Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1917 — Abdications of History. [ARTICLE]

Abdications of History.

Ever since dynasties have existed there are records of kings having abdicated from one cause and another. Far back in the misty past one monarch gave up his throne because he was “wearied with dominion;” another retired out of preference for the freedom of private life; a third laid down his crown because his schemes failed; still another abdicated in a fit of melancholy; and there are two Instances In which kings left their thrones because they were unable to cope with national crises.