KING ALFONSO'S LAMENT
A few hours before the sudden demise of Don Jaime, the late Pretender to the Spanish throne, ex-King Alfonso is reported to have, said to his cousin:
" You have been king in name only, and now you find yourself with hundreds of true friends, who are devoted to you, and who would sacrifice themselves willingly for you. I have been king in reality from the time I was born, and now I find myself without a crown and without four real friends in the world."
The Spanish Republicans are planning to commit the ex-monarch for trial. Death or life-long imprisonment may be the verdict, but it will probably be quite impossible to enforce the sentence. Instead, all his property in Spain will be confiscated and sold for the benefit of the unemployed. Palaces, art treasures, personal effects, and shares in many corporations, including the Madrid Underground, would, if realised, provide a sum sufficient to secure, the workless of Spain from want for some time to come.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3439, 5 March 1932, Page 4 (Supplement)
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169KING ALFONSO'S LAMENT King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3439, 5 March 1932, Page 4 (Supplement)
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