1937-12-28 — Page 19

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1937.

KING'S LONG SEARCH FOR A BRIDE He Is Handsome And 42; She Is A Moslem Girl

ROYAL ROMANCE IN THE BALKANS

King Zog, handsome 42-years-old autocrat of Europo's smallest king. dom, Albania, is believed to have found a Moslem brido after seeking a wife for ten years.

More than A dozen times this monarch's naine has been linked with fal of some distinguished woman.

A baroness was sold to have killed herself for love of him.

Ferdinand

Once he risked his life and nar-RANKS THINNED rowly escaped arsassination for the

sake of pretty woman's company.

Diplomacy has striven to unite him with one or other European ruling house.

I religion has always been the

OF GREAT WAR

19 YEARS AFTER

Half Of Veterans

great barrier: he is a Mohammedan: Only 4 Of Generals Alive; KO are a majority of his subjects,

Once a plot was hatched by the father of a girl he was alleged to have promised to marry. une! national revolt was only just nipped In the bud

chieftain

Still Remain.

(By Ralph fteluzen) United Press Stag Correspondent

. Pros & Comich

Throwing his Ballast

Mob Forced Girl On Her Knees Before Priest

In the lonely country of Co. Mayo, in the extreme west of Ireland, a pretty girl of twenty-five was dragged by a mob through a mile and a half of bog road, and forced on her knees before a priest to vow that she would stop secing a married man.

RADIO BROADCAST

Elvie Yuen and Father

Riganti from the Studio

ROTARY SPEECH

Radio Programme Broadcast by

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ILK.T.

The girl was in the man's car when the attack was of the made. No attempt to interfere was made by the authori-Service from St. John's Cathedral.

King Zog is a king of parade.. Known Lo the world as Bachelor King" he had actually

Paris. experienced marriage and divorce before he came to the throne.

Nineteen years after the signing i Hh wife was of his own faith, of the Armistice, in the forest of Com- daughter of the

Chevket piegne, which brought the World Bev

War to a cluse, only four While he was Republican Presi- hundreds of meat soldiers who tics.

conflict, dent, from January 1025 until Sep-commanded the armies in tember 1028, lie wore. splendid are still alive-Jolin J. Pershing. uniforms and held "court" Javishly. Henri Petain, Erie Ludendorf and

When he became king, with Musso- | Anton Denikin. lini's support, he wore simple khaki. A

Then began his search for a bride.showed that the soldiers themselves survey of military statisties But Albania's throue is a dan fared better, and that out of the The story, one of the strangest that gerous one. Blood-feuds are still an 22,000,000 men who went to warhaye yet come out of the Irish Free Albanian custom.

So there was still an empty throne more than 11,000,000 veterans of that State, was told in the court of Judge

conflict still are alive.

Wyse Power. in his villa-palace.

CENOTAPH TRAGEDY On Christmas Eve, 1933, a beauti- ful but penniless Albanian woman, of noble family, collapsed and died near the Cenotaph in Whitehall.

She had poisoned herself.

Mme, Zelnep Vlora was alleged

to have been King Zog's, ex-

mistress, ousted from favour by an Italian beauty.

She was said to have turned spy, on behalf of Italy, and afterwards come,

to England with letters from King Zog, which she sold to the King's agents!

of the rent political personalities jon both sides of the war, only three remain alive-David Lloyd George, Newton D. Baker and Francisco Nitia Only three of the score of rulers

who sat on thrones

or in presidential

chairs during the war are still alive,

12.0-12.20 p. Relay of Special

12.30 Haydn 'Surprise' Symphony (No. 6 in G Major).

Played by the Boston Symphony Crchestru-conducted by Serge Kous-

And at Ballina, the girl-Miss Mary Stokes-was awarded £75 slander damages and costs against one of sevitsky, the ringleaders of the mob.

The kidnapping was not denied. No attempt was made to Justify it.

Miss Stokes claimed dainages from forty-two-year-old fariner. Peter McDonagh, of Geesaingh,

Her cose was that in

Geesalugh that

and two of them, desposed by their dispensary McDonagh alleged subjects, are alive in solitary exile Miss Stokes lived immorally in Lon- Wilhelm II of Germany and Ferdi-don and came home to do the same

of Bulgaria. King Victor Em-thing.

and of

manuel of Haly is the only ruler of: Counsel for Miss Stokes said that wartime who is alive and still on a while she was going to Geesalagh

throne.

with her sister she met a married The toll has been heaviest among man named Heneghan in ◊ motor- the generals who commanded the

de | car. armies of millions of fighting men.

