The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-19
WORLD MOURNS
WITH CREEKS
FOR DEAD KING
Floods of Messages Pour Into
Stricken Country.
Greece Owes Much to Efforts of
Departed Monarch.
His Activities Responsible for
the Greater Greece.
CONSTANTINE ON The THRONE
New Ruler Is Well Liked by
His Subjects.
Regarded as Builder of Strong
Military Forces.
Is Now on Way to Bier of His
Dead Father.
His Activities Responsible for
the Greater Greece.
CONSTANTINE ON THE THRONE
New Ruler Is Well Liked by
His Subjects.
Regarded as Builder of Strong
Military Forces.
Is Now on Way to Bier of His
Dead Father.

Janina March 19.-COnStantlne, the
new king of Greece, left for Salon1kl
today after handing over to General
Danglias the chief command of the
Greek army.
When the telegram announcing the
tragedy was read to him last nlght the
nrince was so overcome that he was
unable fully to grasp its purpose. Al
fer it had been read to him a second
time he burst into tears and for con-
siderable time was overcome with
grief.
The Grown Prince Constantine is
the generaIissimo of the Greek army
81 the field in the Balkan war. He has
distinguished himself in fierce fighting
and only about ten days ago news
came that at the head of a big force,
he had forced the surrender of the i'm
portant Turkish fortress of Jan1na, the
key to the province of Epirus.
The surrender of this fortress
brought $4,000 Turkish prisoners un-
der control of the Greefc and for his
success the crown prince7Vas thanked
by the chamber of depUts IS at Athens.
after the premier, Mr.. Venizezlos, had
congratulated him in addressing the
deputies.
Born at Athens on July 81, 1868, the
crown prince was the son of King
George 1 of Greece. The work of the
Young prince after he attained his ma
jority was largely devoted to re-estab-
fishing the Greek army upon a firm
footing.
His early life was spent at Athens,
where part of his education was un-
der the direction of a noted German
tutor. DIR. Luders Then came the
military education of the prince, con-
Quoted in the main under direction of
Colonel Kolokotronis, the director OF
the military academy at PiraeuS.
The crown prince is known to hold
liberal views, as did his father, the
king. The prince bears the title of
the Duke of Sparta
on october IS, 1889, at Athens, the
prince married the Princess Sophie of
Prussia, a sister of the German en-
peror.
in the Balkan states, the crown prince
started for the front to lead the Greek
army He spent several months in
battering away at the big fortress of
Essad Pasha.
The crown prince has been credited
with building up the Greek army from
almost nothing into a compact fight
ing machine.
Situation Is Complicated.
The death of the king and the ac-
cession of Constantine complicates
the line up of European nations in
case a general war should result from
the Balkan situation. King George was
q
andra of England. King Constantine
is a brother-in-law of Kaiser Wilhelm.
At present the Balkan allies have been
receiving the moral support of Eng
land. France and Russia, while the
triple alliance-Germany, Austria and
Italy-has been throwing the weight
of its influence to curb the ambitions
OF Servia, one of the Balkan nations.
Russian sympathies for the Balkans
were strengthened by the fact of the
10 10 r,c-10i hra%xx n
the Russian czar.
King Georges part in the events
that led up to the Balkan war caused
him to be mentioned, after hostilities
had broken out, as the candidate for
the presidency of a permanent confed-
GRAFTON of the Balkan states which
consists of Bulgaria. Servia, Montene-
gro and Greece.
The king arrived at Salonici on No
vember u and he was warmly greeted
by the Greek metropolitan and senior
officers of the Greek army All the
houses in the ancient Christian CAP
1tal, where Christian influence is para
mount, We're decorated with the Greek
flags and thousands of people cheered
him as he entered the city. There was
a service of Thanksgiving at the archi-
episcopal church.
On that occasion King George told
a Danish war correspondent that after
the war the boundary of Greece wouId
proDdpIy De nofIn OF SalOn1cl and Mon
aStir and in that event Salonici would
be free port again after centuries of
Moslem occupation.
Saloniki. March liking George of
Greece, was assassinated while walking
in the streets of Saloniki late yester-
day. The assassin was Greek of low
mental type, who gave his name as
Aleke Schinas- He shot the king
and fired one shot from seven
chamber revolver. Schinas was seized
Immediately and overpowered
The king fell into the arms of his
aide when shot. Two soldiers ran up
and helped to support him. He was
placed in a carriage and efforts were
made to stop the bleeding but he
breathed his last on the way to the
hospital nearby.
Died in Carriage.
The wounded king was lifted into a