IS IT FADING?
MDtfTE CARLO'S SPLENDOR Ij&tftJOff, Dee. 20. The State of Monaco, consisting almost solely of tlVe gambling resort of Sfon'tO' Carlo, is most, excited over a constitutional crisis, due to the reply of its ruler, Prince Louis Grenialdi's, reply to the National Council's demand for progressive reforms, instead of a cheese-paring policy, and its protest against a private monopoly controlling the principality's activities* I'rincc Louis, at, present, in France, insists that the constitution must lie respected, and the National Council of twelve, an elected body, which hurriedly met, to debate the question, is allegedly in open conflict with the prince. After the debate it resigned in a body. Prince Louis, as an absolute monarch, can dismiss the Minister carrying out the administration of the native-born inhabitants, who alone liavo a say in the principality's affairs', though they constitute a minority of the inhabitants. Tourists complain that Monte Carlo fiats' been allowed to grow tawdry and unattractive, compared with other Riviera resorts.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16837, 28 December 1928, Page 11
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163IS IT FADING? Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16837, 28 December 1928, Page 11
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