It was luter ofBelolly denied that the had ever been a spy or had ever | Most of them were old in the service A crowd surrounded the car and known King Zog, But the Inquest when the war started, and 20 years pulled Heneghan out. was held in secret.

having passed since they won glory Next, King Zog sent his personal on the inttlefields, those who have adviser to America to look for "a survived have abandoned active mil- beauty of wealth and sweet temper.itary careers.

with

family of long pedigree."

The quest falled.

------Although he has spent a-de----

cado seeking a wife outside hl own realm, King Zog has made

a law forbidding Albanians to marry foreigners. Albania walts-o see whether he will break his own rule.

JOY-RIDERS CAUGHT

Other Vehicles Disappear

with driving car No.

PERSHING IN FRANCE NOW

PRIEST ASKED HIM

TO KIDNAP HER

cannot

lender who organised the kidnap- ping.

He agreed that he told another man to follow the girl, as the priest wanted her brought to the Belmullet

·curate, ·

When being kidnapped the girl struck her kidnappers across the Inee. He denied that she was unit across a bleyele after she fainted or that Munnelly told her she would be in her coin.

The judge, referring to the kid- napping, said that counsel for the defence had frankly said he would not attempt to Justify what had happened.

It was an unpleasant part of the gase that McDonagh had said that he was only carrying out the outrage оп the instructions of the local Roman Catholic curate for Farrell.

'FORCIBLY DRAGGED' 'ACROSS COUNTRY'

and

"If an individual clergyman thought nt to urge physical violence, and deliberate breaking of the civil law

Was

12.55 Pau Casals (Plano). Menuet (Haydn, arr. Platt). 10 Time and Weather. 1.03 Spanish Music. Aire

Andaluz (Lucena). Cordoba Philharmonic Orchestra cond. by Jose Pablos; Grunada (Cuenca and Albeniz); Cadiz (Cuca- ca and Albeniz).

Conchita Velazquez (Mezzo - Soprano); La

al Habanera (Lucena), ..... Cordoba Philharmonic Orchestra cond. by Jose Pablos.

1.25 Reuter and Rugby Press; weather and Announcements.

downt.

Tiffin

1.40 Relay of the Nolary Speech from the Roof Garden of the Hongkong Hotel.

2.15 Close 0.0-7.0 Chinese Programme. 7.0 Dance Music. Tangos-El Payaso Del Corazon Partido; Le Tue Carezze, .... Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orches- tra; Fox-Trots-I Need You; Dancing Moth; Was It Rain? (0lm The Hilt

Jay Wilbur and lis

7.15 London Relay-Birmingham v. Liverpool.

A commentary on the Association Lengue Football Match by E. A. Eden from St. Andrew's Ground. Dirmingham.

7.35 VARI

Variety.

Novelty-Harry Roy Stage Show. Harry Roy and His Orchestra (Recorded at the actual performance at The Garrick Theatre, Southport). Plano and Vocal Singing For You (Backforth); Parls Is Not The Same

Leslie

Weather

(Marvell - Strachey).

Marvell Hutchinson; Orchestra - Neapoliten Serenade (Winkler); Fairy-Wood Parade (Noack)... ..Joe Bund and His Orch.

8.0 Local Time Signal, how could he expect his flock to obey Report and Announcements. the civil law on other ocensions?" 5.03 Dance Music. circuli, Another. thing that emerged

Fox-Trois-The Boston Tea Party; Jimmy Dorsey that the venue was changed from It Ain't Right. Geesalagh to Belmullet, so that the and His Orchestra; Waltz—Love, curate in Geessingh who instigatedLive For Ever: Quickstep Girls the kidnapping, would not be forced Were Made To Love And Kiss Victor the to the conclusion of the matter in Operetia Paganini").

Silvester and His Ballroom Orch. Belmullet.

