Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-04
KING GEORGE or GREECE.
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Not Found In Encyclopedias.
The information that Mr.. George (no
relation to Henry. the gentlemanly
and atfable King Of Greece, contem.
plates retiring from the reigning in.
dustry, makes it desirable to cease from
tho maddening whirl Of everyday life,
and look up his record.
George comes Of a family which has
had considerable experience in the
monarch line. The old gentleman,
Georges father. Christian IN, is King
Of Denmark. His big sister. Alexandra,
married the Prince of Wales, and has
| been in training for the position OF
Queen of England for good many
years; and another sister, Miss Dagmar,
Is now officiating as Czarina OF Russia.
The Kingdom of the Hellenes (as the
natives call iD is not very large
country, as countries go. but it is really
the biggest Greece spot on the map
Thepeople use. even on week days.
Il handsome alphabet of the Doric style
Of architecture. which is, however, all
Greek to those who have never stud
led it.
There is great deal Of history at
tached to Greece In one way and anoth-
er. Some OF this history is quite old
and shelf-worn. After the Western
Eoman Empire met with a backset at
the polls. and gave way to a change of
+ administration, the Eastern, or Byzan-
tine Empire, struggled along for about
u thousand years in semi-comatose state.
In 1493 however, the Turks secured
, the title to all the corner lots and some
other real estate in Constantinople and
several adjoining counties, including
, what Is now Greece, and ruled the
!, country with their own peculiar brand
: OF tyranny for 800 years.
! This rule failed to give satisfaction,
y and the Greeks yearned for reform and
I q tidal wave. 1t came at length. The
:. leaders OF the opposition were Marco
: Bozzaris, Esq, Mr.. Michigan Ypsilant
- and other influential gentlemen; bu
. their efforts at reform were discouraged
q by reprehensible habit the Turks hat
:. Of massacreing patriots Finally sev
a. eral European nations took a hand il
|
!. throwing off the Turkish yoke.
. The selection of a monarch was tn
a. next thing tn order. Prince Leopold
of of Belgium, was nominated, and hl
"a pull was sufficient to secure his eec
n tion. He disliked the situation. how
In ever, and threw it up. The Greek
es then tried an interregnum, but this dl
npx, tars
q. then imported to officiate as monarch
vi He was seventeen years old when |
,al began to reign and held the situate
"a thirty years. A revolution getting ri
Is about that time. he abdicated.
an The Greeks then offered the throl
er- to Prince Alfred, an Englishma
)p- promising to re-upholster it and whit
ats wash the palace; but Alfred was in Il
OF hands of his friends, who refused
olu let him go SO far from home. Anoth
attempt to get some one to undertal
the job resulted in the selection OF M
George the subject OF this sketch.
lay This was in 1863 Having been G
gagged in the arduous and absorbl
re- labor of ruling for twenty-five yea
ehe George now wishes to retire to secu
IN much needed rest. He has co
o.s- tracted the abdication disease, viii
iilh sooner or later attacks all Greei
uh- kings, and it will soon carry HIM oil.
e.,e w. II. Siviter, in brakes Magazine.