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...without a country is a sorry sight. An Emperor without an Empire is even sorrier, particularly if he renounced it for love, fun or other lesser considerations. Such a sight was pouch-eyed little Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, as he skipped from one asylum to another last week...
...first workers' republic in history, the ill-fated Commune lasted until Thiers' troops conquered the city on May 29. As unpopular with their fellow Frenchmen as so many fifth columnists are today, thousands of Communards were killed. Before peace was made, Bismarck had William I proclaimed German Emperor at Versailles...
Badoglio. Of these Army heads, far the ablest and most experienced is Pietro Giuseppe Vittorio Luigi Badoglio, 68, Senator, Marquis of Sabotino, Duke of Addis Ababa. He has fought in all Italian wars since Emperor Menelek of Abyssinia whipped the Italians in Eritrea in 1896 and he, a lieutenant of artillery, helped save the town of Adigrat. He was credited with planning the victory of Zanzur in 1911, which wrested Libya from Turkey. His capture of Mt. Sabotino from the Austrians in 1916 led to the victory at Gorizia and won Colonel Badoglio his generalship. His Second Army...
Died. Marcus (Emperor Marcus I) Garvey, 52, Jamaica-born Negro leader of the defunct "Back to Africa" movement; of a paralytic stroke: in London...
Died. Prince lyesato Tokugawa, 76, longtime (1903-33) president of the Japanese House of Peers, English-educated friend of the U. S.; of pneumonia; in Tokyo. Had Emperor Mutsuhito not emerged from seclusion, restored author ity to the throne, Tokugawa would have been Shogun (military ruler) of Japan...