London, July 26.
Prince Franz I, former reigning Prince of Liechtenstein, the smallest Prigeipality in the world, died today in his 85th year:
The oldest reigning monarch in Europe and without heirs, Prince Franz I abdicated in March, this year, following the Anschluss, in favours of his 32-year-old nephew, Prince Franz Joseph of Leichtenstein.
Liechtenstein is an area of only 65 square miles, which, wedged in between Austria and Switzerland, has q a population of some 10,000 persons, most of whom are agriculturists—Reuter.
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