EX-EMPEROR KARL.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17113, 7 April 1921, Page 7

EX-EMPEROR KARL.

DEPARTURE FROM HUNGARY. MOVING SCENES. (By Cable—Press Association—Copyright.) (Australian and K.2. Cable Association.) VIENNA, April -5. Karl left Steinamanger accompanied by three Allied officers, a detachment of Allied troops, and 24 officers and men representing ihe Austrian Army. The Social Democrats, Christian Socialists, and other sections all demanded to have representatives on the train.

("The iin«'') (Received April 7th, 1.30 a.m.) BUDAPEST, April 6. The ex-Emperor . Karl's departure from Steinamanger was accompanied by moving scenes. His advisers debated all night the advisability of resisting departure mid marching to Budapest." Kurl, finally, against the counsels of Colonel and Count Julius Andrassy, decided, in the interests of the country, to retire from Hungary. A large crowd commenced singing the Hungarian National Anthem Karl appeared on the balcony, and was tremendously cheered. Women ■ and children fell on their knees, weeping, and remained so until the royal motor-car started on its journey. . Karl expressed himself as convinced that ho would return within a brief period, and issued a declaration which, it is understood, will be published by the Hungarian Government, as follows: "I am leaving because of the conviction that the time is not yet come to take over the right of governing. I cannot permit the maintenance of that right which would entail a disturbance of tihe present peace. I leave tho land as the crowned King of Hungary." Colonel Lehar, Karl's most ardent supporter, lias resigned from the Hungarian Army, ostensibly on tho ground of ill-health, and is voluntarily snaring Karl's exile.