THE WAR DUCKS.
£IB,OOO A YEAR FOR ONE. ' When revolutions take place and kings and ruling princes are dethroned the problem arises what to do with the kings and. princis. Louis XVI. and Charles I. were beheaded; Napoleon was exiled; his nephew retired to England. ,
After the Great War the Tsar Nicholas was brutally murdered, with his wife and! children; the Emperor Charles of Austria was taken ih battle and interned; and the Kaiser fled to Holland.
But the mass of German kings and" princelings, including 'the Emperor's many sons, have not been beheaded, or murdered, or exiled. Most of them have been pensioned and given grants of land, and have been allowed to settle down as private gentle--1 men! The latest instance is that of the Regent of Macklcnburg. The Macklenburg Republic actually submitted his claim to arbitration and a special Court has dealt very handsomely with him. He is to have £IB,OOO a year for life, with large tracts of .forest and landed property, with separate annuities for other members or his family. It is •-a wonderful income in a country on the verge of ruin.
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Shannon News, 14 July 1925, Page 1
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188THE WAR DUCKS. Shannon News, 14 July 1925, Page 1
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