At Moritzburg, near Dresden, which is the capital of so-called "red" Saxony, ex-King Friedrich Augustus III of Saxony reviewed several thousand Monarchist "troops."
Of all the German States,* Saxony is considered the most unlikely to harbor any Monarchist designs. The spectacle of King Friedrich Augustus reviewing his legions was, therefore, as strange as it was surprising.† King Friedrich Augustus ascended the Saxon throne in 1904 on the death of his father, King George. He is possessed of an anemic personality and a presence far from inspiring, which accounts in no small degree for the...
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