The ex-Emperor Charles last week made a second bid for
his lost Hungarian throne and failed again. He had promised to give the Swiss Government three days' notice whenever he intended to leave Switzerland. He broke his word, for ho left Thibendorf, near Zurich, by aeroplane on Thursday, October 20th, and did not inform the authorities of his departure till Saturday last. He reached Oedenburg, in Western Hungary, on Friday, October 21st, and was welcomed by the Monarchist officers, who had organized irregular bands on the pretext of opposing the cession of the district to Austria. With his troops he made his way by train towards Budapest. The Allies at once warned the Regent, Admiral Horthy, that they would not tolerate the return of the Hapsburg as King of Hungary. The " Little Entente "—Czecho-Slovakia, Rumania and Serbia —declared that if the ex-Emperor did not leave the country within three days they would declare war. On Monday the Allied Ambassadors, in conference at Paris, required the Magyar
Government to arrest the ex-Emperor, to proclaim his deposi- tion and to hand him over to the Allies. Failing this, the " Little Entente " would be free to act.
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