Word: throned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Vintila's Funeral. Carol's nerves probably stood very well the strain of knowing last week that apoplexy had just struck and killed his strongest foe: Vintila Bratianu. The House of Hohenzollern, imported from Germany, was placed on the throne of Rumania by the native House of Bratianu. A dynasty of titanic Bratianu Prime Ministers ruled the land until Ion Bratianu's death (TIME, Dec. 5, 1927). His brother, Vintila, every inch a Bratianu in height, broad frame and commanding mien, had not the necessary political dexterity to rule. Though Vintila became Prime Minister, the great Dynasty...
...cardinals living in Rome passed into the Vatican's Hall of Consistory. They took their proper seats. Talk; whispers; a signal. Silence. His Holiness Pius XI entered, their fellow in the priesthood, their lord in the theocracy. The cardinals saluted the Pope. He saluted them. Then from his throne he read didactically for 40 minutes his Christmas Message to the Cardinals, and through them to the world...
Germany: For the first time since the War, foreign consuls in socialistic Hamburg wore diplomatic uniforms at a Bolivar ceremony in the Rathaus, were told that similar ceremonies were going on at the same time in Paris, Rome, Brussels. Spain. With an insidious revolution gnawing at his throne, all Spain under martial law, Alfonso XIII celebrated Bolivar Day in Madrid by riding in an open carriage under a skeleton guard to attend the memorial mass at the Church of San Francisco...
...Australia, insist on a native Governor. Strangest suggestion was the converted Boer, onetime South African Prime Minister General Jan Christiaan Smuts. Most likely: either the Duke of York (it is known that King George is anxious for the duke to have administrative training as a possible heir to the throne) or Queen Mary's brother the Earl of Athlone, about to return to Britain after a successful term as Governor General of South Africa...
...will be New Year's Day.* The Man. Achille Ambrogio Damiano Ratti, self-named Pius XI, last week celebrated the 51st anniversary of his ordination as priest. He was 73 last May 31. Next Feb. 6 marks the ninth anniversary of his election to St. Peter's Throne. Age has not staled his sharp intellect but has somewhat impaired his stocky body. Outdoor life, particularly mountain climbing, gave him a good health foundation. He is now fully recovered from his indisposition of last summer. Every fine day his ornate limousine, containing an easy chair, takes him into...