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Vienna, Oct. 8, The High Cost of Kings may keep Otto of Habsburg from the Austrian throno.

Austria wants Otto.to return and his mother, ex-Empress Zita, would glailly come.

BR

1934.

REPRIEVE PETITION. CONSULAR BANQUET.

· REQUEST FOR OUTSTANDING | DISCOVERY OF NEW WORLD

COPIES IN

BY COLUMBUS

Over seven thousand residents; Anniversary of the discovery of signed the petition praying for America in 1492 by Christopher the reprieve of Keung Chi-pan. Columbus will be fittingly celebrat who was convicted of the murdered in Hongkong on Friday by n of the woman claimed to be his banquet to be held by the Latin and wife and her lover at Shamshulpo. American Consuls.

This number, however, repre- sents the names on approximately

It is customiary for the Latin and

But Austria, Ike Otto and Zita, is impoverished. It really can't only half of the coples of the American communities all over the this occasion, afford n King. If Otto were to re- petition. Some 000 coples avere world to meet on turn as legal monarch of Austria, distributed all over the Colony, which conveys to all these nations he would bring in his train more All should have been returned at the remembrance of a than 200 Impoverished Habsburg the week-end, but it was found feat historie feat. Archdukes and Archduchesses. possible to collect only about 300.

The continent of America เฟรค

.

common

On

and will

whom the State probably would The Executive Council meets on discovered by Christopher. Colum- have to support. The cost would Thursday, when the petition will; bus, the Inmous navigātor and met- be appalling.

bo considered. The organisers of chant. on October 12, 1492. who, Since the Peace Treaties, Austria the appeal were consequently un-with financial assistance from the

an European able to wait longer. The petitionCourt of Spain, set out has been sort of

his beggar. Her means of livelihood was handed to the Hon. Colonial famous voyage of discovery.

The function on Friday night, were sliced off by the treatles. She Secretary yesterday, by a deputa- has literally lived on loans from the tion composed of Hon. Mr. S. which will be held at 8.30 p.m. at Great Powers who wished to main-Tan, Rev. R. L. Phillips and Rev. the Hongkong Hotel, will be attend- tain her as a buffer state.

Lee Knu-yan,

fed by the majority of the Consuls, Austria, in 1919, cut off the The Hon. Colonial Secretary together with their wives

speakers Habsburgs without a penny. All agreed to permit further lists of guests. Several of their property was confiscated signatures to be attached to the dwell on the importance of the Those anniversary to the nations of with the exception of a small per petition as they sorrie in. sonal estate Warthel. They who still have copies of the peti- Latin-America. were driven from the country al- tion are asked to return then at most without their clothes.

once to the Bible Depot, ar to Rev. Many of Zita's dresses and under things, left in the Hofburg Palace, were denied her. The Hofburg to. day is eut up into private offices, The Imperii wine cellara have bees turned into a public restaurant Austrian Government allows and drinking place. Here, under. and Zita to return to Austria na ground, Viennese and tourists may "private citizens." It might even drink old Imperial wines. and return one or two of their personal brandies. The proceeds 40

to ratates, but the public palaces would wounded war veterana

remain in the possession of the Government.

|

R. 1. Phillips, Mody Rond, or to LEADERS' MOVEMENTS the South China Morning Post. They must be in by to-morrow, Wednesday afternoon,

Accepted Charity. Zita, after the death of ex Emperor Karl in 1922, had accept charity from ber distant

cousin, Alphonso, then King of Spub She lived modestly in a borrowed Spanish castle until just before the Spanish revolution, when she took Otto to Brussels Louvian University.

For a number of years now Zito rad 0110 have been living father of Otto. Strenockerzeel, near Brussels, She has been getting a little money from her Hungarian estates (which unlike in Austria were nut Ascnters, and the remainder from logat and rich subjects,

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CHIANG, CHANG AND HO MEET AT HANKOW

Hankow, Oct. 8. fienern] Ho Ying-ching, nerived here from Peiping this morning for the purpose of' enlling General Chiang Kaj shek and

General

1}]]

to

to

This, of course, would be merely submitting to him a detailed re- a step to elevating or electing Otto put on military affairs in North as King or Emperor of Austrin. China.

Ho will proceed Many believe the aged Archduke Eugen of Habsburk, who already. Nanking, after staying here for a has been allowed to return as a few days, while General Chinng private citizen, may be elected as | Kai-shek and Marshal Chang "President of Austria" as the frat Hsueh-lang will proceed to study step in restoring Otto as Emperor. Loyang, Hanan, by a special train Archduke Eugen was the cousin to-night, in order to attend the of the late Emperor Karl. the opening ceremonies of the Loyange Otto can claim Mitary Aendemy on the Double direct lineai descent from Emperor | Tinth.---Central News Agency, Francis,' last of the Holy Roman

Shanghai, Oct: 8. Emperors and first Austrian Km- Chinese reports from Non- ching state that Shilcheng. nn The House of Hasburg has ruled important Communist stronghold 16 centuries in Europe. At ne in thern Kiangst, has been ac ime its holdings embraced 20 enpled by Government troops -- countries.-United Press.

Reuter,

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