New-York tribune., 1903-03-29
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| ouSy on the forehead with of the missiles
that she bears to this day the scar Of the wound
! And a final coin, IItn. - may sII hat 1rth
sovereigns. the father and the son ar known
to be heartily tired Of their thrones and anx-
| iOus to abdcate in favor If their Respective
| eldest sons. For each OF them el..ufide
! of his life has BEEN forced i,y hi -unj-rts TO
| intrust the administration of th.. country to
! statesmen with WHOM. hr il neither in Political
nor personal sympathy. ami Civ his ocs-nt
| to measures which ar :IIStaStrfui t" him and
| which he considers t. h~ detrimental tn thu vel
fare of the nation ami IF his dynasty
Inasmuch as Christian N Is Eighty five years
Of age and has become frsiiI OF possible
that he may he gathered t, his fathers lief .rA he
has time to put into execution his project Of
dication. But King tirrrgr-s abandonment OF
his Hellenic throne MA! Lee hooked for at any
moment. the very atmosphere. "f tr,"re III wing
| ceased to he congrnti to him. H. Is longer
in touch with his subJects is d-bdrred hy the
intense jealoUsies Il rh~ rival political factions
from forming any friendships with the Gr-eHs
being thus restricted III ne matter Of social
intercourse to the diplomatic corps and the
foreigners who may he hrpI"niug I" ,Isit
Athens. and is constantly compelled h> the
somewhat disreputable policy # tn. cabinets
that succeed on another With h siniIzins
raIfdity ia his d"mnons place himself
awkward and embarrassing position with regard
to those foreign courts which he is bound by
ties of close relatInnshIp. Thr disastrous W'lr
! with Turkey forced upnn HIM by the dd-
ministration Of tn dry and 10y the I""ple
against his will and against ms Judgment. md
if he refrIiued at that mon ent from abdI"nting
il WAS solely i'll difference to the pressing
quest Of Russia. Great Britain. France. Italy
and Austria. which realized that his abandon
ment Of Greece At that ju .ctu"e would h. fol-
low ed 10y anarchy at Atheu II, and promised il he
reIruiI-d protect his capital and :" sf'gui~d
the integrity Of his kingdom from the victorious
Turk
To-day he is once more obliged 20 work With
Cabinet composed IF the Very statesmen who
were responsible for dragging 'ir"er" int" the
war with Turkey. Thoroughly aware Of th"ir
character he declined to rurtide 70 them tho
destinles of the kingdom and to tutruS1 rh-G
with office until called upon to ch"pse .'",N"-n
their appointment and thr outbreak Of = r''vo-
lution Indeed. all the ;trrInE"rneI IS had I'm
made by the followers Of DeIy;snnis f"r thN
march Of the mob tn. royal palace. " h"n th'
King who knew that could not d~Er~ui m
TIL loyalty nf his troops or "f their Oil. rs
gave way And III order t" show the nature Of
the sentiments which eNiSt b.tNv~n th- King
, and the pres ut Premier it may be U"n,oh"d
that the Ia;t., de, I.neI 70 he content vTh j.
rler, verbal assurance on the part Of his NJ n
arch that h.. would ntrust him with the t'"i.,L-
ton Of the Cabinet, and refused t" TAX M
steps to prevent the mob from proceeding I" ne
royal palace until h. had received tit"rrS"s
promise Of the Premiership III writing.
As might have been eXl, ct~d under III" cir
cumstanccs. the relations between tn" King
and his Cabinet are exceedingly strained. md
they have Ieen within the few weeks Stn
further embittered 10y the government summit
ting to the Chamber, in which it has major
ity a bill which under the prcteuce of r~''r-
ganzing the army drprives the Crown Prince
of the chief command OF the army and trans
fers the general staff from his control I" That
of the Minister of War. Indeed. the hlH in
question virtually reduces the Crown Primo.
the rank of mere divisional commander. AID
subjects him as such to the Minister Of War
In order to appreciate just what this means II
must be explained that ever since the vi
Turkey the Crown Primo. realizing that he
ignOmfnious showing made hy the Creek Army
in the field was due primarily Z" the. eNtvHt 20
which politics had impaired is discipline. has
endeavored to Eliminate" il from its ranks,
and to restrict tn promotion. tn" transfers and
the appointments to tn. commander in r!'-c.
leaving The Cabinet to hay" direct control
of the trooIs sav~ through him The uew
army bill unduDS rythinE that the Crown
Prince. has Accomplished in this RESPECT. and is
political machine than ever The measure IS
sponsored Ly the Minister Of War. Limf,r IS.
hut its real parent and originator is General