Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-02-23
SWITZERLAND IS
REFUGE Of MANY
FORMER MOBILES
Little Republic HarborS More
Members of Former Royal
Families Than Any Other
Country in World.

Country in World.
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Geneva Feb. 22.-Switzerland
has become since the armistice the
refuge of royalty There are prop,
ably more eN-kings, eX-princes anu
ex-nobiIity in Switzerland than IN
any other country in the world.
Former Emperor Karl of Aus
tria- Hungary, has been residing at
the beautiful chauteau of Pranglhs
near Geneva, since a few days atter
the armistice when, accompanied
by British officers, he was rushel.
across the frontier, The lives OF
the imperial family were believed
to be in danger in Vienna at the
time. The chateau at Prangins pc
longs to Mrs. Helen Clarke, OF New
York, and was formerly the prop
erty of Prince jerome Bonaparte'
Karl spends most of his time
shooting fishing and boating. ms
wife, the former Empress Iita, mas
much to do looking after the Wei
fare of her five children, one OF
the young archdukes being II
rather feeble health.
The Associated Press correspond
ent met the formerly imperial cou-
ple a few days ago, Dressed as
ordinary tourists they had come
here from Prangins on shoppihs
tour when the correspondent ran
across them in the flower market,
They were unaccompanied ana
Karl was loaded with parcels. NO
one took any notice of the coupe
Karl greatly embarrassed the
Swiss president recently by sending
n message announcing the birth OF
a son. adding "he was happy anu
proud to feel that he had a son
born in Switzerland, the cradle OF
the house of Hapsburgs. The
ruins of the original chateau OF
the Hapsburgs built in 1920 sun
exist In the Canton of Argovie, but
II Is said that, owing TO the lacl
that for more than a century th3
Austrians have been considered as
hereditary enemies OF the SWlss'
the Swiss president thought the
message from the former emperor
was in doubtful taste.
The former king of Bavaria, Lnd-
wig III, who celebrated his i0th
birthday a few days ago with al
the members of his family, resides
at Locarno He crossed the SWISS
border a few days after the arms
flee and has not returned to GER
MANY since. He spends most of nus
time reading books on the late war
and motoring around the peaulliu,
lake of Lugano. 1t has been stated
that he has shown signs OF IN,
sanity, hereditary in his family ana
he N always accompanied by q
Munich mental expert.
His nephew, former Crown
Prince .Ruphrecht Of Bavaria
makes frequent visits to Dayos'
travelling more or less incognltop
His name was on the list of GER
mans wanted by the allies for war
crimes, and he is reported to pe
preparing his case in the event OF
extradition being granted, lie IL
charged with being the first GER
man general to employ poisonous
gas. -,
The Grand Duke and Grand
Duchess of Hesse came to SwltZer-
land during the German reVolu-
ton and have been residing here
since.
The Grand Duchess of Mecklen-
burg -Schwerin, who has spent most
of her time in Geneva since the pc.
ginning of the war, recently tolu
the correspondent that, in the past
five years, she had received very
few letters from her daughter, the
former Crown Princess Cecilie ot
germany, and attributed the fact
TO the influence of the former
German emperor, with whom the
grand duchess smilingly acknow-
lodged she was persona non
grata." She denied, however, the
report that her daughter intended
TO seek a separation from the form
er Crown Prince Frederick.
There are several other eX-
princes in Switzerland whose chief
preoccupation is the depreciation
Of the mark and calculation now 10
make both ends meet.
All of the foregoing have been
living quietly and have not at
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Swiss government, conveyed 10
them in diplomatic language at the
time they took up their residence
in switzerland, to the effect that
no political propaganda of any sort
would be tolerated.
King Constantine and the
former Queen Sophie, of Greece,
however, have, have been much
more prominent, and, in fact, the
present Greek minister at Berne
publicly accused them in the Swiss
press of being the instigators ana
accompfices in the plot against
Mr.. Venizelos, which was recently
discovered in Athens.
Constantine and his family and
spite consisting of about thirty
persons, stayed for some months
at a hotel in Lucerne but recently
the ex-king removed to st. Moritz,
where, it is said, lower rates were
granted the ex-royalties, who were
commencing to feel the pinch for
funds. They spend most of their
time motoring.
jewelers. have profited by the ad-
vent of these erstwhile royalties IN
switzerland. A diadem belonging
to ex-Empress Zita, valued at
2O0.0 francs, was recently sold
at Berne. A lot of very high-class
levels from Austrian and Hunga-
rian royalties and aristocracies has
been purchased by Swiss dealers
and much is lying as pledges in the
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