El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-25

money out OF his estates as well as In
speculation of various kinds. He gets
an allowance from the government OF
a little more than 100000 year and
he has about 100000 more from
France, England and Russia, by whom
he was put on the throne and who are
to a certain extent the protectors of the
kingdom of Greece. This money is TO
keep up his palaces and maintain his
court, but he has lived simply and has
invested the surplus so that he is said
to be a millionaire. He owns stock. in
railways. vineyards and mines. He has
a fleet of merchant vessels which trades
at the various Mediterranean ports and
he has also money invested in Amer
lean securities which he buys and sells
on the market.
The kaiser once sarcastically re-
marked to king George that the max
ing of money was hardly befitting a
king. whereupon George L replied:
Il see nothing unroyal in the making
of money, and / can tell sou would
rather be a rich merchant than a
bankrupt king"
How George Got the Throne.
And this brings me to the tenure OF
office Of this remarkable monarch He
has held the throne for As years. al
though his predecessor was expelled
from it. and il the people were muca
dissatisfied it is doubtful whether he
could retain 1t today. The ruler OF
Greece has not a drop of Greek blood
in his veins. He is the son Of Christian.
the late king of Denmark. and he was
placed on the throne at the suggestion
of the great powers which protect
Greece He was elected by the natioral
assembly here, and accepted the crown
through his father acting as guardian.
This was in 1868, when George was on
" IS A few months after this the ma
tional assembly at Athens declared him
of age, and he came here to rule He
has been on the throne ever since, aad
one of his family, although it is doubt
full whether this will be the crown
prince, will succeed him.
The king was married shortly after
he assembled the throne to Olga, the
eldest daughter of the grand duke Con-
stantfne of Russia and brother of the
late emperor Alexander II. By her he
has had six children and he also has a
number of grandchildren, the most OF
whom live here at Athens. The king is
related to nearly all the chief non
archs of Europe One of his sisters was
the late queen of England and another
has been empress of Russia.
His majesty is a Lutheran, and this
is permitted by the terms Of his acces-
sion, but it is provided that the chill
dren must belong to the Greek church
which is also the church Of queen Olga
An Unpopular Queen.
am told that the queen is not liked
by the Greeks and this notwithstand-
ing her charities, which jncllde hos
pitfalls, schools and other benevolent
Institutions The Greeks are sensitive
and her majesty is sai1 10 favor cne
Russians and to wan to intro5uce
Russian methods into 1ks Grecian re-
ligion. Both nations are Greek Cath
olics, but there are some differences
Not long ago there was a great fuss
about revising the New Testament
which caused what was ka1Nu as the
gospel riot. On this occasion the Rus
sian priests got out an edition.. Ct
which the Greeks did not approve. Hel
majesty distributed soma of the Rus
sian Testaments amoag the soldiers
and this brought a mob to tn. palace
who yelled Down with the Russian,
! meaning the queen. 1t is said that the
queen visits the Russian war vessels
whenever they come to the Pi-aeus, bui
| that she will not go on q Greek vesse
except when she has to travel from one
port to another. So altogether she has
gotten the i'll will of her subjects.
Nevertheless, her majesty has earned
ways doing something for the womeI
of Greece. 1 have visited schools of hers
where Greek girls are taught to EN-
! broider make lace and weave cloth
She is one of the chief promoters OF
the Grand Evangelical hospital, and
she goes there every week to visit the
sick and pray with the dying. She i;
patron of the orphan asylum and the
Society for Poor Women, and also the
founder of a store for the sale of WON
ems handiwork. She is the president OF
a society for the relief of female pris-
oners, and. in connection with the
Greeks of Constantinople. she has hat
to do with a reform school for young
! criminals.
Her majesty is a fine looking wo.
man. She has sweet, womanly face
with classic features. hair being
brushed well back from the forehead
She dresses simply. but has MANI
magnificent jewels which she wear.
upon state occasions. She is a fine