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PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT
THE - HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
SATURDAY, AUGUST
1934.
PAGE THREE
INTERVIEW WITH THE "DAUPHIN" Peace Pact Revision Urged by Lord
EXPECTING ROYALIST
I
TRIUMPH
BY MORRIS GILBERT
Rudyard Kipling wrote a story called "The Man Who Would be King." Here is a story of a man who may be king provided that will-power, training and forces of the times in France work for him.
He la the Count of Paris, 25 years old, direct descendant of Hugh Capet who ruled France almost 1,000 years ago; of Saint- Louis; of Henry IV, "le Vert Galant;" of Louis Philippo; scion of the most famous royal house in Europe, the House of Bourbon.
The Count of Paris "will" reign after his father, of course.. For the Count is Dauphin. It is his father, the Duc de Gulse, who would rule as Jean III if France should, turn again to monarchy,
ho is one, and an aviator, carrying French pilot's licence. He rides, plays tennis, and swims.
Asked how 1001 ho thought this would happen, the Count of Paris answered: "Very soon. If you could estimate the quantity and the quality of evidence which my father and I receive of how weary France is of the present regime, you would be astonished."
Pressed to mention his idea of a definite period still to pass before the change might take place, the Count Armly answered, "A maxi- mum of Ave or six years."
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DEMOCRATIC PRINCE.
The Count of Paris received this correspondent in his study at the Manor of Anjou as a guest. There was no formality. When the visitor forgot to address his host дя "Monsoigneur" it didn't seem to make any difference. Only once Avas there direct indication that protocol existed. That was when, the talk finished, the Count stepped through the doorway of his study first. But in the hall, outside, he dropped back casually terms with his vialtor.
on even
The Manor of Anjou is a five- milo ride from the centre of Brus- sels. The estate, leafy and charm- ing, is surrounded by a brick wall. The Count's study is a plain room, aimply furnished. One wall is fill- ed with maps of Franco on rollera. The Count came rapidly into the room, shook handa firmly and cheerfully, and said: "Isn't it cold? Would you like whisky,, pert, or sherry?" He spoke a precise and fluent English.
The Count is built like an athlete, broad of shoulder, narrow of waist. His wrists are powerful and his hands big and capable. They are the hands of a man of action who, unless otherwise occupied, would be an excellent mechanic. In fact,
Students of French history any the Count of Paris recalls his Cape- tlan ancestors in appearance, which, his cheekbones high, nose straight is striking. His forehead is wide,
and fine. Ho has extraordinary you. They are long and almond- shaped, fringed with heavy lashes, deeply blue, friendly, and keen.
FRENCH DELEGATIONS.
The Count eat down and began of February in the Place de la Con- describing in detail the tragic 6th corde In Paris. He told what was done and what was not done, and how, and why. "You talk Eng- lish," he said, "and I talk French. We can keep our ideas clearer that way."
Ile analyzed the political altua- tlon in France, as it concerns his father's chances of entering Paris some day na Jean III. He referred to his father, na "paps.", News from "home" reaches the Manor often, and nowadays it is pretty good news for the dwellers there, unless they are badly deceived. Cen- tres of royalism in France working among the labouring class- are
es. not merely the nobility.
BEARDING THE PRETENDER TO FRANce's throÑE
Little Prince Henri, held in the arms of his father, the Count of Paris, takes a healthy tug at the goatee of the Duc de Gulse,
pretender to the throne of France.
went home again. Miners from northern France come and factory workers. We had a up too,
group of school teachers here not long ago."
Other visitors are 'Industriallats and businesa men, anxious to learn the royalist way out of the dilemma which according to the regime has posed for France, royalist doctrine the, present
throne are automatically exiled by a law of the Republic, passed in 1886. Should they renounce these claims they could live in Paris, or anywhere else they chose in their native land. The Count of Paris could fly over France and land at any airport ho piensed-instead of skirting the frontier as he recently did on a flight to Switzerland from Belgium,
Instead of which, in the Manor
of Anjou the ancient motto of the royal house of France is cut boldly into the stone of the great fireplace At the entrance gates of the estate, the regal fleur-de-iya is worked in metal into the lamps, and the lamps themselves are topped with crowns.
