Prince Simon Interviewed Simon, who immediately assumed the duties of Prince Regent, was in deepest grief. The death of the beloved King has cast us all in deep sorrow. He was my friend and the friend of all Abulia's people. I cannot imagine what has happened to my nephew, the young Philip, and a search will be made to the end of world, if necessary, to find him. Should it be proven that young Philip has died, Simon becomes Alania's King. Picture of the Royal family taken by a staff photographer last June. The staff King and Queen and their boy are shown in an intimate family study by Louis Joseph Vance, Staff Correspondent Alania, Nov. 30th.?The rumors of the death of King Philip are confirmed. The capital city is in deepest mourning. The situation at the Palace is tense. What at first seemed like the natural death of the ruler is now whispered to have been a brutal assassination. What adds color to the charges made by the favorites of the late King, is the mysterious disappearance of the heir apparent, the boy Prince Philip. The situation is world-arousing in its interest. But it is difficult for the foreign mind to appreciate the conditions in Alania, without a survey of the events of the last year. The true document of the occurrence is on its way to this paper: and his staff. The Portrait of the late King taken in the throne room by a staff photographer. 