RECONCILIATION ATTEMPT

Hawera Star, Volume L, 16 February 1931, Page 9

RECONCILIATION ATTEMPT

BAVARIAN AND ROYAL FAMILY NOT RECEIVED BY THE KING WAR-TIME CAREER RECALLED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Received 12.30 o.m. to-day. LONDON, Feh. 15. It is reported that after a 10 days secret visit with the object, of securing a reconciliation with the British Royal family, Prince Rupprecht-, of Bavaria, left London by air bitterly disappointed by the. King’s refusal to receive him.

Extraordinary reticence is maintained about the visit, but it is known that Prince Ruporecht was entertained by distinguished members of society and stayed at the Ritz Hotel, where be was the guest of honour at a luncheon at" which Field-Marshal Robertson is stated to have been present.

Prince Rupprecht spent the weekend in the country and visited Oxford and Windsor, joining tourists inspecting the State apartments at Windsor Castle. Fie postponed his departure, hoping vainly for a summons to attend Buckingham Palace. The “Sunday News” recalls that Prince Rupprecht in war-time described the English as “our most hatred enemies.” The Allies charged him with brutality and pillage and accused him of being the first commander to use poison gas. He is now living in comparative poverty in a small wing of the palace at Munich, the remainder of which has been converted to flats.