Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04

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Italian naval oficer. who was one
OF the outstanding heroes of the World War
Capt RoSsetu performed a prodigious exploit
Accompanied by another italian officer, he
swan more than miles into the Austro-
Hungarian naval base of Pola on the night
of October 81, 1918, and fastened heavy
bomb against the cruiser viribus Units, the
flagship of the Austrian fleet. The ship blew
up with heavy loss of life. As reward
for this feat the italian Parliament voted him
SOC, 900 lire and all Italy rang with his praises.
1t has only recently leaked out that Capt.
Rossetti visited Pola year after the armistice
and learning that Nine. Vucovic de Podkapel-
SKI, widow of the commander of the Viribus
Units, was in financial distress, he gave her a
large part OF his reward for the education of
her son.
With the advent of Fascism, Italy proved to
be too small to hold both Mussolini and Ros-
Setti and the latter has just fed to Paris
crossing the great St Barnard Pass in a snow
storm to avoid the italian frontier police He
is now working an an apprentice linotype oper-
ator in an anu-FasciSt newspaper shop await
ing the day he can return home.
THE case of Capt. Rossett is typical of a
great company of homesick, heartsick per-
sons, ranging from royalty and ex-prime minis
tiers down to humble street sweepers, who have
fled here from their various countries for
refuge.
II Is almost mcreQ1DIe IN the LWenCleth CEN
tury, but in Paris alone today there are more
than 1000 600 political exiles, made up of 80 900
Russian monarchists, 10000 italian anti-Fas-
ctsts, Turks opposed to Mustapha Renal, Span
1ards opposed to their monarchy, Poles opposed
to Marshal Pilsudski, Jugoslavs opposed to King
Alexander, Portuguese monarchists and
sprinkling of other races from all over the
globe Practically all of them have been driven
from their homes by threats Of execution, i'm
prisonment, deportation or hateful police sur
rolf fI1aro
some extremely tragic and heroic figures
What woman has had more awful destiny
than the French princess, ex-Queen Amelie Of
Portugal?
Driving through the streets of Lisbon on
February 1. 1908. with her husband, King Car
los; her eldest son, Louis Philippe, and second
son, Prince Manuel, the terrified Queen saw
three men advance from the cheering crowds,
draw carbines from under their capes and kill
the King and the Crown Prince at the first
volley. She only saved Prince Manuel's life by
throwing her body in front Of him. whereupon
the third assassin hesitated to fire.
One night two years later she and King
Manuel heard bombs exploding in the street,
saw a mob of revolutionists advancing on the
royal palace-the people had been stirred up by
reports Of Manuel's fabulous gifts to Gaby
Deslys-and got away to Gibraltar on fishing
boat with only few seconds to spare In spite
OF these tragedies, the poor Queen, who lives
in Paris in complete retirement is heartsick for
the land in which her husband and son are
buried, and one Of her fondest hopes is to see
their graves before she dies. The prospects of
her return are very slight.
For his intimates the late Gen. Primo de
Rivera was one Of the most pathetic figures in
this colony Of exiles.
Gen. de Rivera made his getaway gracefully.
He didn't wait to see the fash of an assassins
knife or give the angry politicians time to loop
their nooSes. He did not lose an instant sigh
ing over sullen peoples ingratitude Inger
to hear himself described as the wrecker of
the peseta. The bullfght fans should not use
him for Roman holiday. He simply took
GEN Berenguer's tip that it might be very en-
barrassing If he remained in Spain and that
the next mornings express to Paris was an ex-
cellent train
Aristocrat, grandee Of Spain, gentleman to
his hngertipS, the ex-dictator arrived here smil-
ing and debonair, but he had been deeply hurt
by King Alfonso forcing him to resign.
He died officially Of sudden heart attack;
he actually died Of a broken heart