The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-28
QUEEN MOTHER IS
GREATLY WORRIED
Over Safety of Her Brother,
King George of Greece
ARE IMPULSIVE
Women of England Take Active Inter-
est In Army Affairs, Participating
In Military Maneuvers for
the First Time

London, August 27.-(Special. )-Small
wonder that the Queen mother Is said to
be worried over the safe. of her fav-
orite brother, King George of Greece,
whose position as ruler of the most i'm
pulsive and excitable people in Europe
and who dares not even leave Athens
for brief visit to his native country,
lest his throne should be swept away cur
ing his absence.
All English newspaper correspondents
at Athens agree that conditions in
Greece can now only be described as
bordering on anarchy. Only short time
ago press dispatches, in the most mat
ter-of-fact way. brought the news that
a league Of politicians and army officers
at Athens had been formed for the pur-
pose of banishing the dynasty, that is to
say, enter the royal castle and make
King George and his family prisoners,
send them out of the country, proclaim
a republic and declare war against Tur-
key.
The danger of a revolution in Greece
grows every day, but II King George
gives up the throne and leaves the people
of Greece to paddle their own canoe, no
nation in the world will stand as ut
terly alone as the Greeks.
The assistance the little kingdom is
now getting from the powers does not
amount to much, but 1t is, after all, the
only guarantee of the country's independ-
ence.
II the politicians and statesmen of
Greece will cool down sufficiently they
I'LL AlaXandr0
will have no reason to feel anxious about
her brother. the King of Greece, who has
really for years stood between the country
and humiliation
The women of England have become as
imbued as the men with the spirit of
militarism that has taken hold of the
English people since the newspapers first
began to see German spies and airships
everywhere, and as they are not yet al
lowed to carry arms they have at least
formed milntary uniformed organizations
for the purpose of following the fighting
regiments to look after the wounded, and
this wear they were actually allowed to
take part In the military maneuvers for
the first time.
On September 1 a corps Of women In
military uniform will follow the troops
and go into camp at Studland bay In
of a sergeant instructor they will pitch
their tents, do their own cooking-camr
fashion-and acquire generally the self
reliance and resourcefulness that the life
demands. The officers of the corps Will
each have a tent to themselves. but
other members will sleep two in tent.
Luggage. of course, will be strictly lin
tied no feminine vanities being allowed
to hamper the efficiency or mobility of
the corps. In addition to the water bot
tie and haversack, which form part OF
the uniform, each woman will be allowed
only a handbag. This will contain one
short skirt and blouse, second pair OF
boots. towel, soap. brush. comb, tooth
brush and a blanket.
gwen this would be too much in war
time,' said Mrs. st. Clair Stobbart, the
commandment, yesterday land our MEM
bers must be prepared in time of emerg-
ency to go with only a comb In one
pocket and toothbrush IN the other.
London is getting ready to receive the
Sultan of Sulu, of whom we know very
little beyond faint memory that he once
proposed to Alice Roosevelt, and that
he Is the only American Sultan In ex-
stance.
After visiting Paris, where the Pres-
dent of France will introduce him to
the ballet and chorus girls of the opera,
the Sultan will come to Lonoon TO sell
some wonderful pearls which he wants
to sell for cash, either here or In New
York.
After stay in Europe he will visit the
principal cities of America and will meet
Mr.. Taft, whose acquaintance he made
when the President was governor OF the
Philippines
The Sultan holds the sway over the
greater part Of the island of Mindanao,
in the Philippines and over the Sulu
Archipelago. He is called 1.-The stainless
one" His people were formerly in the
private business.
The Sultans of Sulu were independent
soyereigns until Spain forced them to rec
ognize a Spanish protectorate Gas If Sulu
were. which geographically 1t is part of
the philippine Archipelago. When the
Philippines passed to the United States
of America the Sultan of Sulu was
thrown in
He is still a young man and with the
exception of a bodyguard of Moslems
formed from ex-soldiers of the British
North Bornee company, he has no sui
tanic state.
IF Is being asserted in several quar-
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