Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-23

ErOf. entOn says LDAt he was tduatl J
: distinguished in the exploits OF peace
In the year 1895 two young chiefs, OF th'
old and powerful family Of NOtaras
o John and Panayatoki, cousins, were in
5 love with young heiress. and her cur
Z rant crops, and carried their rivalry SC
far as to involve the isthmus of CoriRth,
where the currants aud the lady were in
a civil war. While the powerful chief
0 tain ColOeetrOnes espOused one side OF
the quarrel, and Zsmes, the president OF
the national assembly, the other, the
! gallant Kalergi, with the full consent
of the lady, ended the war without
bloodshed, by marrying the heiress him
self
Kalergi acted with great bravery in
Crete during the war Of the revolution.
He is descended from one Of the first
. families" of that island. But it was
neither his bravery nor bis gallantry that
made him so popular with his country
men. II was by heading the revolution
Of 1913, which conferred on Greece the
priceless boon of representative govern
ment, and put an end TO the Bavarian
domination.
Otho did not rule wiseIy. H( put the
whole pOwer of the state in the lands of
party Of Bavarians whom he brought
into Greece with him. He kept Bava-
rian troops. He built an expensive
palace, but constructed no roads. TIE
Bavarians We're corrupt. Discomfort
broke out. Mid and equitable himself,
OthO's government was essentially des-
pOtie. He did nothing to secure to the
people the safeguard of a popular censti-
tuition. After waiting ten years, public
( discomfort ripened into revolution.
The king learned that the revolution
3 xry,safd cy,or, hrnal~ Tnefaad af rtra-
venting it by reforms. he endeavored to
capture the leaders. He sent orders to
arrest Gen. Makryannes. When the
gendarmes made their midnight assault
on his house, they found that il was pre-
pared for defense. They attempted to
I force an entrance and were promptly re-
pulsed. q
Finlay tells US that as soon as the shots
which proclaimed that Gen. Makry-
James house was attacked were heard,
I Gen. Kalergil then inspector of cavalry,
rode into the barracks where the troops
were drawn up. Amid loud cries of
"long live the constitution " Kaiergi
took command and put the garrison in
motion. Large bodies of citizens accom-
panied him as he marched to the royal
palace. With that prudence which be
constantly displayed in great emergen-
oies, and which contrasted with his ex-'
treme imprudence on ordinary occasions,
he sent out strong patrols TO maintain
order and stop the cry of death to the
Bavariansl" which the friends Of OrthO-
doxy and brigandage attempted TO
raise.
King Ohio was waiting in his spslaee
with his usual apathetic patience to re-
ceive the news that the numerous arrests
ordered by the minister of war had been
made. That of Makryiannes was to
have served as a signal for the others,
and his majesty had hardly received the
Information that the gendarmes had
been defeated when the garrison of Che
capital, with Kalergi at It's head, ap-
peared under the palace windows. Gen.
Hess, who was the Bavarian military
counsellor IN the eamarilia, was by the
kings side. A Bsvarian aid-de-camp
was dispatched to bring up the artillery
and drive the rebellious troops from the
square in front Of the palace with grape
shot. The guns soon arrived, but they
gallOped to the position assigned them
by Kalergi amid shouts Of "long live
the constitution ~
The king showed himself at one of the
lower windows of the palace. He saw
t'e cannon pointed at him he heard
the artillerymen joining in the revolu-
tiOnCry shouts. Ohio asked the reason |
Of this display. Kalergi replied that all
Greece and the army appealed to him to
redeem the promise that the country
should be governed cOnstitutionally. |
90 At this nioment,n says Prof. FELTON,, /
"one Of the kings Bavarian. attendants /
leveleda a musket at the intrepid speaker.
The king calmly and wisely struck it up.
