Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-23
SWITZERLAND
/ E;REFUCE FOR
N Al Y PERSONS
'SMore Elzx,..rak:ings and Other
Ex-Nobi1ity Than in any
Other Country.

Other Country.
Geneva Feb. .5.-(Mail.) -switzer-
land has become since the armistice
the refuge of royalty. There are prob
ably more ;ex-kings, ox%-princes and
ex-nobility i'm Switzerland than in any
other country in. the world.
Former Emperor Karl of Austria
Hungary a been residing at the
Geneva, since a few days after the
armistice. when. accompanied by Brit
lish officers, he was Ashed across the
frontier. The lives OF the imperial
family were believed to be in danger
in Vienna at the time. The chateau
at Prangins belongs to Mrs. Helen
Clarke OF New York and was formerly
) the property Of Prince Jerome Bona
parte. ~ II a "
5 Karl, spends smostSof his Shoot
ing, fishtng and. boating His, wife.
q the for1neraEmpress 1ita, has much to
do lookingsafter the welfare Of her
, five Children one of the young arch
dukes being in. rather feeble health.
M. . Meets Royalty.>
The Associated Press correspondent
met thesformerly imperial couple a
few days ago.. Dressed as ordinary
= tourists, they had come here from
Prangins on a shopping tour when the
correspondent ran across them in the
flower market. They were unac-
companied and Karl was loaded with
parcels. No one took any notice of
the couple.
Karl greatly embarrassed the Swiss
president recently. The former en-
NoSN cenE n A.
birth OLA sons,adding che was happy
and proud to feel that he had a son
born in SSWttzerland, the cradle, Of the
house of Hapsburgs." Tho ruins Of the
original chateau of the Hapsburgs
built IN 1920 SELL exist in the Canton
of Argovfes butAit is said that, owing
to the fact that for more than q CEN
tury the >Apstrians have been con-
sidered as hereditary. enemies of the
Swiss, the Swiss president thought the
message from the former emperor
was in doubtful taste. 81
The former King of Bavaria, Ludwig
III. who celebrated his 18th birthday
9. few days ago with all the members
of his family, resides at Locarno. He
crossed the Swiss border a few days
after the armistice and has not re-
turned to Germany since. He spends
. most of his time reading books on the
late war and motoring around the
beautiful lake of Lugano. It has zen
, stated that he has shown signs Of in
sanity; hereditary in his family, and
he is always accompanied by a Mum
ichs mental expert.
4 His nephew, former Crown Prince
Ruprecht of Bavaria, makes frequent
visits to Davos travelling more or less
incognito. His name. was on the list
of Germans wanted by the Allies for
war crimes and he is reported to be
preparing his case in the event Of *
tradition being granted. He is
charged with being the first German
general to employ poison gasH
visit Switzerland.
The Grand Duke and Grand Ouch
cess. Of Hesse. came to. Switzerland dur
ing. N1es German revolution and have
been residing here since.
The Grand Duchess Of Mecklen-
! burg-SchWerin, who has spent most Of
her time inff.G Geneva since the Begin
correspondent%that,, in the past i've
years she had received very few let
tiers from her daughter, the former
Grown Princess Cecile of Germany,
, and attributed the fact to the influ-
4 ence of the former German emperor,
! with whom the grand duchess smil-
inEly acknowledged she was persona
" 81 GkISks .N IA uCA1ACN, AAO"OSOAs 4AC
E report that her daughter intended to
seek a separation. from the former
Crown Prince Frederick.
< There are several other e~x-princes
4 in Switzerland whose chief preoccu-
patton is the depreciation OF the mark
and calculation how to make both
sendsslneet.xszass. .s ts -
ing quietly and have not attempted to
break the rule Of the Swiss govern
ment, conveyed to them. In diplomatic
language at the time they tool up
their residence in Switzerland, to the
effect that NO political propaganda of
anyIsortswould be tolerated.
> EX-king& Constantine and the form
have been much more prominent,
4 and, in fact, the present Greek min
lister at Berne publicly accused them
in the Swiss press Of being the insti-
Z gators and accomplices in the. plot
i against Mr.. Venizelos. which was re-
Gently discovered~in Athens.
Constantine and his family and
! sous, stayed for some -mohths at a
. Hotel in Lucerne but recently the ex-
king removed to st. Moritz, where, 1t
is said, lower rates were, granted the
e~exsroyalties, who were commencing to
Il feeer1he pinch for funds. They spend
most OF their time motoring
jewelers. have profited by the adj
vent Sof these erstwhile royalties in
4 Switzirland. A diadem belonging to
ex-Empress Zita, valued at 100000
francs was recently sold at Bernie. A
Y Not OF very high class jewels from
q austrian and Hungarian royalties and
~aristocracies has been purchased by
Swiss dealers and much is lying as
pledges in the safe OF the banks.
CLOSE UNIVERSITY.
Prague, Gzecho-Slovakia, Feb. 81
~(Mail.)-The government has closed
the German university here n il
will become a Czech college. This is
in line with the general de-Germani-
zationt Of CIecho-SloNakia One CON-
cession to, the German element Z has
4 been madefin permitting q defendant
SSfn court to use the German language
SS4n those districts where the German
population exceeds twenty per cent.