THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
TUESDAY, JULY
1938.
DOWAGER QUEEN OF AUSTRALIA ADDS
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.
25 words $2.00 for 3 days prepaid
PREMISES TO LET.
RUMANIA - DEAD
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probably take place on Sunday, at the Cathedral near Bucharest.—Reuter,
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Canberra, July 18, POWER IN POLITICS
The Australian Minister for Marie, Downger Queen of Rumania,
Defence, Mr. V.
stated to-i who was born on October 20, 1876, day that the Comhlth Govern- was the daughter of the Duke of ment plans to increase the produetion.
and Gotha
creating annexes (and of ammunition by Edinburg second con of Queen
to the railway work-shops in New Victoria.
South Wales and Victoria for the production of shells, ;
THREE ROOM fully furnished flat, have lost the chance of becoming At the age of 18 she is said to with all modern conveniences, available immediate
Queen of England by refusing the occupation. hand of Prince George (the late King Coolest district, Kowloon. Furniture) to be taken over, Box No. 473, George V, who was not then even second in the line of succession, his "Hongkong Telegrapli.”
father and elder brother being both alive),
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
Steamship
"SI KIANG" No. 8 AEO/38 Bringing Cargo from Dunkirk via Haiphong, etc., arrived Hongkong on Wednesday, 13th July, 1938.
Consignees are hereby informed that their gooda with the exception
On January 10, 1903, she married the Crown Prince Ferdinand of Rumania-a union which was not by the then Queen of Carmen Sylva" who had
other plans for her son.
At first Marie did not adapt her- self well to the life in Bucharest and her unconventionality led to strained relations. The sequel was her sud- den departure from the Court for Gotha.
Her political enemies did their best to discredit her, but Prince Ferdinand of Oplum, Treasure and Valuables upset their calculations by going to are being landed and stored into the Goths and effecting a reconciliation. Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon The princess returned and began to Wharf and Godown Co. Ltd., Kow- take an active part in polities, doing
whence delivery may be all in her
influence power to obtained Lnmediately after landing. Rumanian policy in favour of the
All claims must be sent in to me Triple Entente.
Soon after the subtreak of
War
on or before 23rd July, 1938, or they King Carol died and Prince Ferdinand will not be recognized.
Damaged Packages will be examin-came to the throne, whereupon Queen ed by the Company's Surveyor | Marie who had become very populer, Messri:--Goddard and Douglas" in thanks to her Red Cross work, made the presence of the Consignees at vigorous efforts to secure Rumania's 10.00 a.m. on Tuesday, 18th July, intervention on the side of the 1938.
Entente.
Consignees must have a Revenue When, after two years, this object Officer in attendance when any duti-was achieved, it was followed by the able goods are examined by the conquest of her country by the Company's Surveyors.
No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever,
E. OHL. Agent.
Hongkong, 13th July, 1938,
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Germans, who imposed on Rumania in 1918 the Peace of Bucharest.
But before the year was out the military altuation changed and the Queen persuaded her husband to denounce
the went abroad to treaty. She herself to make propaganda on behalf of Rumania, which in the end obtained the accession of the adja- cent districts inhabited by Rumanians. MOTHER AND SON
The Queen after the war busled herself with matchmaking. In seeing that Rumania was not lost sight of by the foreign press and in acting,
s the lender of society.
One of her daughters she married to King Alexander of Serbla and another to the eldest son of King (Constantine of
Prince of Greece,
George ¿who is King George
now
JI. She also persuaded Prince Carol to dissolve in 1820 his morganatle marriage with Moldavian peasant girl named Zizi Lambrinu and in 1921 Princess Helena murry Grerec. But in December 1825, her efforts
were nullided by Carol's decision to renounce succession to the throne and his son, Michael, aged 4, was proclaimed helr.
paranged that hu should
10 of
Carol's relations with his parents had been strained for some time and 3,350 tous. he insisted on going abroad. It was
#ttend 694%/60% Queen Alexandra's funeral but he 70/70 pledged himself to retura within 71%/714hree weeks. Queen Marie wrote freminding him of his duties, but he 23,689,000 bushels, returned an unsatisfactory reply which was followed by his letter of 58%%/58% renunciation, 80/60% 19/50
Chicago Corsi
Chicago Wheat
July
Sept. Dee.
