Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21

| ulo NfOrelSn Legion, anu determined
by hook or crook, to see something o.
the war. This led to their Joining
forces, and to a mutual agreement tt
go to the front together as Don as wal
should be declared, n %endeavour tt
get themselves accepted as supernume.
raries in some Greek force without. sub
| uniting to the formalities and ~restric.
, ton of the Legion.
Major Cheriton was in every way {
complete contrast to Vaughan. A sol.
der by profession, he took the whole
thing in a businesslike spirit. He
had come out to gain experience in his
profession, for though now on half
pay he had by no means lost his in
terest in the Service.
Il have been in many Indian fights
he explained; "but l have never seen
a European war on a large scale. 1t
will be a new experience for me, and
shall be anxious to see whether these
fellows conduct their campaign in the
same way as we do"
Mr.. Smith had also thought better OF
enlisting in the Legion. He varied his
time between attending receptions OF
the Philhellenic Society and similar
public bodies in Athens, as an honored
guest, and making them eloquent
speeches breathing fire and slaughter,
and writing letters home from the pri-
vacy of his hotel, in which he sought
to terrify his worthy parents by ford
pictures of the perils in store for him
when he should go to the front.
By this time he had become a prac-
ticed speaker and was universally re-
garded by the Greeks as a man of hero
ic mold, ready to risk his life on the
smallest provocation.
But Vaughan, viewing him from the
English standpoint, had begun to have
his private doubts as to whether Mr.
Smith really intended to take part in
anything more dangerous than an
Athenian banquet. AT all events, he
quietly let it be seen that he was not
responsible for Mr.. Smiths ut~terances,
and in consequence incurred suspicious
Of half-heartedness among the Greeks,
who were carried away by the elo-
quence of his companion.
During the next week things seem
ed to be at a s~tandstill. The Govern
ment continued to call out it's reserves
but it also continued to show no sign
whatever of giving them an opportu.
nifty of fighting.
Murmurs arose in the capital, and
conflicting theories prevailed as to
the intentions of the King.
About this time a significant fact
came to Vaughan's knowledge which
made him begin for the first time to
doubt whether there would really be a
war.
An officer from Denmark, whose &C
quaintance he had made, informed him
that he had come to Athens, not out of
any good will towards the Greks, whom
he affected to despise, but out of a SEN
timent Of personal loyalty to King
George, as a Danish Prince. Before
leaving home he had raised, armed
and organized a company of n hun
dred men, who were only waiting for
a telegram to start for Greece. On his
arrival in Athens, he had found the
greatest difficulty in obtaining an aud.
fence of His Majecty.
He explained to Vaughan the reason.
King George is surrounded by 4
number of Danes, who are jealous OF
anyone coming from Denmark to
Greece. They wish 10 ~monopolize the
court favor for themselves, and hence
they try to keep every one else at a
distance. They have tried to prevent
me from having an audience with the
King, and l have reason to believe
that l have been watched ever since
l came here, and that some of my cor
r~espondepce has been opened at the
postofhi@. However, 1 have succeed
ed at lag, and I am to see the King
to-morroW mornin0 whom 7 shall nf.
fer him NY detachment"
The following day Vaughan met this
gentleman again, and his first words
threw a new and strange light upon
the situation.
'NHis Majesty has declined my OFFER
he said. Il found him in a state of the
greatest uneasiness. He said to me:
I am really sorry to see all these vol
unteers coming cut here. We can dc
nothing against Turkey. If we go to
war we are sure to be defeated. Dc
not send for your men unless I tell
you And from his manner l con-
cluded that he did not want them to
come at all. You may take it from
me that If King George can help it there
will be no war"
Such was one account. On the other
hand there were those who stated thai
Hing George was earnestly anxious for
the war. and that it was the Ministry
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