It happens that the Count's mind "The people I'm most interested is turning toward the corporative in," said the Count, "are workers, type of government with much men who are accomplishing some curiosity. The corporative pro- thing, forging ahead, thinking Ingramme of Fascist Italy InterestsMONT JOIE-SAINT-DENIS." terme of to-day and to-morrow, him greatly. Theorists of the hands and their brains. We see a men who are working with their royalist movement in France in fact claim the corporative Idea as great many here. Every Sunday munarchic in origin, having been delegations arrive from France to In practice in France before being visit us. They come unsolicited, overthrown by the Revolution. and they pay their own There have been groups that journeyed all the way from south- ern France, spent two nights in trains, a few hours with us, and
way,
EXILED BY OLD LAW.
The Due de Guise and the Count of Parls having accepted their full obligations as claimants of the
And over the highest tower of the manor a flag gallantly floats. But it should be noted that the flag is not the white "oriflamme" of the old French royalty. It is the tricolour!
Ponsonby: Or New World Smash-Up
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS-
Rovision of the so-called peace treatles and teeth in the peace pacts, Lord Ponsonby told me. In hía chambore at the House of Peora, are Imperative to prevent a new world smash-up.
Japan, ho said, could have beou -stopped in her tracks in Manchuria had moral or economie sanotions been applied, and disarmament would not have failed had Great Britain and some of the other powers gone about it more vigor- ously.
As it is, the world to-day faces an extremely grave situation, both · In Europe and the Far East. Un- less it acts promptly to check events already in motion in both "theatres, we may expect a crash.
Lord Ponsonby was Under Sec- retary of State for Foreign Affairs, in Mr. MacDonald's first' Labour cabinet: and he was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the second. He is now an active mem- ber of the House of Lords.
"We simply must not allow the armaments race to go on," he said. "We've got to make another try and from the opposite direction. We must try to get at the causes of war and, by remedying thom. achieve disarmament.
REVISE TREATIES.
"This, of course, means treaty revision. I am aware of that. But n the treaties are bound to be revised anyway, adoner or later, in one way or another, the sooner we begin, the better.
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Lord Ponsonby..., seos world catastrophe if peace pacts aro not revised.
Lord Ponsonby vigorously criti aizes Sir John Simon's handling not only of the disarmament offorts” nt Goneva, but Britain's Far: Eastern policy as well..'
Much of the blame for what is now going, on in both spheres, ho lays at the door of the British, Government for its lack of vigour.
Had. Britain agreed with the other great powera, to withdraw diplomatic representatives from Tokyo and, if that falled, to apply, other moral..and economic sanc-> tions in his opinion Japan would not have persisted in her Man- churlau adventure.
JAPAN ENCOURAGED.
To-day, partly, at least as a no- sult of Britain's weak stand; Lord Ponsonby sald, Japan apparently has turned her oyes away from Russia-where, for a timo, they rested until American recognition scared her off-to concentrate onco more on China.
"We should have taken a firmor they want. Let them put it down stand upon Japan's announcement. on paper. If they want more ter-of a Monroe Doctrine for China," ritory, lot them say so frankly, he observed. "The British reply Let's try to find out what makes gave Japan to understand that no them dissatisfied,
very great concern was felt in this country over hor pretensions."
Suddenly the grave look on Lord Ponsonby's face changed to a
"Maybe. this approach to dia- armament would not succeed any better than the other. But it would gain time. It would give amlio. the world time to 'cool off."
"Anyhow," he chuckled, "vo "At any rate, one thing is cer- ought to do our best for peace. tain: The peoples of the world do Wo In this building here (tho not want war. Of that I am con- House of Parliament) and around vinced. None of them want it-Whitehall (where most of the not even the Germans. Some of government departments are lo- their hot-headed leaders might cated) would be in the front line want it, but the people do not. trenches in the next war. Wo "I am not advocating another
"Certainly the people of Great might be the ones they aimed at world conference, however. Such Britain do not want it. There first. conferences seldom get anywhere would be hundreds of thousands Delegates play too much to the gal of war-resisters in this country if lerins. Perhaps we might ap war were declared. There would pranch the causes of war through be revolution. How could you a commission of the Losguc,-***
Aght a war with hundreds of thou- "Anyway, nations should be sands of your people-your young asked to state quite frankly what men-in prison?".
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let them come, was his conclusion, Those who make the wars," or
ne last are on the spot themselves,
Lord Ponsonby made it plain that he was speaking for himself. and not for his party.
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