Show vanishing royalty IT T is hard to pr preserve that dignity that doth befit a king when one roust must bo be constantly on the alert to dodge the bullet or ebeare u the dagger of an nit assassin that seems to be the vay may king alfouso Alfo ilso of spain does lua his daily dally dozen in these thebe timeo times of peace everywhere save ave in morocco there is mighty little royalty left anywhere in the world no large nation has a royal head these tin davs li except great britain mid and ital spain I 1 ia I 1 s a second rate power so also are bulgaria Rou roumania ninnia belgium holland Si sweden seden denmark and norway in europe and egypt persia siam and other small principalities great britain retains the form of royalty absolutely devoid of its substance if the king or anybody representing him hint undertook to exercise i any real power he would mighty quickly he be told where here to head in at ut just a little more power is exercised by the king of italy but the real pow pou er ia is in the hands of a usurper usurpers a dictator who chooses to retain the king on the throne sonic some day lay there will be a dictator who prefers not to ila have e a king ling and there will be no kin king g king hing victor has the good sense to realize that ho lie rules by the grace of mussolini and not dei gratia king alfouso alfonso la is trying tring to be just a little more of a king and that is wh u home of his subjects subject i are taking pot shots at linn him the germ of is at work in every land apparently it has made progress everywhere in proportion to the intelligence and character of the people the influence of the united states in ill this mutter is and has been tremendous while we aie ou ourselves relves derived derive d much of our democracy and our popular goi eminent principles and brint from france her writers rather than her government the rest of the world has taken it from us the great of democratic in this great new world has created a desire for it in it the hearts of men the u world orld 0 over er this makes it bud bad for kings and makes make the head that wears the crown lie uneasily will be fewer of thira as the yeara years go by and u some of themi them ma aca cease to reign in a tragic manner no other country can hope to pattern after britain in her ability to keep a king and vet et agn give e all the power to the people it requires a higher state of intelligence and love of law iani and order than most of the peoples of panh arth have reached to do that after the death of lenine and the practical ostracism of Trot sk the russian Itu second flight of soviet leaders found themselves es unable to carry on a successful government economically they had destroyed capital industry paral paralyzed zed initiative and knew not what wh at to jo veu to obtain reven iuis tits to support the government X now NO i trot because lenine is dead and there must be brains in the w gon 11 ri in ent is making a bid for private capital once more to go industry indu str in russia he ile I 1 is smart enough to see the fundamental error of tho the combined french and spanish armies amies with airplanes ma chine guns tanks and artillery and with aith almost ten soldiers bol diers to one of the riffs miffs are making a sweep tin an ought to make a clean one yet we shall have to await the issue to ece see ul whether lether it is or not and when it A la Is all over twill be a glorious pl orious victory spoken of by many as a triumph of the cross over the crescent though the cross origin aa 11 did not hot mean that sort to fo thing dont you know |