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...report that an unknown assailant attempted to assassinate Regent Nicholas Horthy von Nagybanya (TIME, Feb. 9) proved to be untrue...
Hungary is still a kingdom-its old constitution is 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...
Inside a compartment, Admiral Nagybanya von Horthy, Regent of Hungary, removed his hat, wiped his brow. He had narrowly escaped assassination...
Possibly there are few more unpopular figures in Hungary than Admiral Nicholas Horthy von Nagybanya, present Regent of Hungary (whatever that may mean), son of a rich Protestant farmer in the district of Szobiok...
Today he is Regent of Hungary. For whom he is Regent is not clear; many believe for himself, although lit declared at one time that he was holding the fort for banished Kaiser Karl. But, when the latter returned for the first time, Horthy successfully opposed him and, on his second attempt, to seize the throne, the Admiral fought him, had him handed over to the Allies, who took him to Madeira. In all fairness, Horthy was obliged to oppose the return of his Monarch, for the armies of the Little Entente were mobilizing on Hungary's frontiers...