ROYAL "TANTRUMS."

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 109, 5 June 1909, Page 3

ROYAL "TANTRUMS."

.Ku'bics, .M.IVs, ;uu) such tire not tliu only people who last* their tempers. Kven i{oyaltv tiio s into u passion sometimes. The Archduke Ferdinand of Austria recently lost his self-'posaession, and had p. violent dispute with a palace ollieittl. It ended in blows, and the police had to intervene. The late Kmperor of China once received a historical slay. He had called on tllio Dowager Kmpress, and was attired in garments 'that might have been cut in Savile Row London—an outrage 'on Celestial tradition, in a passion, the old woman snatched up a fan and dealt •her erring nephew a vicious blow with it 011 the ehcelv. During the (Ireey army manoeuvres the Crown Prince ordered a special train; but the ollicials owuld not allow him to start before the train was paid for. In «n outburst of fury, the Prince ordered the arrest of the officials, and ■himself commanded the driver to [proceed. Another Crown Prince—he of Germany -—once wanted to put up at a certain hotel. The manager explained that his establishment was full up, and refused to tulmit the Imperial party. It is reported that his Highness ''carryings l on" were somewhat forcible.