The Washington times., 1921-11-13

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q crown Shakespeare had old
King Henry the Fourth remark
when he was in the midst of his troubles.
This classic truth has been paraphrased
by the modern-day humorists to read:
Uneasy lies the tooth that wears a
crown"
But the most uneasy member Of modern,
down-and-out royalty, king Karl" Of Hun
gary. win have no further chance to be
uneasy about his crown. The exploits of
this runaway king, who has twice tried to
crawl back to his throne, would make an
excellent Gilbert and Sullivan comic
opera.
1t is a strictly up-to-date burlesque. The
first time the exiled monarch came over
the border to climb up onto his throne he
used an automobile. This was nine months
ago, and the bewildered imitator of Napo-.
leon the Great was utterly astonished
when all his childish plans went wrong
and he was seized by the coat collar and
hustled back to his hiding place in Swift
zerland.
When he made his second attempt the
other day to come back he added a touch
of motion picture melodrama. This time
the little ex-monarch few down from the
clouds in an aeroplane. Things had
gone so badly on his previous attempt
that his wife, Zita, insisted upon going
along to see that there were no bitches
in the programme.
AS the aeroplane came over the Swiss
border and lighted on the soil OF Hungary
it was surrounded by faithful group Of
admirers of royalty.
The Queen" stepped out, and then the
King" and then they lifted out Of the
leroplane two suit cases containing the
crowns and royal robes and scepters and
seals and various other paraphernalia
which would enable Karl and Zita to dress
the part of King and Queen.
Just before Karl escaped from Switzer-
land he wrote farewell message to the
Swiss Government, saying:
Il am compelled to return to my throne
in Hungary in answer to the insistent de-
mands of my subjects"
This sententous explanation OF why
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eminent and made his second attempt to
seize his throne was soon answered by
the uprising of his subjects" who seized
muskets, cannon and hand grenades and
gave the returning monarch another sur
prise.
So Karl and Zita have made a mess Of
their second spectacular effort to crawl
back on the throne. The two suit cases
full of royal regalia will not be needed.
They are on their way to the museum in
Vienna. Karl and Zita are prisoners and
will not get another opportunity to break
their promises and stir up trouble In mid
die Europe.
Where to lock up the man and his wife
who have twice tried to force themselves
upon the Hungarian Government as king
and queen is now being debated. Wher-
ever they are confined II will be where
neither automobile nor aeroplane can be
used to escape or make another attempt
at regaining their cobwebbed throne.
1t is urged that there is no better place
to confne them than the historic little
island Of st. Helena, where the great Ma
roleon was successfully held prisoner I'M
til he died This island belongs to Great
Britain and Is almost in the middle of the
Atlantic Ocean. 1t is some 1000 miles
from the nearest mainland, Africa, and a
little more than this distance from South
America. No flying machine would be
able to fly over from either South America
or Africa and pick up Karl and Zita and
carry them away.
The former Emperor Of Austria is
young man of rather weak personality and
not over-burdened with brains. His wife,
Zita, is much the cleverer Of the pair She
planned the first scheme for Karl to APP
pear in Hungary last Spring and seize the
throne, and 1t is said that his wife round
ly abused him for stupidity mismanaging
the affair.
The second and more recent effort was
also planned by the queen" IT Is under
stood, and this time she insisted upon go
ing along herself to see that things did
not miscarry. But instead OF the hurrahs
of the worshipful populace Karl and Zita.
were shocked to find that the people not
only did not want them. but promised even
to tear up the railroads to make sure that
Karl and his little gathering OF royalists
did not succeed in making their promised
triumphal progress to the capital
Ex,noror with eIm NJ Germany has acted