Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25
CAROL IS MISSING
FR0M.PA PARIS VILLA
Rumors Say He Is on Way to
Rumania to Claim Rights
to Throne.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS. December 99.--Carol, for
, mer Crown Prince IF Rumania: has
been absent from his home in Neuilly,
a suburb Of Paris, for more than so
hours. Although lone servant at
his villa said this evening: "My mas
ter may return tonight" diplomatic
circles aver that the prince is on the
way to Bucharest TO resume the
i prerogatives of the Hohenzollern
dynasty, which he renowned some
months ago. Neighbors Of Mr.. Carai-
man''--as he is known in Neuilly--
believe that he has just advanced his
Christmas celebration.
Reports current fn Neuilly are that
Carols private secretary boarded the
Simplon express going III the direction
of Bucharest Thursday night. Others
say that Carol left in an automobile
Thursday afternoon in time to catch
the Simplon express leaving Paris at
$50 pm. Thursday. It is also re-
ported that Carol boarded the express
at the first stop after leaving Paris.
as he did not want to enter the train
at the Paris terminal.
Friends Say They Saw Him.,
Yet. there are friends of Carol who
say he was seen in Montmartre re-
sorts early yesterday morning, dane
ing to syncopated music. but that
Nine. Magda Lupescu, who came with
him to France from Rumania and
who has been his constant companion,
was not with him.
These friends are certain that the
prince has separated from Nine. Lu-
pescue, and that she now is living
about a mile from his villa. They de-
scribe the demeanor Of Carol for the
past three months as that Of man
who has seen great light and.that
he appears DESTROYS Of having the pub
lie at large, and especially the people
Of Ruman MIA. forget the past.
King Ferdinand, although he agreed
to the remuneration of Carol at the
time, now is anxious that he come
back to Rumania.
T.. One story reaching here is that
when the King made this wish known,
Premier Averescu and the members of
the government refused, Minister OF
Interior COCA, saying to the King: i
will have him shot If he returns.
The ailing King, with 4 shadow of
q smile, is reported to have replied:
BE careful he doesn't have you shot. ="
Regency Is Opposed.
Whether Carol actually has left
Paris for Bucharest, or whether, tired
out, he will return to his Neuilly home
Christmas morning, will not make any
difference in the ultimate settlement
of the Rumanian dynastic problem, in
the opinion Of Observers here. There
are many Rumanians In Bucharest,
according to these observers. who en-
phasize that Carol must come back to
the country, as they refuse to enter
tain the idea of a regency until the
present Crown Prince Michael, young
son of Carol from his marriage to
Princess Helen, reaches the age of
IS, as prescribed in the Ru1nanian
constitution.
If Carol does return to Rumania, 1t
will mean the overthrow of Premier
Averescu and his regime, and the
eclipse of former Premier Bratiano,
long power in Rumania affairs.
Carol has announced he will insist
that the National Peasants party, the
second largest group in the chamber.
be called into power.
These deputies are all young, ener-
getic Ieunla mans. Their program
calls for recognition of Russia, an
amiable arrangement of the Bessara-
biail problem, and settlement of the
Danube question in a friendly way
with Great Britain, France and Italy,
while maintaining the present posi-
ton of the Little Entente.