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Saturday, December 21, 2024

"I AM READY TO MEET HIM AT ANY TIME"

IBNEZ CHALLENGED TO DUEL 'IN FOUR LANGUAGES'

Paris, France (JFK+50) On December 21, 1924, The Sunday Star reports Senor Benigno Varella "has sent a challenge to duel "in four languages" to Blasco Ibnez "who continues to attack King Alfonso* from Paris."

The challenge was published in Varella's multi-language newspaper, The Royalists' Madrid Weekly.  Varella wants to insure Ibnez understands his challenge so he makes it in Spanish, English, French and Italian.

Varella writes that he will come to Paris "to slap (Ibnez's) face" for insulting the King of Spain. For his part, Ibnez responds...

"I am ready to meet him at any time."

*Alfonso XIII (1886-1941) King of Spain from birth 1886-1931 was born in the Royal Palace of Madrid & was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1917.  King Alfonso is the only monarch to have been so nominated.

SOURCE

"Ibnez Challenged In Four Languages To Fight Duel," The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., December 21, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

 
 
King Alfonso XIII
Studio of Carl Vandyk
1928
Royal Collection