The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-05

an Amerlcan 0lplomaC 1okingly: I'm afraid you Americans look on | us as too democratic; in fact, your President is a king for four years, while am . very constitutional president for life ."
 Haakon's realm is ruled so well the Norwegian Fascist party hasn't been able to win single seat in Norway's parliament.
 Dapper King George II of Greece was once mistaken for a headwaiter in one of London's swankiest res- taurants and politely escorted a party of American tourists to table rather than create an embar- rassing scene by identifying himself
 Hungary is still technically a king dom-without king Admiral Hor- thy, whose title is Regent, lives in one wing of the royal palace in Budapest entertains his guests there, but has never been tempted to put the crown on his own head.
 Insiders say the main reason Horthy spurned the throne is not modesty or lack of popuarity, but because he and his wife have no heir-so why found dynasty.
 The Aga Khan is'a king without Q kingdom, His word is law to 4O00c,- 900 scattered followers of the Ismal sect of Mohammedans over which he reigns as the 18th descendant of Mahomet,s daughter, Fatima Even his bath water is considered so holy it's sold in phials.
 Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm, now the Gentle Old Man of Doorn, hoped to be allowed to die on German soil but was betrayed by Hitler who has however, refrained from con- fiscating the vast properties of the Hohenzolerns (the ex-Kaiser's tax bill is the highest in Germany.
 Though wilhelm cannot return, his sons and grandsons can and one of the latter may live long enough to reign on created Ger man throne, which those in the know consider the next step, If and when the Nazi regimes crumbles.
 Towering, statuesque 4. queen Elena of Italy knows how to wheedle favors out of Mussolini who finds sympathetic ruggedness in her mountaineer background (she was the daughter of 8 swashbuckling, poker-playing King Nikita of Mon- tenegro).
 Queen Elena has frequently acted AS mediator in quarrels between the King and Il Duce. She got her first training in the art of trading when she used to sell eggs from her fathers farm to sailors for pin money.
 An invitation to Madame Lu- pescu's cosy little villa in Bucharest is the equivalent Of Q Royal Com mand, perhaps even more terrifying The slightest offense to King Carols "uncrowned queen" usually leads to disaster in one form or another, while those who pay her friendly homage are handsomely rewarded with government favors.
 India's John D. Rockefeller is the Nizam of Hyderabad. He has Q fortune estimated at 5000 ,000, ,00C in jewels, $250, 100000 in solid gold bars, but dislikes luxury and osten- tation, lives frugally, rides around In a medium-priced American car. Princess Elizabeth of Britain has an iron will worthy of her ances- tral namesake Queen Bess. Heaven help her ministers if they try to tell her whom she can or cannot marry. The future queen has al- ready informed her father, George VI: "When I'm queen the first thing will do IS declare Sunday a holi- day for horses as well as people.
 The Americana Countess de Kotzebue, former Allene Few of Jamestown, N. r., had a hand in the matchmaking whereby Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands married the impoverished, but hand some German Prince Bernhard zu Lippe-Biesterfeld.
 Best bet for royal restoration in the near future is still Spain Alfonso XIII hopes to return in his crown to the head of his faV-