Evening star., 1928-05-20
Exed Prince Carol in Person Differs From His Foes Picture

ordered him TO 60 TO London TO rep
resent the royal house Of Runania &C
the funeral OF their lamented cousin.
Queen Alexandra. While he was absent
the government arrested two officials
in the aviation section Of the war
ministry who were known 70 be his
close friends.
There were contracts showing clear
evidence of graft. There had been sew
eral such contracts previous to Carols
appointment, and the accused, ap-
had escaped conviction with difficulty.
But these later contracts were counter
signed By Carol himself.
Carol had countersigned them in the
ordinary course OF his duties as q chief
counterSignS the documents Of his
trusted Subor6inatss~ The accuSattouf
Of deliberate completely against Carol4
friends soon collapsed. But On tn
strength q the scandal created during
Carols absence Bratianu persuaded the
King TO demand his sons abdication.
Carol Is rich in his own right. for
his uncle. Carol !. had taken care Of
him handsomely in his viii. What
ever temptations he may be subject 70,
that OF peculation IS not among them.
But he had been subjected for years
He had tried on two separate occasions
70 tulfin his princely duty only 10 find
that his obedience provided trap for
diScrediting him and crushing his viii.
When news Of the entirely unfounded
accusations reached him abroad. he said
what many another young man would
have said in similar circumstances:
To the devil with this crooked buSi-
ness! am going TO enjoy life normally
as y man should"
He signed the abdicatSon which Brat
ianu rushed TO him and telegrspAed
for Magda LupeScu 70 join him ii
Venice.
MAGDA LUPESCU Is no princess.
Her father IS Junk dealer III RG-
chareSt But she has way with her.
And it was the way which = tsmpera-
mental young man wanted az q time
when he was thoroughly fed Up with
crooked politics.
For more than q year csrol remained
thoroughly fed Up, There were two par
ties In Rumania--the Nationalist party.
representing the brains" OF the terri
tories formerly under Hungarian rule.
md the Peasants party, repreSentsag the
laoorlng elements cf these territories IS
they had fused, could have nlansuyeged
him back into y position where the
crown would have been within his grasp,
But they euarycled about the anticipAted
SpoilS. When the Peasants party eeEau
TO emerge as the outstanding organ OF
the opposition, numerous Invitations
were sent 10 Carol to place himself at the
head Of the movement IL he would leave
"the LapeScu" behind But ne always
replied In the strain OF the folkSoaS
which Moliere quotes with such cNoGa-
In lie MtSanthrope~
IF You offered ME all Paris IN ex-
change for my sweetheart. would say,
Take your Paris. viii keep my sweet
heart
But now Carols mocd Is changed and
ne wants to be King, II Is characteristics
OF him that. instead Of SAYING. If my
>ecple need me cannot refuse 70 do my
duty" he announces quite puelscly that
ne Is trying to set back 10 the thrcae.
II Is not good politics II is the nlundeg-
ing way IN which Carol does things,
Some day the RratiAnu system must
ee changed, The overthrow or this self
,erpetuating clique can come nom nesh-
tng less than revolution (hecauSe o.
sic hCNNskeE EtRtAtSkS NkANkNttNt ~ kN0kftA&t~
ian palisieSl. but with good luck the
revolution may BE- hsoodleNs.
BY accident rather than by desire.
Carol has heeome the symbol cf this
change For, whatever his
SHORTCOMINGS. he aetied the all-powerfsal
Rratlanu His chief fault was that he
loved not wisely bat too often B0t thai
: scmethng that the RumanianS readily
- - A - ks..s... !. *