New-York tribune., 1921-10-23
Charles Leads
Army in New
Royalist Coup

.----
TO pass the tenth anniversary of his
marriage at some unnamed place,
MAJOR oestenburg turned over his
troops 10 the new monarch, demanding
OF them fcaity. to their returned lead
er. The men signiacd their Willingness
70 serve him and took an oath Of al.
legaance. The entire garrison was put
on trains that started eastward Will,
Charles.
BuDAPEsr. Oct. 90 (By The Asso
eiated Fress).'-The greatest consterna
tani ..on prevails in the Budapest minis.
,erla! offices, which resemble disturbed d
heehives, while well-known opponents
OF ex.Emperor Charles are preparing
TOR flight. many of them disguis;na
themselves, as 1t is feared q restora.
''on on would not pass without b!oodshed
Inc proponents Of the ex-ruler's
cause appear confident Of success. ou,
the opposition to Charles is hopino
that the Allies at Oedenburg will frus
trate his designs.
uncertainty exists over the attitude
~ Daron fronay. commander of the
pat1ahon of white Terrorists," who
rmaIgns 90 expected, as an avowcd anti.
Cnar!es leader, to attack the Monarch.
ist forces and arrest the ex-kinp 4
sne movement against them succeeded
put 1t Is remembered that the wife OF
oaron Pronay is. lady-in- waiting upon
ex-Empress Zita. N'
Austria Opposes Return
VIENNA, Oct. % (Bv The Assoc;ated
Press ).-The three dominant Anstrien n
parties to-day adopted unanimous
6eclaration opposing the restoration of
Cnarles in this country under any con-
dltlons. Austria has sealed her East
ern frontier, the Socialists saw. and
tne former emperor would never re-
turn alive through that country. The
leaders Of the workmen declare that
tney are prepared to deal with Charles,
himself, or any reactionary movement
within Austria.
The official view of the situation is
that the return Of Charles is for the
little and big ententes to handle. 1t la
reported that an ultimatum has been
issued by the little entente, giving the
Budapest government three days to en-
force the departure Of the former King.
BERNIE. Oct. % (By The Associated
Press).-The Swiss Federal Council, in
officially announcing Charles's depart
ure from Switzerland by airplane
Thursday, declares he notified the gov
ernment only to-day; thus he ABUSED
the asylum Switzerland accorded him
and at the same time broke his word
Notification Came Late
"On Saturday. October %, "reads the
Federal Councils announcement, "King
Charles of Hungary communicated in
writing to the Federal Council that his
Hungarian partisans, invoking what he
affirmed to be the gravest reasons and
appealing to his oath, had pressed him
to return without delay to Hungary
with the Queen.
"The King and Queen left Switzor-
land on October 20, departing from
Dubendorf, in Zurich Canton, by air.
plane about noon in company with
three other persons. On this occasion
the Federal Council calls attention
again that on May Is at Hertenstein
the King accepted formal conditions to
abstain from all political activity and
to inform the political department Of
any plan to leave at least three days
in advance. When he was approached,
on October g., 1921, by an agent sent
for that purpose, the King confirmed to
the political department that he con-
sidered himself still bound without re-
serve by the conditions made known to
him at Hertenstein and which he ac-
cepted.
"The Federal Council finds itself,
with deep regret, obliged to state that
by this conduct the King abused the
asylum Switzerland accorded him and
at the same time broke his word"
Reports received here from Herten-
stein say that the children Of for
wv II y.
bers of his suite were left behind in
total Ignorance of his plans. The
flight of Charles is declared to have
been engineered by a mysterious un-
known who arrived at ,Hertenstein only
a few days previously.