New-York tribune., 1903-03-29

ing his signature to measure "IllSI ii0 i"
thoroughly aware is aimed against hlrnseH anu
against his family AS monarch the crown
Prince Constantine would be ipso facto superior
~ tho War Denartment while, being possessed
of much more energy and decision OF charaC'e'
than his father he may possibly institute q
,oIicv which will raise the country above 'He
hIfghting influence of a constant succession vi
cabinets recruited to great extent from car
1etbag politicians, the one more dlsrepu'"ole
than the other
Were he as King to push matters to the eX-
rene p0int and to announce his lntehtl"h vi
,,cinr tho danger of Il revolution rather than
tolerate the continuance of miSgovernment py
,.b;nets which do not enjoy his confidence ana
6hich exact his sanction to measures injurious
% the nation he would probably carry the day
For il, moments Of peril the Greeks are very
discreet In fact during the war with Turkey
they showed on many occasions that they con-
sidered discretion to be the better part Vi
valor and it has not escaped their notice thit At
the one solitary moment some years ago "ilei
there was a talk of anti-dynastlc reVoIulioh
at Athens, Russian, English, French and AUS
trian men-of-war Immediately took - thelr std
tions at the Praus, ready to land men ana gums
in order to reduce King Georges subjects to
eubrnission should occasion arise. Ihe great
movers know full we'll that with King George
- King Constantine at Athens there will
aIvroys he senblance Of order In Greece
whereas there would be nothing but anarchy
involving possibly full-fedged European war
were the royal family to leave the country.
King George, who is in bad health and thor
cuehly tired of his uncomfortable throne does
rot care to go to any trouble for the sake VI
r~eserving it AS I have stated above, ne mas
lever entertained much affection for his Hell
l...ic crown or for his subjects, has never felt
of
mast cherished possessions in the way OF ART
.sI1res and heiriooms housed, not in any or
his Grecian palaces but in the magnificent resi-
dance that he has constructed for himself at
Copenhagen, since by dint Of judiclous specuia-
ton chiefly in American wheat at the time OF
the Turko- Russian War, he has succeeded IN
amassing an immense fortune rendering him
wholly Indifferent to the considerations OF MS
.neagre civil list as King Of Greece.
With regard to King Christian the situation IS
slightly different. For whereas King George
has no hold whatsoever on the hearts Of the
peone of the land of his adoption the venerable
Danish ruler is personally beloved by his sub
jects even though they are opposed to his
political methods. Indeed, it may be questioned
whether there is in all Europe monarch VINO
eniovs a greater degree of popularity and of
loyalty to his person than Christian IN This
does not prevent however, his subjects from
forcing upon him ministers to whom he is po-
Htic;.lly opposed, and who are not it may be
added, congenial to him personally They are
utr;-I.iberals ana Radicals whereas he is an
old fashioned Tory, and now, by way of cele-
brating the fortieth anniversary of his acces-
sion the throne, the people of Copenhagen,
that is to say, of his capital and where he
Inafcs his hOma, have just elected 4 ll-fiedged
Socialist of the name of Jansen Burgomas
ter. No wonder, under the circumstances, that
he is diSgusted. Broken by age and infirmitY,
shaken 10y the death Of his strong minded wife,
who his chief moral support throughout his
reign. he feels himself longer capable of
coping with the situation and is ready, like his
sUn, King George, to celebrate the fOrtieth
niversary of his accession to the crown by abdi-
eating. EX-ATTACHE.