Word: monarchism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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What is one salute more or less? In Spain, to the man of honor, honor is all. Soon King Alfonso, the only living monarch who was born a king, abdicated with honor. He and his family prepared to leave Madrid for Paris, then London, which to Her Majesty is "home," and where the Royal Family have cool millions banked...
...only monarch absolute both in theory and in fact is the King of Siam. Last week this potent small man (98 Ib.) was en route to clasp hands in Washington with President Hoover. When he does so the King of Siam will be the first Oriental ever to enter the White House with the rank and dignity of Reigning Sovereign...
...other monarch has a Cabinet predominantly composed of princes, his relatives. The Crown Prince of Siam is now Minister of Interior, has been Minister of Marine. No other Crown Prince holds Cabinet office, no other king is in effect his own Prime Minister...
...jawed Alfonso XIII, whom even his enemies admit is the most astute politician in Spain, had no intention of selling his country to the U. S.; but no monarch in Europe is more amiable to U. S. citizens or has a livelier interest in their country. Whether he means it or not, he is constantly telling interviewers of his desire to visit the U. S. "If I don't visit America soon," said he to correspondents month ago, "I will be too old to be decorative." (He is 44.) The U. S. is interested in Alfonso...
Goya lived in a revolutionary time, when Spain, under the rule of a weak monarch, Charles IV, was the prey of stronger countries. The revolutionary movement sweeping through his country influenced him to start an independent school. Resulting from this turning point are his series of the Disasters of War, Caprices, and Proverbs, all of which are well represented in the Fogg Museum display. Another series is that of the Bull-fight drawings, which show well his tendency towards movement rather than form. It is this character that shows him as the originator, along with his countryman, El Greco...