Had a single shot been fred from the /
p8lace,n says FELTON,, "as | have been |
told by those who witnessed the scene, /
not a stone would have been left upon |
another. The prudence OF the king saved /
the lives Of those who were with him,
perhaps his own-eertsinly the longer .
existence of his government
Another author tells US that low con-
versation ensued, which was indistinct to |
those nearest; but the attitude Of Kalergi Z
indicated dissent.
The king turned to the troops and ex-
claimed in loud voice, ."Tetire to your
quarters!
lzalergi swamped the royal order by
calling, f" Attention !" and, with a defer
entail air, yelling q tone Of satire, OBJ
served to the king, 1.-THE troops respect {
your majesty's orders through me, and
they will wait patiently for your royal
decision in their present position"
At this moment. says FELTON,, ex-Gen.
Hess came forward and said, Gen. Ka
lergi, this is not the rnsnaSr in which it
is becoming for you to speak to his
majesty"
Ealergi, in no very favorable mood to
be lectured Oh manners, replied, " Draw
in your head. sir sou, Gnd sIch as you,
have brought the king ana country into
the present unfortunate condition.
Hess did draw in his head, and never 4
showed it afterward in Greece.
Ii was B1,g announced that deputies
from the council Of stale Ee-e appointed
to Law the wishes Of the nation before
his majesty. a trustworthy authority
describes the council as made up mainly
of Insignificant aud ignorant men, all
eager 10 retain the high places into
which fortune had thrust them.
They mel, at the instigatiOn of
the couspirstors, when Kalergi
marched 10 the palace. The phanarioCs
and cOurtiers in the body endeavored to
gain time, and tsied 10 raise q long dis
cussi0n. They knew that a constitution
would send them back to their former
nuliity. The murmurs OF the cOGstitu-
tiunaiists assembled outside finally put
an end to the discussion, and the council
of state pledged itself to support the con-
StitutiOn. A committee was appointed
20 W 1ll Ot4 Ntlt hAl4a anu uu icE MN 10
dismiss the B9variaDs, app0nt 2 new
ministry and convoke a national assem-
bly,.
Morning dawned, SAYS Finlay; before
the deputatiGn reached the PALACE. Ling
OthO was in no hurry to receive the men
who composed it. He still counted on
enectual support from the German min
listers at his court, and his immediate
object was TO afford them time to take
some stsp in his fayor, The kings delay
was beginning to exhaust the patience Of
the consttutiOnalists, and those most
hostile TO his person began to display their
feeling. The greater part Of the popula
tiou OF Athens :, as essen hled in the eX-
tensive square before The palace. The
troops occupied only small space near
the building. Children were playing,
boys were shouting and apprentices were
declaiming that the king was acting with
Bavarian presipiJaucy, which had long
been a by-wogd with the Greeks for doing
nothing Men were exhibiting signs Of
dissatisfaction. suddenly q few car
riages arrived in quick Succession they
contained the foreign ministers. \
faint cheer was raised as the Rus
sian and English ministers appeared;
but il general the people displayed alarm,
remained silent, Gl formed small groups (
Of Whisperers. At this monient Il was
fortunate for Greece that KaleTgi was at /
the head OF the troops. On that i'm
poriaut day he was the only leading man
of the movement who was in his right
place. He had the good sense and firm
sess 10 declare to the foreign ministers
that they co4id not enterIrs psiage until
the deputation or the council Of state .
had terminated its Interview and I.
received the final answer of his
majesty. The miuisters of Eussia, Eng
land and France being assured that the
kings person would b! respected, acqui-
asesd in Kslergi's action. Not so the
Austrian and Brussian ministers. They
insisted on seeing the kiug. kslergi
told the Prussian ambassador that his
advice had generally been unfortunate,
and he was afraid that the king had had
too much Of IL lately. The ambassadors
used strong Language aud tried to bully
Kelergi; but it was impossible 70 move
him. They left amidst the laughter of /
the people,
When 9tho learned that the German
diplomatists had been unable to peDe-
trate into his palace, he said that it was
necessary to abandon absolute power in /
order to preserve the crown. Without
any further observation he signed all the