EXPLORER WHO BECAME "KING."
PROPOSED SALE OF TITLE TO THE KATSER. Viscount Alfred de Breuil. a young French explorer, has recently had an experience in empire-building which recalls the adventures of M. Jacques-Lebaudy. The French explorer, who had acquired some, influence over many primitive tribes in Arabia and Syria, was approached in 1010 by a German named Nicholas Ben/.. The German proposed that the viscount should return to Asia and induce the. tribes by presents to declare their union and independence, and elect him king. Subsequently the viscount should sell his title and rights to the. German Emperor. Viscount de Breuil, who was guaranteed £BOOO for the purpose, went to Arabia, and some time afterwards twelve tribes assembled in a "Djema" at El Aioun with the Emirs who governed them, and this .assembly, presided over by Abou Hassan, proclaimed the independence of Arabia and Syria, and elected the viscount monarch, with the title of "King Alfred I." Proud of his success, the King-explorer then returned to Paris to collect the £BOOO, only to find Benz was in gaol and had withdrawn the money.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 233, 20 February 1913, Page 8
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183EXPLORER WHO BECAME "KING." Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 233, 20 February 1913, Page 8
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