The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-20
Royal Houses of Europe
Affected by His Un-
timely Death.
BODY NOW LIES IN
STATE AT PALACE
Strange Procession Follows
Stretcher as 1t Is Taken From
Hospital, and Civil and Mill
tary Authorities Give
Way to Tears in
Their Grief.

Athens, March 1e.-constantine will
take the oath as King OF the Hellenes
on Friday. He will arrive at Athens
Tomorrow
The hope is expressed that the King
VIII be proclaimed as Constantine NH.
the last Byzantine Emperor having
been Constantine Nj
The Chamber of Deputies will be
summoned tomorrow to take the oath
of fealty to the new King, after which
the ministry will resign.
Messages OF coincidence and sympa
thy for the royal family, the Greek
government and the Greek nation
poured into the capital all day. The
hrst message from the head of ma
tion received by Queen Olga came from
President Wilson.
All Greece mourns the death of
sovereign who has done so much. mar
ticularly during the past years to adj
vance the prestige of the nation. En-
a;sn olsms or sorrow are displayed on all
sides. and manifestations Of grief are
even more marked among the poor and
lowly than among those of the higher
classes.
Premier Nenzelos. after eulogi.ing
King George to-day for his great SER
vice during his long reign. asked the
Chamber of Deputies to acclaim Con-
stantine King TO which the deputies
responded with cheers.
In his first message TO the Greek
ress of Janina. promised that he would
ever concentrate all his efforts to his
lana and sea forces, to which war had
tndissolubly bound him.
Queen Olga. accompanied by several
members of the royal family, is now
on her way to Saloniki. She suffered
greatly from the shock of the an
nouncement OF the Kings taking off,
but before her departure showed that
resolution which had actuated her early
/ tn he fol 10
| for the wounded.
Grief UnIvcrsaI.
tSpecial to The Times Dispatch
Athens March le.-Grief over the
eaSic death or King George is uni
versal throughout Greece.
NJ. Venizelos, the Premier, to-day
officially announced the death of King
George and the accession OF Constan-
tine to the throne
Additional details of the assassina-
ton of the King were made public to-
day in dispatches from Saloniki. IT
is said that when shot he fell onto
table standing outside shop and
that the shopkoeper, rushing outside.
raised him.
Soldiers who hurried up on hearing
tho shot took the King from the shop
Keepers arms and carried him to the
nearest hospital
The Kings third son. Nicholas, who
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father" unconscious, and King George
died. without having spoken, in his
sons arms.
Meanwhile tho news had spread and
crowd OF officials had assembled in
the hospital when Prince Nicholas. is
! suins from tho death chamber. an
nounced IN a broken voice the pass
ing away of his royal father and en-
! horted his hearers to stand by and be
| faithful to the new King, my brother.
Constantine"
At $3.50 last night the Kings BODY
was drared In q Greek flag and car
ried on a strctcher borne by Greek
officers To the Palace in Saloniki. Prince
Nicholas and all the high dgnitaries
of the State and Clergy followed. un-
coNeFcd The procession passing
through the deserted streets present.
cd strangely weird and uncanny
spectacle.
On the arrival at the palace the
corpse was placed in room where
it now lies in state awaiting the de-
cision of the new King as TO the final
resting place.
The Chamber OF Deputies OF Athens
met this morning. and Premier Vent
zelos and tho other ministers were clad
i'm deep mourning Leaders of the
| opposition made orations laudine the
dead monarch.
The president of the chamber pro-
posed the erection OF national monu-
ment to the memory OF King George.
and the deputies, all standing hailed
the accession Of Prince Constantine