Show FORMER RULER OF SAXONY SUCCUMBS BRESLAU Germany Feb Fob 19 ID 11 iP- iP Former King FrIedrich August of oC Saxon Saxony Is dead The rhe king ex-king whom his cousin former for for- mer Kaiser WIlhelm II H once called too much of oC a clown died last ni night ht at S b castle near here after a stroke of apoplexy yesterday His two sons the former Crown Prince Geor George c and Prince Ernst Hemrich Hem Hem- rich with his sister Princess Mathilde Ma Ma- thilde were at his bedside when the end came King Friedrich August III was wa one of the most popular rulers of his time He lost his throne during the revolution of 1918 but it did not destroy destroy destroy de de- de- de stroy his sense of humor He was at athis athis his beautiful estate at Moritzburg when the news came that a republic had been established He was asked by telephone If he would relinquish the throne willingly Oh well I suppose Id I'd better he said I 1 suppose I have no pow power cr eh |