Evening star., 1921-08-28

the sale of the first popular loan of
the kingdom, of 25O, ,0U0 rubles-the royal
ruble being valued at two pounds ster
ling.
to cooperate id the building of the
capital. on the banks of the khanis
TZkali river. II only by the sale of
municipal bonds on which they have
generous commission.
Among other institutions set up
are:
A house of lords. senate and house
OF commons each consisting OF one
third woman members: merchant
marine. river feet and air service.
hydroplanes and tanks to carry pc
troleum to foreign refineries. and a
national pipe line whose stock is to
become guarantee for extensions
whatever the phrase may mean.
In all this. two names stand out be
side that of the king. They are Count
Coetech Yavorsky. chief secretary of
state. and Duke Dokondowsky, his
undersecretary. who Pursell says is
George DakIn. 'of Erie county. Pa
Is it not peculiar how petroleum.
smells, near and far, in all this?
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DARON PURSELL of kansas City
was here with the A. f. F. in
welfare capacity. He still deems the
plain. untitled American the noblest
work of nature. but believes in doing
in Rome the Romans do.
"DOn't laugh AT Mrs. W and her
two daughters" he says. They al.
all three countesses. as genuine as
the majority at Nice. The king has
been acclaimed by more real Trans
caucasians than any other claimant
,, to that territory. He has fought for
council OF ambassadors and Inter.
national Red Cross. He has lodged
claims and protests for them with the
chancellerps OF Europe and the State
Department az Washington. and il
they're not lost in the shuttle when
the soviets fall it will be due 10
Leon Laforge. Prince VitanvaL"
THE aueen?'' I said
''She was a salesgirl in a depart
ment store. Yes. Does it disqualify,
her? The Empress Theodore was a
market girl in Constantinople and
Princess Anastasia of Greece was a
typewriter girl in Cleveland, Ohio.
They ought to he glad to get some
brains on those thrones"
"But the king Ia under arrest?' I.
said.
The man from Kansas City blew
smoke-rines from his cigarette and
stared into the sky. Slowly he reached
into his inside breast pocket for big
black portfolio.
Here is the joker of the pack" he
whispered. Cast your eyes upon this
photograph. BEFORE tne SONletS Iaii
this lady and her friends will have
the king at liberty to make his
claims
1t was the photograph Of a strong
faced. oriental-looking woman In
fashionable lingerie blouse and queer
gold chain of Turkish workmanship.
THE Princess Caria," he said with
reverence. "She is real, born prin-
cess of the Caucasus. Behind her is
the local pull of Transcaucasia; the
little territorial bosses trust her And
up there. in Paris. she has got the
pull of western capital to defend the
little kingdom"
"Transcauca sia -Vitanvalia." I mur-
INJURED.
why noto" he snapped. It's got
to have a name to mark IL OF from
all those crooks around its borders.
and a bunch OF western huatlers to
push il along.
AS I said at the beginning. vitanval
is a wonderful man During six
months his newly appointed mobiles
had such confidence in the political
secrets which he whispered to them
that not a word about the kingdom
reached the French police. Today.
with vitanval in Jail, they cannot OBJ
tain witnesses,