THRONE IN DANGER.
RISING THREATENED IN MONACO. MONTE CARLO GOING OUT OF FASHION. (Australian Press Association). MONTE CARLO Sept. 10. Princess Charlotte has hurriedly returned from Lake Como in order to help stem the rising tide of revolution in the Principality in which her father, Louis Hoaore Antoine, is the reigning Prince. The Princess is both clever and popular, and is expected to be a big force in saving the tin-one which has been in possession of Grimaldi dynasty for nearly a thousand years. The feeling against the Prince has reached such fury and resentment that there is even talk of a coup d’etat. Seven hundred leading citizens actually marched to the palace and roughly treated the guards who attempted to block the way, and shouted insults against the sovereign. The Principality is ringing with threats- of finding a new Prince, proclaiming a republic, or joining with France.
The chief of the many grievances is that the Casino Company pockets all the profits and does not spend money on improvements or new attractions, with the result that Monte Carlo is o-oing out of fashion, and shops and hotels are badly hit. Another grievance is that too many foreigners are employed. The inhabitants are exasperated at seeing trairiloads of tourists passing Monaco to gamble at San Remo, the Italian rival.
Monaco is a small Principality on the Mediterranean, with land frontiers adjoining France at every point, and consisting of the old town of Monaco, La Condamine, and Monte Carlo, where is the famous casino. The Principality comprises a narrow strip of country about three miles long and a mile and a half broad, with a population of.some 25,000. The averago number of visitors a year is over a million and a half, and 'the Principality’s revenue is mainly derived from the gaming tables. All the available ground is built over, so there is no cultivation. The present sovereign was born in 1870, and succeeded his father, Prince Albert, in 1922.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 243, 12 September 1929, Page 7
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