The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-28
FATE OF HAPSBURGS IN HANDS
 OF ALLIED COUNCIL

OF ALLIED COUNCIL
 A dispatch from Paris says the allied council of ambassadors has decided that former Elm. peror Charles of Austria Hungary and former Empress Zita shall be placed on board British warship in the Daube until permanent plan can be devised to dispose of the troublesome Hapsburgs.
 Had Charles been reconciled to his fate he might have ended his days in Switzerland, Spain or some other country where he could have enjoyed the normal existence of a retired mon- arch, with enough diversions and interests of one sort and another to make life agreeable. He might well have emulated former King Manuel of Portugal, whose common sense helped to make the best of his downfall.
 Ambition, perhaps, and certainly bad ad- visers proved too much for Charles, who re- gently met disaster after making his second at- tempt to regain his throne. On both occasions his failure was so swift and ignominious he should have been convinced that the cause of the Hapsburgs is hopeless and there is no more chance for him to rule again than there is for the discredited Hohenzollerns.
 Whatever disposition may be made of Charles, it is unlikely that he will again be per mitted to perturb the chancellories of Europe and cause panic in the "Little Entente" Another "St. Helena" may be the fate of this misguided man who doesn't seem able to real ize that the heyday of royalty is thing of the past.
 Turkish newspapers are poking fun at a conl- missioner of the League of Nations who went to Constantinople to investigate report that Christian girls were being held captive in Tur- kish harems One paper wants to know when 'the harems in London, Paris and New York will be investigated" We'll have to concede that the Turk has sense of humor. An Indiana woman charges her husband with taking wealthy widow on ,airplane joy rides. We might have known that sooner or later the airplane would start to breaking up more or less happy homes. The woods, metaphorically speaking are full of distinguished foreigners. In fact they are so numerous they no longer arouse the interest of jaded bell hops.
 Now that we have been assured that college girls read the newspapers, we may venture to discuss the topics of the day the next time we meet one.
 It's none of our business, but we noticed when | President Harding was in Birmingham that he smoked his cigarette rather too close for conl- fort.
 Premier Briand has won another ''great vic- tory" The career of the French premier is a series of Austerlitzes and Waterloos. It is far cry from soviet prison to the lecture platform, but Captain Fitzpatrick IS about to negotiate the distance. In the meantime, what has become of the movement to make Hollywood 'whiter than snow?"
 | The Russian, like the Indian, needs alcohol to keep him from breeding over the fact that he's RussiaA.
 Karl and Zita have probably figured in the,r last nstallment of "A Dash for Throne"
 
 | King Constantine isn't announcing that he will eat his Christmas dinner in Constantinople. u m
 A contemporary professes to be tired of Hon. Babe Ruth. A clear case of lese majesty.
 
 Politics is game of give and take-with tho defeated candidate on the receiving end.
 
 The war between the Riffs and the "Raffs" is i not even first-class sporting event.
 It looks as if the Hapsburgs would soon have a permanent place of residence.
 HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL" From The Florida Times-Unon. Near beer bills have failed in Alabama leg islature. But that state is still speculatihg on the number of gallons of corn to the acre.