New Britain herald., 1930-07-11

Prince Otto left, son Of the last -pire will be Of legal age next Nove .-of Hungary. Archduke Albrecht, ri r-has renounced his chances and swo
 London. July 1.-The easy comic opera success of the coup d'etat .<whereby Carol II came back to -Roumania and became its king. has aroused the hopes Of those who -wouli see young Otto Hapsburgh cn the throne Of Hungary. IL has ~also given birth to a wild series Of -rumors in that gossip shop which is known as Budapest, and has set ~aAutter the nerves Of statesmen in Prague and Belgrade, and has had .sanswering echoes in Rome, Paris and London.
 a For just as nature abhors a vacuum, so royalists hate a vacant Nhrone. And that Of Hungary has been empty for 12 years, with no- body but the Regent. Admiral -.dIorthy acting as chair-warmer. +The bosses of today's truncated .lIungary Horthy and Premier Beth lem, have said the question of a -4ine is no. 8 present live one. But Budapest refuses to believe it. -- For living over in Castle Steer nockerzele near Brussels Belgium, and attending the University Of Lou .Yain, there is young Hapsburg Otto by name. who will be 19 next November. And when he attains 1he eighteenth year, by the law of +he Hapsburg family, he will be of sgc, furthermore, he is the son of the late Emperor Karl and En- press Zta, the last rulers Of the old ,Austro- Hungarian empire, and he has been reared hy his mother in the belief that some day he is to be king Of Hungary.
 Enemies Favored Cousin
 Those who believe in kings for Hungary have always been divided into two camp lps-those who were for Otto and those who were against him. Until recently the anti-Otto crowd pinned all their hopes on the Archduka Albrecht. a cousin Of Otto, and one ot the wealthiast men in his part Of the country. They pa Gaded him all over the country. last year and everywhere he received 1attering receptions. But, alas for their plans. they counted without the human heart and human desires. ~ Albrecht was never keen on q Doubtful kingship and he was very keen on the heart and hand Of a Hungarian lady. He hopes to marry her when she gets q divorce. With him it will be q case Of the world we'll lost for love and the quiet life. In the meantime, he thought he would take a trip 10 South America and get just as far away from Hungarian kinemakers as possible. But before doing so, he took very re1ical step. He stopped of in Belgium, saw his young cousin and aworn allegiance fo him So out went Alb-echt and the anti-Otto crowd wore left high and dry.
 But. according 10 the Budapest gossips, they have L second string to their fiddle. II is nothing else nhan working for q dual kingdom 10 be composed Of Roumania and Hungary, Under the treaty Of g7ianon huge slices Of what was once territory governed by Hungary We're given to Czechoslovakia, Jugo- savia and Roumania. In the great Pennsylvania wheat plain. which was given 10 Roumania. there are bundreds Of thousands Of Hungari- ans who would like to be raioined eo their own land. A dual kingdom. With Carol as king of each country and with each country having it's own parliament an dits own laws, would solve the problem.
 Might Reunite Nations
 O. That alone is a beautiful dish of gossip, even for Budapest But those who oppose this little scheme and hope 10 see Otto on their throne, have an equally nice little plan. It is to bring Austria and Hungary, which were once the dominant partners in The old Aus +ro-Hungarian monarchy, together once again. According to them, The first step would be 10 unite the two countries com mercially, by beat Sng down the tariff walls between Them and making them one com mercial entity. Then they would seat Otto on the throne Of Hun gary.
 :" The Fascist Heimwehr might .overturn the Austrian republic and give Otto the Austrian throne as well They say this would solve most of Austria's problems, At one lime Austria was inclined 10 join Germany-if the Allies would let her. But both France and Italy Vetoed that. France did rot want to see Germany gain in the east what she had lost in the v-a3t. w''en Alsace and Lorraine once more be- 7came French Italy did not want .to have Germany facing her on the AlDine frontiers.
 The Budapest gossipers say France and Italy would probGblv he content to have Austria join Hun gary. as that would put out of