When war broke out in 1914, the Due de Guise left his land in charge Of his wife and, debarred from joining the Army, lett for Egypt with a Red Cross unit taking equipment for the french war hospitals at Alexandria where the wounded from the Dardanelles were treated.
Oh Jüly 27, 1919, he received the Croix de Guerre, from the hands of M. Poincare at the Elysee.
This did not, however, prevent him from being exiled in 1926, when his cousin, the Duke of Orleans, died and he in his turn became Pretender to the Throne of. France. In a proclamation issued at this time he declared that he was ready to accept all the responsibilities and duties of his Heritage. "I count on the discipline of all," he added, "to attain the aim of all Frenchmen, the great-hess and prosperity of our dear coun-
~But "Jean LIV; was not called upon to reign, He remained a king without a throne, though.regarded as monarch in countless Royalist homes throughout France.—Reuter.
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