Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1930, Page 46

PHE SUNDAY RUMANIANS CO0L T0 ROYAL FAMILY | Nicholas Is Disliked and Queen Marie Receives No Hemage From People. BY LINDSAY HOBEN. BUCHAREST. Rumania, February 22. «—The royal family is not popular in Rumania. Dynastic prestige has wan=d greatly and in the last few months has suffered severe setbacks. ‘This does not mean that the country is restless, except as it always is with local politics. It does not even mean, in all probability, that the dynasty is dized. But it does mean that mily is ever iess importan: of no other monarchy wher the press dares speak of and to its roy alty as iv goes here. Little King Mi- | chael is out of the picture. He doesn't | count yet. The three figures on the Toyal scene are Queen Marie. her son Nicholas and the exiled son, Carol. Carol has more hold on the people than | the others. There is no actual enthu- siasm for him. but should he return and be backed by a few soldiers he could probably be King | Nicholas Strongly Disliked. | It is Nicholas who is strongly dis- liked. He is one of the three regents He is notorious for reckless driving, and several times has injured persons. The last occurrence, October 26, caused an outburst of caustic comment and a wave of sentiment for the blameless taxi driver who was beaten and kicked by the prince. Adeverul the day fol- lowing wrote thus sarcastically: “Yesterday while the prince regent, Nicholas, was passing through Camelei | street he suffered a little accident fol- | lowed by an incident with the driver of 8 taxi The accident was not serious, only the mudguard of the prince’s car | being hit. “The_incident became graver, how- ever. The driver, apparently without cause, fell to the ground in order that the noble feet might caress him. After that the driver, Jon Damian—that is the name of the happy man who re- ceived the princely caresses—was taken to the first-aid station. “If this had been the first accident of such a nature of Prince Nicholas’ we might have said that Mr. Milozi (a Bucharest police official recently con- victed of beating up suspects most Vi- clously) was just - practicing, but we | know of several other deeds of the most noble regency's triumvirate, so we are compe! to state that Mr. Milozi 1s but a modest disciple.” papers have commented and printed the story—some with and some ‘Wwithout names. In Cuvantul, which sup- ports Prince Carol and the dynasty in general. the taxidriver's story was given & few days later. He was an illiterate 20-year-old youth. After the accident he said, “I got out. He (the prince) hit | me on the back and told me to free his m 'd from the bumper. I bent down and did it. When I got up he kicked me again and then I was taken to the doctor’s in the ambulance.” Bitter comments were made when Jawyers, because of fear, refused to de- fend a contributor to Viasta Politika who wrote a sarcastic letter to the ce, telling him taxi drivers ought be run into and beaten up. The writer was convicted of lese majeste and sentenced (the court gave him the minimum) to four months in prison and a 5,000-lei fine. Rebuff for Queen Marie. But this mess came only a few days after the Queen had tried to become a it and had been rebuffed by the | national-peasant party leader, | Jultu Maniu. Her defeat was a great loss of prestige. One of the three re- nts lor minor King Michael) I lugan by name, had died... who, since the death has ‘had no actual thy yacancy. But the prime her two members of .the roval could not be tolerated in the regency and to the surprise of every one he announced that Parliament would choose the third regent. It picked a civilian, Constantine Sarateseanu. The Queen was mortified. Maniu ‘hau told her that if she wished to be Tegent she could take the place of her son, Nicolas, who could resign. The angered Queen called this amazing pro- | posal a slight to the dignity of the royal family and issued the following state- | ment: | i | “It is inadmissable to even think of Tep my son Nicolas, still more | that the substitution be made an object of bargaining. We, the royal family. cannot conceive what it means to strive for honors or privileges. We do not | need one or the other. We are where | We are to our duty and that is all. | “If a government reckons that it | means danger to have the royal family predominate in the regency, that can | only mean that the government itself | aspires to dominate the regency. If | that is 5o it has only to say so clearly. | Inssmuch as I am concerned, I keep | this point of view, that it is not possible | nor well for the country that. besides | the roval family, other families may | step up. assuming the aspect of the second dynasty. | Would Have Strengthened Regency. | “I do not doubt that had my son and | myself been together in the regency | we would have strengthened it and | given it increased prestige . . . I do | not consider that my entering the re- gensy would have been a concession on | the part of any body—only on my own | rt. If it had been necessary I would ve sacrificed liberty, spiritual quiet- ness and tranquillity in private life to | be beside my child. who still needs me, as he is involved in a life of labor and serious conflicts and intrigues . . . | “The Nicolas situation has been hard | enough, because, no matter what their | good will may be, those who do not be- | long to a monarchy cannot assume the | objectiveness which is an integral part| of