Word: monarch
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tall Briton, whose air of habitual command betrayed his lineage, arrived last week at Bombay, India. Some weeks before he had taken leave of the King-Emperor at London, had left that monarch to endure his well known bronchial affliction amid the damp of England. At Bombay, the arriving Briton took the oath of allegiance as Viceroy of India, then he prepared to whirl inland to Delhi, the Imperial Capital. At Delhi, where the new Imperial city is rapidly being transformed by British architects into an earthly paradise, the stalwart Englishman will shortly begin to reign "in the name...
...Literally "the Route-Kaiser," a nickname bestowed upon him by his former subjects in the days when his private train probably covered more kilometers a year than that of any other monarch...
While ultra-Fascists rejoiced in tearing down the post-War street signs, a moderate Fascist member of the City Council declared: " 'Hohenzollern Street' and 'Peace Street' are synonymous. Wilhelm II did more to foster peace while he reigned as Kaiser than any other monarch. The motto of the Kings of Prussia is Justitia fundamentum regnorum (Justice is the foundation of kingdoms...
...Situation. Observers were inclined to dwell upon the fact that Hungary is officially the Kingdom of Hungaria, "a kingdom without a king." Admiral Nicholas Horthy de Nagybanya is "Regent" for a hypothetical monarch who remains to be chosen; and Horthy administers Hungary under the old Monarchial Constitution...
...career stopped as dramatically as any of these; why has he not suffered a similar fate? It may be that the fates are too busy to pursue a man his size. The lot of an arrogant country gentleman seems to fit him better than that of the most powerful monarch of his time...