers bring the various de
2, crees to him for his vicarious roya
* signature 1t is then that he gets firs
Of hand information from the primo min
lister. the minister OF war and the mir
le lister Of marine on the conduct of hos
tiiitiea. The minister Of marine, q
IN pecially never fails to bring him som
MS news about his son, the Prince
tldine. who is commanding 4 sqnaaro
= Of submarines.
de The dukes new job brought back
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