Evening star., 1921-04-24
DIGEST OF FOREIGN PRESS

I pecially Catholic and conservative.
and even some republican circles. nave
| always been against the destruction
| of the dual monarchy, and that since
! the conclusion of peace they are, IN
principle, in favor of restoration OF
! the monarchy in Hungary. Moreover
| the personality, OF the ex-emperof
and king is by no means antipathetlc
here, where the anti-German senti-
| ments of the Empress Zita, who has
| a great influence on her husband,
| are well known. There are also many
people who declare that the entente
| governments did not take enough ad-
| vantage of the desire for separate
peace which the Emperor and king
Charles manifested in 1917, and VINO
still reproach M. Clemenceau for the
! famous insult of rotten consciences'
which he threw at Charles OF Haps-
burg and Graf Czernin.
"All that" says the writer. naturally
| creates a favorable atmosphere Tor
/ the most ingenious and absurd stories.
/ and as il is sure that the Vatican
| favors the cause of the ex-sovereien
| it is possible that some influential
French Catholics. in words at least, are
of the same mind. 1t is said. wrongly
or rightly. that if Charles of Hapsburg
| believed he had the right to declare
| on arriving in Budapest that he had
Frances support il was that he be-
lieved it because of the reports that
he had received about the tendencies
of French political circles concerning
him. 1t is even said that il was Prince
Sixte of Bourbon who contributed
greatly to giving his brother-in-law
this conviction after conversations
which he had had here with important
personalities, but without official re-
sponsibility. There is no certainty on
the subject but however it may be.
it is sure that Charles of Hapsburg
must have been Informed by amateur
l-diplomatists, who did not make
the necessary distinction between the
tendencies Of certain influential per-
sonalities and the policy of the French
government.
1T could not be difficult, however.
to understand that in no case would the
republican government favor resto-
ration of the monarchy in Hungary In
present circumstances as long as the
Franco-Italian relations could be af-
fected by it. and that the powers OF
the petite entente, TO the constitution
of which France had contributed SO
much and which she considers as a
safeguard to her own policy in central
and oriental Europe. might think them
selves threatened by the fact.
I'm Rome. in Prague. in Belgrade
and Bucharest, where formal assur-
dnCeS were TcCSlNcu
there was no thought of II for
moment, and homage was rendered to
the loyalty of French diplomacy. AS
to pretending that We wished to shut
our eyes here. and that, as certain
agencies declared, Charles of Haps-
burg could have easily passed through
Alsace to go to Austria, this is abs.rdy
as the ex-sovereign was provided, II ts
said, with a proper passport in the
name of q Spanish nobleman.
I'm any case" concludes the writer.
the ex-emperor is and has been
deceived by his intimate friends and
counselors about the tendencies of the
entente governments, in Paris as well
as in London, and about the chances
of his enterprise which may be de-
He was even deceived about the Hun
garian spirit of sacrifice. as it appears
that q simple warning from the cabi-
nets of London and Paris sufficed to
make Admiral Horthy and the Hun
garian national assembly decide to
disavow the act Of the ex-emperor.
There Is no doubt, however, that
the monarchist idea Is uppermost in
Hungary and that II under normal
conditions the question Of restoration
was again raised. all guarantees being
given to the neiEhboring countries, the
return Of Charles Of Hapsburg would
be regarded differently BY the entente
than, for instance. the impossible re-
turn Of the Hohenxollerns; but oer-
tainly the e1-emperor was on the
right scent and was wanting in the
most elementary political sense. 1t
will be difficult for him TO smooth over
the effect of such a mistake in the
eyes of his former people. for although
one may be 'anointed Of the Lord and
a king by divine right. the ridicuie OF
such q pitifui adventure kills the cens
fidenc> in the hearts Of the most faith.
ful aohSreNts. II is not everybody
who succeeds in retufAing from EseA"