70/70% 72/72/
Saturday's Sales;
July
Sept.
59%/50%
Dec.
584/59
Winnipeg Weat
July
Oct.
76%/77
Dec.
70/75%
BLOW TO QUEEN Prince Carol's neilon was a great blow to his mother.
08/08
In the autumn of 1926 the Queen. 703%/76% with Princess ileana
and Prince 75/754 Nicholas, visited the United States,
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On the way through Franea she had an interview with Carol which led to a personal reconciliation.
The Royal party were foted every- where in America and the Queen arranged to write aricles on her impressions for the US. press. After dining with the President, the visitors started on their travels in a sumptuous special train,
Meanwhile King Ferdinand's illness was becoming serious and Her Majesty cut short her visit and sailed
24. for Europe on Nov.
She took an increasingly active part In polities and the selection of the courtier Frince Surbey in June, 1927, as Premier in succession to Averescu was largely due to her, but his Cabinet fell in a fortnight. On July 20 the King died and his grandson Michael, the son of the exiled Carol, was proclaimed, Carol now persisted in claiming the throne and returned in triumph a few months later, King Michael, his son, becoming Crown Prince.
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Queen Marie wrote the libretto of
tale operu "Nderim" which fairy was set by it Rumanian composer. She was also the author of a novel "Crowned Queens," a romance of the type that delighted the young wo men of 100 years ago.
WOMAN OF DESTINY The charm and courage and ability of Queen
ueen Marie of Rumania did much to change the history of Europe. She was always aware of the diploma- tic currents around her and gave direction to them at important times, says a blographer.
Before she came to the throne, while she was still Princess and the wife of Prince Ferdinand, she visited the Russian Czar and induced him and his wife to meet the Rumanian monarch, King Charles. From that meeting resulted a distinct warming of the
the relations between the two countries.
More conspicuously, she overcame the inclinations of her husband, King Fordinand, in the course of the World War and brought Rumania into that struggle on the side the Allies, though her husband was Hohen- zollern and had practically been ap- pointed to
to his throne by William of Germany
Born in England, at Eastwell Park, Kent, the young Princess Marie lived the English court life. Her father was the
the Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Victoria was her grandmother. Czar Alexander of Russia Was her grandfather. The child grew up in St. James Palace and in Kent.
Elizabeth... She
also
CONSPICUOUS BEAUTY Married to the Rumanian prince, she endeared herself to her new re- Intions, King Charles
Charles and his talented wife,
Queen
who was known as "Carmen very quickly won the confidence and love of the Rumanian people. She was conspicuously beautiful in a land famed for its beautiful women, and she was gifted in many ways.
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In the World War and for some yours afterwards, she experienced most diflcult times. The first result her persuason of her husband to take the side of the Alles was
up elsastrous invasion of Rumania by German and Austrian armies. When these began to sweep the country, Queen Marie was distracted by the Illness of her youngest child, Prince Mircea, and when the enemy soldlers occupied Bucharest, the Queen was kneeling beside her small son's coffin in the Cotroceni Palace.
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The Garden Party at Buckingham. Nanchang, July 10, Palace to-day began in drizzle and It is now established that al-rain, and Her Majesty the Queen. together four Japanese planes were came out alone to receive the guests,. shot down by Chinese alemen during with
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The Ul-fated machines were among they will entrain for Dover for their
a fleet of 18 bombers which staged Journey to Paris-Reuter. ralds over the Klangsi provincia! capital in two squadrons of nine planes each. The first
squadron AIR FORCE NEEDS
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CARBURETTORS
London, July 10.
came over the city around 6.25 am. An undisclosed number of Chinese pursuit planes at once rose to eng- age them and forced them to retreat.
The second squadron
over about 20 minutes later and WOB The Air Ministry has announced Intercepted by the Chinese craft, that, in order to increase the supply The Invaders released some 30 bombs of carburettors, a new factory will. In the castern outskirts of the elty, be erected at Coventry, under the More than 10 houses were destroyed, management Di well-known motor
The four planes were downed dur-car ing the two dogfights.
to existing factories will To the meantime, Wucheng, on the be made at the Bristol Aeroplane west bank of the Poyang Lake, was Company's works at an estimated also ralded by 10 Japanese bombers, ecst of £1,500,000. Expenditure of which released a number of missiles this amount has already been ap in the outskirts---Central News.
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