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tinlist cause, said defiantly that thu
law was not worth the ink with which
1t was written.
The legltinaists in Hungary do no
form a party of their own. One find
them In nearly all non-Socialist parties
except, of course, in the small group o
Republicans, which has very little t
say. 1t is therefore all the more diff
cult to get a reliable estimate OF thu
numerical strength of legitimism. ON
can only say that its influence is stronl
and sometimes decisive. It has mor'
adherents among the 500 Catho
lies than among the 100000 Prot
estantS
While Budapest was still in the hands
of Bella Kun, Admiral Miklos de Horthy
the later regent rallied the Nationalist
forces of the country in the provincial
town of SZegedin. and Count Istvar
Bethlen did the same in Vienna. After
the short Rumanian occupation of Buda-
pest after the Communists had aban-
doned the capital, Horthy marched into
the city at the head of what was Their
called the white army" to distinguish
It from the REQ military force.
Friedrich was then premier and Arch
duke Joseph played an important role
in the political arena at that time. He
was looked upon as placeholder of the
absent King Karl, and in this capacity
he issued number of proelamations in
the name of the dynasty. Seven months
passed In March, 1920, the National
Assembly was elected and made Admiral
Horthy Regent Of Hungary. Later the
Assembly was replaced by a Lower and
an Upper House,
Karl Sought Restoration.
The most notable occurrences in the
period that followed the downfall OF
the bolshevists were the two attempts
of Karl to win back his throne. The
FIRST was undertaken at Easter, 1926
when Karl Travelled under an assumed
name with a false passport from his
exile in Switzerland to Vienna and
crossed the Hungarian border in horse
carriage in company of Count Thomas
Erdosdy.
He passed the night at Szombathely
in the residence of the local bishop
Count Mikes, and proceeded the next
morning to Budapest by automobile
Here Karl had lengthy talk with the
regent, who tried TO explain the situa-
to the King. and finally persuaded him
to retire to Szcmbathely and from there
to Switzerland
During Karl's return journey through
Austria the Red railroad employees tried
TO mob the former monarch at Bruck-
on-Mur. Although the international
situation was clearly against him, Karl
who was badly advised by ambitious
friends, made a second effort to return
In October, 1921. He knew that he
could not count on Horthy or Bethlen
who was then already premier, and
that he WOULD have to force his way
TO Budapest at the head Of loyal troops
and enter the capital sword in hand.
Returned by AirpIane.
This time an airplane brought him
and former Empress Zita TO Sopron,
where Count Sziraky and Col. Ostenburg
awaited the royal couple Karl took
over the command of Ostenburgs army
detachment and the soldiers were taken
by train in the direction of Budapest.
In the railway stations on the way the
leaders of the expedition tried to win
over more fighters, but with little
success.
When the Karlish forces met the
troops Of the Hungarian government
under Gen. Macy near Buda-Oers they
had no choice but to surrender, and
Karl fed to Tata Castle, one of the
estates of the EsterhaZys. There he was
placed under arrest and removed to the
Benedictine abbey TIFFANY, on the Lake
Balaton
After several days of irternment he
and Zita, who had never moved from
his side, were taken on board the British
gunboat Glow Worm, which brought
them down the Danube to the Black
Sea, where the prisoners were trans
shipped TO a British cruiser Karl's new
exile was Madeira, and he never recoy-