Word: otto
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...unchanged. In place of the King is a Regent, Admiral Horthy. His powers are limited mainly to exercising the royal functions without the effective power of vetoing legislation. Just for whom he is Regent is a problem that most Hungarians shirk; some say for himself; some say for Prince Otto, oldest son of Kaiser Karl; some say for a King who is yet to be elected. The problem is, however, satisfactorily settled for the time being by electing Yankee Jeremiah Smith as financial king-a Yankee at the Court of the Habsburgs or, in the parlance of jazz, a Yankee...
...Government-but for whom was he acting? When Karl was alive, Horthy publicly declared that he was keeping the throne warm for his Monarch. After Karl's death in 1922, both he and his Premier, Count Bethlen, were known to have expressed themselves privately in favor of "King" Otto. But Horthy's love of splendor, his occupation of the Royal Palaces, his insistence upon a regal etiquette, have combined to discredit his intentions...
...left a widow-Zita-to find sanctuary in Spain with her children. That young Otto* will ever restore his mother's fortunes is perhaps too much to hope...
...personal friend of the exiled family published a story of their distress. Young Otto, said she, had been outdoors playing. He tore his breeches. While they were being mended he was obliged to keep to his bed, for be had but one pair...
This is the greatest honor which Italy has to offer to prominent jurists in foreign countries. At present there are only six foreign fellows of the academy, and the place now awarded to Dean Pound was formerly occupied by Otto Geirke, the internationally prominent German jurist, whose death was announced recently...