Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-09
ROYALTY OF GREECE
King George Is Popular, But
the Queen Is DiSIiked.
CONSTANTINE IN DISGRACE
Crown Prince, Exiled in Germany,
Not Allowed to Return.
HIS BROTHERS ESTEEMED
Thought Likely That the Heir APP
parent Will Be Forced to Renounce
His Claims in Favor of His Son.
rs BROTHERS ESTEEMED
RI WILLIAM F.. CURTIS.
.ial Correspondence of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.

RI WILLIAM F.. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herad.
ATHENS, Greece, May :. 1910.
King George OF Greece is a son Of the
late King Christian of Denmark. His
elder brother succeeded his father Is king
of that country and younger brother is
King Of Norway His sister Alexandra is
Queen of England, and another sister,
Dag omar, is the widow Of Emperor Alex
ander III of Russia. His eldest son, Con-
stantine, married Sophie, a sister of the
Emperor of Germany, so that it may be
said he has respectable connections. The
Queen Of Greece is Olga, Grand Duchess
Of Russia, and a sister Of the late En-
peror Alexander III.
King George was selected by the great
powers of Europe for the Grecian throne
In 1862 when he was a boy Of seventeen
his predecessor. Otto of Bavaria, having
abdicated because of continuous disagree
ments with his ministers and unpopular
ity among the people. King George is
now siXty-five years old, in excellent
health, amiable disposition, easy manners
and enjoys life as much as any man
living. He is a thorough gentleman of
Ereproach4ble morals, and the royal
family of Greece is exceptional in Eu-
rope because II HAS never HdQ d SSduddi.
King George Popular.
The king and the queen are highly re-
spected. but they are not beloved. 1he
king is popular, but the queen is not. She
lacks tact and does not have the faculty
of making friends, although she has done
a great deal for the welfare of the peo-
pie, has founded hospitals and other
hanaIn1ort institutions hoS
mother 10 all Greece. The chief cause of
her unpopularity grew out of con-
troversy over recent revision Of the
New Testament between the Russian
ton having been made by Russians is
not considered by critical scholars as
pure or correct Greek and has been de-
nounced by many theologians and lin
gusts.
Her majesty, unmindful of this con-
troversy, in 1901 purchased a carload of
copies Of the Russian edition and dis
tributed them among the soldiers. When
the advocates of the classic Greek dis
covered this fact they made a tremendous
row about it and provoked a riot In the
streets OF Athens. A mob surrounded the
palace and shouted Down with the Rus
sian woman under her windows
She has also been criticised for the
kindness she has shown toward Russian
sailors. There is always a battIeship or
cruiser from her country at anchor in
the harbor at Piraeus. which she invari-
ably visits every week, carrying sweet
meats and delicacies. books and newspa
pers to the sailors; yet it is said she has
never been on board of Greek man-of
war in her life
1t Is complained that she is more Rus
sian than Greek and does not care who
knows it.
The most unpopular of the entire fam
lily, however. is the Diadochos tsuccessOr),
az the Crown Prince Constantine is call
ed, who is held responsible for the de-
feat of the Greek army in the late war
with Turkey. Although he was doubt
less guilty of incompetency, misma nage
ment and all the faults that general
could show, neither Napoleon nor Grant
nor Alexander the Great could have won
q victory under the circumstances.