8.15 London Relay Ann And The judge said that McDonagh Harold",

He was satisfled that the

Stokes

When she was brought before the

in her knees and made her promise

Miss Stokes escaped, but she was

"It is plain." the judge said, "that with pursued by the mob, armed

some allegation had been made sticks, and dragged about a mile and

agningt the girl, and apparently without 'uny trial, or Three of the four great surviving!" a half along" a bog rond...--

choice or an geherals are in France to-day,

In the course of this she fainted. opportunity for the girl to defend Pershing. Pelain and Denikin. She was then thrown across a bi- herself, she was forcibly dragged Pershing, now 77, has had an active cycle, anal carried in that way back across the country, put into a motor- of the to the motor-car. Then, with Henes car against her will and brought, year in France as chairman battle monuments committee which

before a priest in Belmullet englun, she was taken to Belmullet. built The granite shrines on the

there forced on her knees. American battlenetis, which were de- There they were brought before a

"That was sworn in open court to dicated these past weeks to posterity,

Roman Catholic curate, who made Petain is the oldest of the survivors, Miss Stokes go down on her knees have happened in this country in the 81, and still sits on the French Super and promise never again to go with year 1037. jor War Council. Denikin. now 68. Heneghan

This, said counsel, is the unhappy survivor of the high

was an ad- command of the White Russian army mitted fact. He aded: "I after having commanded the Russian refer to the lack of subsequent crime army against the Central Powers on al proceedings without stating that the Rumanian front.

ront. He lives in it in one of the greatest outrages exile at Versailles, near Paris, and has that ever occurred in the wholly withdrawn from political and having regard to the fact that it military activities and shuns any at- was suggested that Miss tention which might earn for him the should be medically examined." Twa dining room buys of the fate of Generals Koulipot and Miller.

Miss Stokes, in evidence, said that Repulse Bay Hotel, dressed in smart Ludendorf lives in retirement in McDonagh was the leader of European suits, Chu Leung und

mob. Munich, where he heads the German Yeung Hung, were charged before Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magis- paganist movement. tracy yesterday,

None of the chief delegates who Priest Father Munnelly put her down ziruck him as an entirely unreliable 4002 without a driver's Licence in signed the Armistice is alive-Foch, she would never go into Herieghan's words were spoken. Des Voeux Rond Central on Christinas for France; Admiral Wester Wemyss, car again.

and

Britain's First the car without then

Sca Lord;

He said that if she did "the Lord | morning

Erzberger, secretary of of state, Gen- would cufin her." Sergeant

Then she had to make the vow. Dall said that a re-eral von Winterfeldi and Count ven Erzberger

Mr. Connolly, for the defence, sald port was made to the police by Oberndorf for Germany. Colonel T. W. Itaycraft that his car was executed

Inter that the kidnapping of the girl, and had been stolen from Repulse Bay. France's General Weygand, Ger- tinging her before the priest, indi-

rather At about 1.43 a.m. the Sergeant saw many's naval Captain Vanselow and cuted a

unusual state of Geyer, and Bri- affairs that might Chu driving the car along Des Voeux Staff Captain Yea

not be found Itond

were except in the more remote parts of Central, stopped and questioned tain's Captain Marriott, who him, and then took the man to Central aides-de-cump in attendance at the the west of Ireland.

But he defended the ease entirely Station. Yeung was on the seat next, signing of the Armistice in Foch's

dining-enr in a clearing in the forest on the submission that McDonagh Yeung pleaded he had only taken at Rethondes, are the only survivors did not use the words alleged."

McDonagh, in evidence, agreed Increases in oil toxes und rates) a ride in the car with Chu, who had of those who witnessed that historie

that he was one of the kidnappers, levied in the French Concession in ('Orfeo-Gluck), (b) Quando mira- arked him to do so. He was accord- ingly discharged, as Sergeant Dall

He said that he had been asked į Shanghol will go into effect quel bel ciglio (Mozart). .... Elvie by Father Farrell, the Roman Cathe- January 1,

12 announced Yuen accepted this explanation.

