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...Head of the Government but a most cultured Restorer of Imperial Rome." However the Papal Secretary of State some minutes later closed with these ringing assertions: "Rome is God's City! . . . Rome was by Providence ordained and prepared to be the Capital of the World. . . . Rome has one Throne-that of the Pope! One flag- the Cross...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR,BELGIUM,GREAT BRITAIN: One Capital, One Throne | 3/2/1936 | See Source »

Governor Curley concluded his audience with a discussion of the question of political enemies and the statements that they make, saying, "the picadors and pettifoggers and pretenders to the Royal Purple Throne in Massachusetts, having become obsessed with the idea that I am the entire Democratic Party, I have this day designated a committee to answer these lackeys...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Curley Swears Off Cigars for Lent; Follows Policy of Lincoln in Ignoring Calumnies of Political Opponents | 2/29/1936 | See Source »

...population and extreme remoteness force it out of this week's picture. The same is true of nearby independent Tibet. Manchukuo is that part of what was once China in which Japan in 1932 set up as her puppet the onetime Emperor of China, whose right to a Throne is entirely legitimate. This young man. famed as "Mr. Henry Pu Yi," is the descendant of Manchu Lords who marched from Manchuria to conquer China three centuries ago. Today he is a Japanese puppet but he also rules the land of his Manchu forefathers. The population of Manchukuo. which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EASTERN ASIA: Soviets v. Empires | 2/24/1936 | See Source »

Full text: "I have received with true satisfaction the loyal and affectionate address which the House of Commons has presented to me on the grievous loss I have sustained and my accession to the throne. I thank you for your expression of loyal attachment to my person. You may be assured that the first object of my life will be to maintain the liberties of my people and to promote the welfare of all classes of my subjects. I pray that by the blessing of Almighty God I may justify your trust throughout my reign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Object of My Life! | 2/17/1936 | See Source »

...months after King George mounted England's Throne there was founded conveniently adjacent to Havana a country club which was the great enterprise of "Father Snare." Last week came his Silver Jubilee, celebrated with presentation of silver gifts amid silver-decked palms, with the stateliest ladies of Cuba in attendance wearing cloth-of-silver gowns. Cried the Island Republic's No. 1 lawyer, silver-tongued young Dr. Mario Lazo: "Of course this Country Club of Havana is not the most important of the difficult things Mr. Snare has founded here. The most important thing is the spirit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Snare Jubilee | 2/17/1936 | See Source »

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