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Queen Marie of Roumania, famed matchmaker for Balkan dynasties, long ago devised a sentimental formula to account gracefully for her inability to manage her eldest son, the Crown Prince Carpi...
...Crown Prince Carol vented his dissatisfaction toward his parents by agitating against their favorite, Premier Bratiano. He also mixed himself up in a scandal involving the purchase of some allegedly defective airplanes by the Roumanian Government. Every now and then he threatened suicide, although behaving admirably toward Princess Helen, who is said to be gradually going blind. A few weeks ago he failed to return to Bucharest after attending the funeral of the Queen Mother of England. This was not even mentioned in despatches because his frequent "disappearances" with Zyzis have become commonplace...
Last week King Ferdinand of Roumania read to the Crown Council a letter in the autograph of Crown Prince Carol which had been postmarked at Venice: "I have irrevocably decided to renounce all my rights as heir to the Roumanian throne and as a member of the royal family. I bind myself during six years not to return to Roumania, and also after the lapse of this period never to tread Roumanian soil again except with the permission of the King and the Roumanian Parliament...
...royal state and live as a commoner with Zyzis. In 1919 he wrote a similar epistle, and he is thought to have written many before and since. What startled the world was that this time King Ferdinand, instead of hushing up the offer of abdication, rushed it through the Crown Council and ordered the Roumanian Parliament to convene for the purpose of declaring Carol's baby son, Michel, the Crown Prince...
...fourth match between L. S. Haskins '26 and Bowditch of the Boston team was the closest of the day. The University player finished strongly to win the last two games after dropping the first and third. With the state crown safely in the Crimson's possession, T. E. Jansen Jr. '26 completed the day with an additional victory over Plimpton, who managed to take only one game from the victor...