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the restoration of the kingdom and the
recognition of her legal king. At one
time 1t was thought that Italy might
be interested in doing something. since
the Queen of italy Is a Montenegro
princess and MuSSolini would not be
avcrse to weakening the structure of
his reighbor across the Adriatic. But
nothing to date has been done from
that quarter, and the mother of the
King does not care to make too much
fuss, since she is virtually dependent
upon pension from the Belgrade gov
crnment
The ex-Empress zita of Austria
is not quite so hard up and helpless,
but she has :" live frugally while bring
ing up her son, the young Arcnduke
Otto, as the future King of Hungary,
and even-,if Mgr. Siepel of Austria and
his school ever realize their schemes
and dreams-aS eventual Emperor of
Danubian federation of states rating as
a f1rst-class power.
The de jure King Of Hungary Is
slender student in French clothes and a
beret, the last hope of the Hapsburg
clan. His mother is a formidable wom-
an, narrow proved, black eyed, white
faced, embittered, concentrated. te-
nacious. She dominated her husband,
the Ill fated Karl, in his life. She went
through terrible days with him when
the monarchy was crumbling in Vienna
and Budapest and the last royal troops
deserted them. She fled with him to
the royal hunting box in the Danube
meadows below Vienna.
A Bourbon to the marrow, she opposed
abdication, although the whole empire
was crashing about their ears; and
Workman, the Emperor's attache
records that when the matter was being
debated between husband and wife
while the anxious ministers waited in
the anteroom, Zita exclaimed: II would
rather fall with you mere. For then
Otto would succeed. And If We fall
there are other Hapsburgs!"
Family Retired 10 Italy.
It was only when Zita was convinced
that lagitimist principles would not be
violated that she allowed Karl 10 sign.
Husband and wife retired with their son
to italy, but foolish advice sent the ina
pulsive Karl back on two occasions on
wild bids for his lost throne. Both end
ed in disaster. Karl died and 2ita was
incarcerated and finally exiled,
She went TO live in Switzerland. Her
straig were desperate. The Vatican
pulled strings, and she was allowed to
60 with her children to Paris. She was
almost destitute but the Hungarian
Government finally allowed her revc-
nue. from her sequestered estates in
that country. She wanted to settle IN
England. England, however, declined
to Shelter her, 50 King Albert gave her
permission to settle near Louvain; ana
there she now makes her home
An1anullah and his unveiled Queen
Solriya retired to Italy after the ebulli-
ton Of Afghanistar and the assumption
Of the purple by Nadir Khan. Amanul-
lah was extremely disgruntled, and
meditating beside the sunny Mediter-
ranean on the strange caprices Of for
tune, became a convert to the Krernlin-
propagated explanation OF the revolt,
which was that British intrigues were
behind it all, those deep and willy impe-
rialists preferring a weak and riven
Afghsnistan to a powerful and united
Asian nation equipped with modern
weapons and knowledge and Squatted at
the great northern gateway to India.
These views did not encourage the
British. who had feted him so sump-
tuously In his hour of power. to offer
him a welcome in his hour Of need.
Somewhere on Frontier.
But Italy is no place for such man
as Amanullsh, anyway, and he soon LETT
it for Smyrna. Thu last news OF him
that has reached the West Is that he Is
somewhere on the frontier OF his lost
kingdom and in touch with tribes who
might acclaim him King again and
fight In his cause-at q price.
Hussein Ibn Ali, King of the Hedjaz,
that old chieftain of the desert and
guardian Of the holy places, who abdi-