monarchical tradition. For us there | are no advantages and benefits, and we | @o not want any other privileges than the royal prerogatives. | “Nicolas and I could never work against one another, but both for the erovn. We could make any sacrifice. | But I would never be anybody’s tool | nor accept any position which was not| at the height of my career at the end| of my life. I am here solely for the| §00d of my people. But if political men | believe that I can be changed by a| gesture or a promise or a threat, they | are mistaken. | “If the Almighty allows me to be in| this world when the young king (Michael is to take the throne when he | is 18) ascends the throne, then I can| rest quietly, because my son will be be- | gide the 18-year-old youth, whom he | can help, advise and support. No, no, | never! No bargaining with _Queen | ] ) A Jack’s Permanent | | Is Safe, 4 | Lasting $ . and Lovely. | No disco | fort during the entire wave and “Genuine” supplies are assuring no injury to Specially priced. © ineludi Shampoos and Finger Wave All Work Guaranteed Call Jack, Dist. 9718 Jack’s Perm. Wave Shop 1320-1322 F St. N. W. 3rd Floor Front | of the royal house made a vague denial. ROYAL FAMILY | ma's palace at Cotroceni, just at the | There is little homage among the Rumanian people for these members of the royal family. They are: Queen Marie and King Micha low, Prince Carol. | theater there is no homage paid her.| When processions of state are held peo- | ple gather to watch with a mild c\lrl-‘ osity, but there is no enthusiasm for | the royal family. | There would be considerably more if Carol were to come back. A few weeks ago a paper here, Cuvantul, printed | documents purporting to prove the com- | mon belief in Rumania that Prince| Carol was run out of the country be- | cause he disapproved of his mother's conduct, and because he had threatened to lock her up in a monastery if he ever came to power. He also is said to have been an enemy of the erstwhile all-powerful dictators, the Bratianus. King Michael is growing up. He's 8. He's got long pants—not just for show occasions, but every day. But growing up is not all sugar. The King has to bother his head about learning Ruma- | nian now. The only language he speaks | at present is !:ngllsl:i and I’it‘,h a blltis})lf No Homage for Queen. | cockney accent. His nurse is English. R e | She is an old friend of the family, hav- This created excitement. Maniu de- Michael's aunt, the Princes manded that the Queen deny the inter- | 1, rtised Michael's aunt, T view. Three days later her minister | Marie, no_concession for small consid- eration. To have bargained would have been to sacrifice the honor of the royal family. Noblesse oblige.” | Prench and German yet. Later he will Universal reasserted the interview, say-| He has riding lessons every day to add ing that only the Queen herself was| variety to the g hours of tutoring at competent to deny that interview, and | yrosiace H TG Fdlog: ATorter added: “We know that the blood that| gige-de- mp of the late King instructs flows in her veins will not allow her t0| Michael in horsemanship. give such a denial.” She did not do so. He takes gymnastic lessons with other Thus the Queen was openly attacked, | children. It is about the only time he and by some papers called a liar by| is allowed playmates. circumstance. ~ But there are other| Princess Helen, doesn't like him to ‘play things of a more private nature that| with many children. Also she doesn’t have also undermined the dynastic preb; want him exploited. She doesn’t wish tige. The way army officers speak about | him spoiled. their Queen does not show much rever- | ence. When the Queen attends the many functions to which other mem- STAR, WASHINGTON, | King must have wif | he could live the whole day long, as he | the pleasant beaches ‘The King doesn’t have to bother with | His mother, | | will also play har She is afraid that if the King attends | chants she has learned from her own D. bers of the royal family have to he will cease to be a little boy. But fieen Marie sees more than her \ndson. She sees in this serious-eyed little fel- low the King of Greater Rumania, and. after all, there are certain relations the th the and with his people, g Michael is a modern boy and with modern tastes. Best of all he likes to play around machinery, to ‘monkey” with it and putter with it—like any American boy of his age and of this age. Happy Little King. In almost every store in Bucharesl are pictures of King Michael. none of anybody else in the royal fam- ily. But Bucharest likes Michael. And Rumania likes to have his clean-cut, serious but boyish face on its postagc stamps. The picture on the stamps i one of the best of the King. So he lives happily, despite the hard Rumanian lessons and the arithmetic and history, and he has the most won- derful toys. But the most wonderful aren't always the most attractive. Christmas day he went to his grand- edge of Bucharest. He had every fine toy one could imagine. But as the family was admiring the Christmas tree the King said: “There is something I would like.” “What?" “That thing up there,” and he point- ed to an ugly little tinsel crescent, which he received and which he treas- ured all day. Yes, the King lives happily and boy- ishly, undisturbed by the political tem- pests and the economic storms that often rage outside his peaceful precincts in the palace. He takes a motor apart to see what makes the wheels go round, while bitterness amd struggle surge around the regency; while his father, Carol, tries to return and is not allowed ! to return, “Poor little fellow,” says a lady of the court, “I hope there won't be much trouble ahead for him.” But the King plugs into the arith- metic and wishes Summer were here so did last Summer, in a bathing suit on of the Black Sea. 