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Hungary is still a kingdom-its old constitution is unchanged. In place of the King is a Regent, Admiral Horthy. His powers are limited mainly to exercising the royal functions without the effective power of vetoing legislation. Just for whom he is Regent is a problem that most Hungarians shirk; some say for himself; some say for Prince Otto, oldest son of Kaiser Karl; some say for a King who is yet to be elected. The problem is, however, satisfactorily settled for the time being by electing Yankee Jeremiah Smith as financial king-a Yankee at the Court...
...under Count Michael Karolyi, although it would be truer to say that Budapest, the capital, became a Republic. Bolshevism succeeded Republicanism and was even shorter lived; for in August, 1919, after a harrowing Rumanian occupation, the Monarchists, led by Admiral Horthy, were once again in power. Horthy was elected Royal Governor, usually translated as Regent. He was invested with some of the royal powers, was empowered to enact the legislation of his Royal Hungarian Government-but for whom was he acting? When Karl was alive, Horthy publicly declared that he was keeping the throne warm for his Monarch. After Karl...
...following is a conversation between Karl and Horthy which took place in 1921 at the Royal Palace in Budapest. The Emperor, who had not forgotten that he had failed to abdicate as the Apostolic King of Hungary, had previously signed a manifesto...
There he did such Christian service that the Northmen remembered it for 800 years; and, recently, the Norwegian Royal Academy of Science presented to the Vatican a marble tablet in memory of the English Pope...
...Spanish Cardinal, Merry del Val, of the huge and solemn eyes, attended the ceremony. So, too, did Cardinal Gasquet, one of the three living British cardinals. So, too, did Cardinals Granito (Italian) and Van Rossum (Dutch). So, too, did the Swedish, the Norwegian, the Danish Ministers to the Royal Kingdom of Italy. The presence of the three ministers was not lost upon the Cardinals, for this was probably the first time since 1870 that diplomats accredited to the Kingdom of Italy have foregathered officially with Cardinals. Gratified, the Spanish Cardinal made comment. Here was the kind of circle History dotes...