Word: caroll
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...defense of M. Manoilescu numbered 110. At their head were Rumania's famed lawyer Dr. Pompiliu Joanitescu and onetime Prime Minister (1920-22; 1926-27) and General Alexandru Averescu. Thirty-seven witnesses were scheduled to appear, among them being Prime Minister Bratiano and former Crown Prince Carol. The court subsequently declared that the Prince would be allowed to return to Rumania, from which he is exiled, only if his presence were vitally necessary to ensure fairness in the trial. Meantime, the court would accept his written evidence...
Although Rumania is still under a censorship cloud, it being a punishable offense to mention Prince Carol's name, either orally or in writing (the newspapers overcome the difficulty by leaving blank spaces for his name), the court took no objection to it, speakers on both sides referring to him as Prince Carol of Hohenzollern...
Laughing, gay, eloquent, M. Manoilescu appeared before his judges to astound them with the news that Prince Carol sought not the throne but only a place in the Regency council. Said he: "The Prince is too loyal and decent to think of dethroning...
Then with a dramatic daring that astounded even his own corps of lawyers, he fiercely attacked the present regime. Cried he: "We live in a state of political abnormality without issue or hope. The only solution is the return of Carol through the joint action of opposition leaders and persistent moral pressure on the country...
...Prince Carol, he went on, was convinced that there is a growing movement for a Republic. "Every day's events strengthen the Prince's con victions. Hence his desire to return is merely an expression of his anxiety to strengthen the Regency...