(Soprano); 2. (n) Of the major personalities whole curate in Geesalngh, to bring the officially.

from Mozart's Sonato in B Flat Versalles girl to Belmullet, gned the consequent

General increases have been order- Major, (b) Minuetti I and II from including David Lloyd George, Col. Edward M. that the girl was living Treay, only 11 are alive,

He denied that he was suggesting ed, the advertisements stple, in order Mozart's Sonato in E Flat

Major. House, Andre Tardieu, South Africa's life, but it was in the minds of the of

Immoral further to finance the defence system ... The Very Rev. Father Riganti;

the

Concession, whlie other 3. (a) Faith In Spring (Schubert), two generals, Jans Smuts and Botha, publle that she was keeping company additional funds rnised by special (b) The Secret (Schubert),

and Belgium's Max Hymns

Eml with a married man,

entertainment taxes will be devoted Elvie Yuen: 4. Little Scherzo in D Vanderveld, Ignace Paderewski and

to the relief of the destitute within flat Major (Schubert). The Very Dr. Edward Bènes.

Rev. Father Riganti; 8. Voce di donna Householders have escaped most o

o. d'angel „("Glaconda"-Ponchfelli).

the

to

Owner's

Chu

Chu was fined $10 on the first count, and another $23 on the second. He admitted he had a few drinks. and took the car as he was in a hurry to get to town.

CARS TAKEN AWAY

Three Vehicles Disappear During 'Holidays

ceremony.

a few years

FEW TREATY SIGNERS ALIVE

or the great field commanders, Hindenburg, Von Bulow, Von Moltke, Von Kluck and Von Tirpitz, of Ger- many, have died, as have Foch, Joffre.

Beatty Byng

McDonagh said that it was only in the eyes of the pubile that Miss Stokes was doing wrong.

GIRL STRUCK MEN ACROSS FACE

Several motor cars were reported missing from various car packs in the Nivelle, Fayolle, Lyautey and Mangin, It was Heneghan they took to the Colony during the week-end,

of France; General Jacques, Belgian priest and the girl came along with Mr. J. McKelvie, of Kowloon Docks, commander in chief; General Diaz, him. Father Farrell was the ring lost his car. No. 1659, from the who led the Italian army into the Gascoigne Road car park, white war; Holg Mr. L. A. Silva, of 20 Kimberley Kitchener, Allenby and French,

Jellcoc

of Alexander of Serula, Cari of Austria Road, reported the disappearance of Britain; Poland's Pilsudski; Austria-Hungary, George V of Great Britain, his car, No. 83, from the same park. Hungary's great chief of staff, Hint- Albert of Belgium, and Ferdinand of

Col. R. Macpherson, of 4 Cumber-

zendorf: Russin's Grand Duke Rumania ure all dend, Francesco land Road, reported that his hired Nicholas, Wrangel and Brussilow. Nitti, who played the second political motor car, No. 2313, belonging to Of the political personalities, Wil-role to Orlando in Italy, is a political Mesara. Gliman and Co., and valued son, Clemenceau, Folncare. Bonar refugee in Paris, but Benes recently at $1,000, whs taken from the Salis-Law. Asquith, Balfour, Orlando, rose to the presidency of his Innd, bury Road car park.

Masaryk and Czar Nichols, Kings Czecho-Slovakia.

witness.

INCREASES IN TAXES

FRENCH CONCESSION RATES HIGHER NEXT MONTH

the Frenchtown boundarles,

on

lightly in the new rating system, Inasmuch on they will have to pay only an additional two per cent on increase of 10 per cent. will be their present rates, wille a blanket applied to nil other rates, Inxes and licencing fees,

be made as follows:

Tax on entertainment tickets will

For tickets of value up to 90 cents

cach, Ave cents tax.

For tickets of value between $1 and

$2 each, ten cents tax. For each additional dollar value,

five cents lax,

by Louis Goodrich. Their Honey- moon; Their Only Quarrel; The Christening. Production by Howard Rose.

6.45 Marck Weber and His Orcher- tru.

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0.0 Studio-Recital by Elvia Yuen (Soprano) and The Very Rev. Father Riganti (Piano).

senza Euridice

(i) Che faro

Elvie Yuen,

.

Andante

0,30 London Relay--The News, 0.50 Rubinstein at the Piano. Fiat Major, Op. 61 (Chopin).

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QUEEN'S: TO-MORROW

ONE FATHER?

SHE'S GOT 451

SHE'S IN 450!

ONE JAM?

ONE LAUGH?

A group of mil-

lionairal sign up at her guard. lans... and then

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4500 OF 'EM!

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