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FEBRUARY 23, ROYAL NEWLYWEDS LIVE N AUTO by Turin Is Detroit of Italy and| Has Many Sooty Smoke- stacks. “Turin, where Prince Umberto and Princess Marie-Jose, the most recent royal newlyweds, have taken residence, | is one of the twin industrial cities of | North TItaly,” says a bulletin from the | National Geographic Society. “The other twin is Milan, which lies about 90 miles northeast of Turin. | “Turin is to the Italians what De- troit is to Americans,” continues the bulletin. “For two decades fine auto- mobiles have been rolling from its fac- | tory shipping entrances. Thousands of the city’s half-million people are em- | ploved in the automobile plants, many | others work in the vast machine nng |In charge of arrangements for the | and | Notre Dame de Namur Alumnae prom, | Monday, March 3, 8¢ Wardman Park | Antiquities is 'a display of Egyptian —Brooks Photo. | 0bjects including _documents, railroad shops, leather-working tanning factories, iron foundries and silk and cotton weaving mills, while & | patel. host earn their spending money in the MISS ELLEN BRIGGS, few blocks and the street opens into a large square. Squares are numerous In this city, .each is adorned with at least one monument. Some have four. Where space permits, the monuments rise among flowering gardens and | Within earshot of splashing fountains, but frequently heavy traffic forces bronzed horsemen perched on stone ) to overlook a sun parched ex- panse of concrete, traversed by street car tracks. Once Capital of Italy. | “The Royal Palace is in the center |of the city but the beautiful Royal Garden, bordering its north and east sides, affords relief from monotonous blocks of masonery. The building itself it a simple brick structure. It recalls the days when Turin was the capltal of the Kingdom of Sardinia, and when Turin also, for five years, 1860-65, was | capital of Italy. It is a treasure chest of historic paintings, handsome statu- ary, frescoes and rich tapestries. The throne room with its elaborate chande- liers, candelabra and velvet hangings is one of Turin's show places. In one portion of the building is the armory | where more than 50 historic suits of armor are on display. The cathedral adjoining the palace has valuable paint- ings, and an urn containing a plece of | linen which tradition holds is a part of | the shroud in which the body of Jesus | was wrapped. “Turin University enrolls more than 2,000 students. In the Museum of vases, trade thrust upon the city because of its geographical location. the railroad after it passes through the through the Alps between France and Italy. Turin was the most important commercial center in North the St. Gotthard tunnel was Then it bowed to Milan. City of Right Angles. “The uninitiated traveler might picture industrial Turin as a city of dingy completed. buildings dominated by sooty smoke- | Palace. stacks. as an area of anclent torio Emanuele. Hannibal roamed thmh e }?-‘r;.; more than “ 200 years before the Christian era. It is the first large city touched by | "8t Turin tor the most pg: 5 e nd modern. Trains from France and | th, Mont Cenis tunnel, an eight-mile bore the Teattan |;b°°r-r{|°" "1.n|m & modern | h¢ Fo_and citmb Monte Csppuceini railroad station. e station exit faces |on the city side of the river, stretches Ttaly until | & wide thoroughfare, the Corso vn-Tm. f Across the way is a | Drive’ of Turin, large park with beds of bright flowers girdled by well kept lawns and shaded | scaped grounds. walks. |a “Beyond the park begins the Via | all Roma, the street leading to the Royal | Within A stroll down this street and | He might also picture Turin | Turin unfolds, for all Turin streets in- | monuments, for | tersect one another at right angles, there was a town on its sight when forming solid blocks of buildings. A wh: | of which originated as early as the | seventeenth century B. C. | ., “The River Po flows past Turin, but it is of no value commercially. Cross and Turin spreads before you. Below, the ‘Riverside with its public garden, lake, two castles and beautifully land. Church domes rise Valentino Park, feet as tall Washington Monument.” ki has a campaign against fake les. as the England vhist Antonelliana, | w “Bavard Cutting, Mrs. George Mesta, | | Card Party Scheduled At Bethesda Wednesday The card party to be given by the Rockville Pike Citizens' Association Wednesday afternoon promises to be & success, It 15 to be held at the Woman's Club of Bethesds, on’the old Georgetown road, beyond Bethesda. Tea will be served and there will be an attractive prize for each table, Reservations may be made through Mrs. E. C. Brandenburg, chairman of arrangements. The patronesses are Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, Mrs. James A. Lyon, Mrs. Yung Kwal, Mrs. Merle Thorpe, Mrs. Luke I Wiison, Mrs. Gilbert H, Grosvenor, Mrs. Thomas W. Sidwell, Mrs. Charles 1. Corby, Mrs. George E, Hamilton, Mrs. Joseph H. Bradley, Mrs. Fulton Lewis, Mrs. Charles E, Munroe, Mrs. Howard }Iodg:n. 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