A ROYAL CHAUFFEUR.
..■■The.-King of-Spain'is becoming a sort &i torror , to -tne French police authorities, arid probably they wish tho automobile' had never Dcen invented. % King/Alfonso', shoots across the frontier without; ■ tho ■ slightest >. warning, and takes every one'by. surprise. It is customary 1 when a Sovereign;-enters, a; foreigu conntry to; ( warn the authorities weeks ia advance, so ■ that they ina'y .take the n«cos6«.ry' police measures ' for- their protection; But.king 'Alfonso : p'njs no attention to such traditions.- He 'simply gets -. on;' his' motor car. and- makes' his - inofcbric appearar.ces ! .oa the .other ■ side' :qf ; the ; froa tier. -,-' On. 0:10 reoeiit"occasio'n''he"did'"'not;ovcii > warh-his'owri 'Ministers' ;' thoy'-kiiew riqthiiig'of liis 'intdiltions: till the , telegraph', announced-his. arrival' iiv-' Bordcau.->. : ■ Sener .-Maura, tho : Spanish Premier; ■ had to gor' posting after him ■ to, consult< him on some important ■ affair' of 'State,' and probably took the 'opportunity to lecture him on tho indiscretion'of his conduct. Another'thing that inspires'-anxiety in Madrid is that ho ■■ always' insists' oi\ ■ driVhig"-'tho motor-car himself, and with -a" pvcfcrcnco' in the. way-of speed of about ninety kilometres an hour. AVlion- M.' ljoubct-.was'jnvMadrid, the King.took' him for an autmcbilo drive and nearly ■ scared Jiiui to death by tho spew .at which ho drove. .''■ ',/ .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 18, 16 October 1907, Page 5
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196A ROYAL CHAUFFEUR. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 18, 16 October 1907, Page 5
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