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Show ARCHDUKE JOSEPH STRONGLY PROTESTS Aspirations to be King of Hungary Hun-gary Thwarted by Supreme Council of Paris BUDAPEST, April 1. Tho allies have made not one but three Alsace-Lorrainos Alsace-Lorrainos of Hungary, declares Archduke Arch-duke Joseph of Hapsburg, the man who wanted to be king of Hungary but whose aspirations were thwarted by the supreme council at Paris. "We have not deserved such treat-j treat-j ment," he said to tho Assocalted Press .correspondent whom he received In his palace here. "We did not want the war," he continued, "we protested against taking part in it. "The Germans felt (he war was bound to come, and Inasmuch as they were ready while the other nations were not, they felt It was best it came , I when an opportunity was presented by I j the murder of the Austrian crown 'prince, particularly as it was believed 'Russia was thus inviting war." J The archduke professes to be unable to understand why the allies object to him. "Of course I am a Hapsburg." I he said, "but why should there be so Imuch enmity against the Hapsburgs ,on tho part of the allies? Is it leftover left-over propaganda?" His adherents argue that the people of Hungary want a king and that Archduke Arch-duke Joseph Is the best liked man in the country. The correspondent found him working work-ing at his memoirs on his desk in the library off his palace which is resplendent re-splendent in marble, tapestries and I rare bronzes. He is a short man of medium weight, slow in movement, de- j liberate of speech, with a typical nose I and pale blue eyes of the Hapsburgs.1 He still wore a military uniform and r.bout his neck hung the grand cross oi tho Leopold order. Commenting on 1 the Hungarian peace treaty, he said: I "The future of Hungary now, with our restricted frontier, appears mainly agricultural, although I am sure sooner soon-er or later our lost provinces will be returned to us. Fortunately for me, I am a farmer." The archduke formerly possessed three estates. One of these of 50,000 acres is in Transylvania which is occupied oc-cupied by the Rumanians. Another large farm Is in the formerly Huugar- j ian territory given to the Czechs. "I wonder If I shall ever Ret those farms back," he said. "I bought them with py own money many years bro. Mon- iy which I earned myself. They were not crown proportleB passed to me by Inheritance." The archduke still retains re-tains -a farm of 10.000 acres at Alo- Jauth which he now manages, often working- in the fields. |