Evening star., 1923-07-29

soldier, x-conspirator against the
czar and conveying the Idea of an
eighteenth century leader of condiet-
tori. whom she has completely tanned,
served to bring about truce of all
these dissessions and, during that
truce, the league of nations gave its
decision in favor of Poland about
Dantzig. So. the mobiles and the great
territorial magnates and the peasan-
try are all more or less convinced of
the benefits that would accrue to the
nation through the Transformation of
the republic, a form of government
for which the Poles are so little fit
ted. into a monarchy. not by right
divine, but, as in the days of old Po-
land, by election of the mobiles and
the-|peasantry.
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And in the event of the restora-
tion of the monarchy which can con-
tribute so much to free the country
from that political unrest which is
obstructing its development, there is
no longer any doubt now as to who
the candidate for the throne would
be, namely, King Ferdinand of Ru-
mania, thanks to his English born
consort He Is king already. He
has served his apprenticeship in the
duties and obligations inherent to the
occupancy of throne. He knows
his business and, since 1t would be
necessary anyhow to choose an alien
prince for the purpose. since the cleo
ton of Polish noble would provoke
the jealousy of all the others, it
would be preferable to select King
Ferdinand, since. not being of Ru-
manian birth: there could never be
erence to one country over the other
Moreover, Queen Marie's tact could be
relied upon to cause him to hold an
even balance between Poland and Ru-
mania, two countries that have much
In common, that are confronted by
the same foreign perils and with
whom economic cooperation is cal
culated to prove of inestimable bene-
At.
The most curious thing about the
whole matter is the fact that France,
after having been SO largely instru-
mental in overthrowing the Hohen-
zollern dynasty in Germany, in the
person Of ex-Emperor William and
Of his precious son, the ex-Crown
Prince. should now be lending her.
self to the establishment of Hohen-
zollern on the throne of Poland.
true, King Ferdinand belongs to an
entissiy entirely dit different branch branch Of the
back many generations, nay, near
two centuries or more, to establish
the relationship. King Ferdinand
belongs to the old Sigmaringen or
Roman Catholic line and when, in
1916, Emperor william demanded, on
the strength OF this remote kinsmen-
ship that Ferdinand should throw
his own lot and that of Romania In
with the central powers against the
entente, under the threat of invasion
Of his kingdom. the loss of his crown
and Of confiscation of all his ances-
tral estates in Germany and Austria.
he did not hestite and, under the
wise and sagacious inspiration of his
consort, replied that the interests Of
the Roumanian people who had
chosen him as their ruler were su-
perior to any personal consideration
or sacrifice and that he would put up
just as stubborn a resistance against
teuton invasion of Roumania as
King Albert had offered to the
kaiser's hordes in Belgium in 1914.
Queen Marie may be said to have
obliterated the trace of every vestige
Of Hohenzollern blood in his veins.
And his record and her own, show
conclusively that neither France. nor
any other Of the entente allies. have
anything 70 fear from the stigma of
his Hohenzoiiern ancestry.