The monarchy of Monaco (3 by 1½mi.) lost 100% of its merchant fleet last week. The Lekamuth, an ancient collier chartered from the British, was torpedoed in the North Sea bound from Newcastle with the monarchy's entire coal supply for next winter aboard. Unless another supply can be obtained, Prince Louis Honoré Charles Antoine's 24,000 subjects may have to burn Monte Carlo's roulette wheels to keep warm.
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