Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-06

BY the Associated Press.
VIENNA, January 5.-Former kings,
queens, grand dukes, grand ducheSses,
princes and princesses, representing
nine countries, with an aggregate popu-
lation of 350,000,000 people, now the
croWnless and countryless, forced by
the World War from their thrones,
many of them are now eking out a pre-
carious living at mental callings in
scattered parts of Europe.
Only one or two of them, like former
Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, Gar
Ferdinand of Bulgaria C"the Fox" his
royal friends call hin), and Sultan
Ahmed, former Shah Of Persia, were
able to salvage enough from their scat
tered fortunes to live in comfort and
leisure The others live largely on the
bounty of relatives and friends.
800 Fell with Kaiser.
When Kaiser Wilhelm lost the World
War and his throne he dragged down
to ruin not less than 800 royal or titled
persons in his own and other coun-
tries. Most of them spend their days
in idle retroSpectiOn and sorrow. The
most tragic feature of their lives per-
haps is that Fate, in exalting them to
rulership, failed to provide them with
even a means of making a living when
days of adversely came upon them.
Members of the once mighty Haps-
burg dynasty of Austro- Hungary are
the chief sufferers. About rs of them
are now sharing the lot of the ordinary
citizen in various parts of Europe. Most
notable of the group is former Empress
Zita. With her eight children the
widow of the late Emperor Kari is
li1,iy1 to ho AcI -
Lequeitio. Spain. supported largely by
the charity of Hungarian monarchists
and of King Alfonso Of Spain, who is
related to the Hapsburgs.
She is hard pressed, reports from
Lequeitio say, to keep herself and her
large family in clothing, shoes and
food Her chief comfort is the thought
that some day her 16-year-old son
Archduke Otto, may become King OF
Hungary.
Russians Live in France.
When Gear Nicholas of Russia and
his family were killed by the bolshevikS
every Russian of royal lineage fed the
country in order to escape similar
fate. Most of these fugitiveS now live
in slender circumstances in France
where the cost of living is lower than
French government has always shown
a sympathetic attitude toward political
and royal exileS.
Chief among the imperial emigres of
Russia are Grand Duke Cyril Vlad-
imirovitch. brother-in-law of Queen
Marie of Rumania, who proclaimed
himself Emperor of all the Russians
in 1924; Grand Duke Nicholas Nicho-
laievitch, former ommander-in- chief Of
the Russian armies, now seriously i'll,
who recently relinquished his leader
ship of the so-called "anti-bolshevist
army" In Paris. Once worth millions
in gold. Jewels and land, most of the
Russian royal exiles now are dependent
on their own efforts or on charity.
Some Of them are working at the most
mental trades.
When the Kaiser'S throne crashed
more than a score of lesser German
dynasties lost their crowns. Unlike
their less fortunate Russian brethren,
however. they at least have a country.
Under plebiscite held by the Ger
man government they are permitted to
live in Germany, and most of them
have been allowed to retain their prop
erty. Among them are the seven sons
and daughters of the former Emperor
Many members of the house of Haps-
burg of Austria continue to live in
Austria, but all their property has been
confiscated, and they are permitted