The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-19
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fssseuyssa showed nc desire for the pur-
pie Theu u &c Chsuderdy, a F'Tench
ssgsEaEnat. came forward with the S3R"
ge.sssarl tEat tne throne be 0NeTe6 70
Fs-sree William George, the Danish
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Accepts "a Tlsorne.
PRINCE George was before the mast
g,ess. being punished for S3hordina-
:ssr when the egnissaries came with
EAe ot+aT IS IS throne.
or October 90. 1863. the prince
rnrne srto Athens and promptly, upon I
RS accession. signed an act resteh n
fng his rfzstsr 81 sytcfseSsi1Tl 70 Sfit i,a1-
fxF throne in favor OF Prince Wade
p.ar Tire Greeks 7vearted Of internal
troubles. received him with open arms.
He took as his motto. Ny strength
is the love Of my people.
II seemed as though Greco was about
10 enter into period OF peace ana
prosperity under popular monarch
The sister Of the new monarch
Princess Alexandra had been mar
ried 10 King Edward. Of England, ana
another sister was married 10 h4S-
sian grand duke AS far as blood ties
went George Should nave f1Tu tfrr
friendship of every sovereign of inn
portance in Europe. To England es-
pecially, dd the Helienes turn Tor
help, and sympathy.
England did not fail her friend
she ceded to the new monarch the
seven Ionian islands, an important ac-
cession, as the islands were pros
NV the constitution of 1864. the leg
tslatlve functions OF government were
vested in the Roule, comprising siis-
gle chamber elected by universal SUI
fraea for a term of four years.
The country had been SO democrat
igea. however. that il was not unul
1870 that brigandage was suppressed.
on October 2T, 1867, King George
married the Grand Duchess Olga Con
stantInova, Of Russia. Their children
were Prince Constantine, born IN" to'~
lowing year; Prince George, born IN
1859. Prince Michealus. born in 1874
prsnca Andrew. born in 1882; Prince
CHRISTOPHER, born in 1883, and one
daughter. Princess Marie, who was
born in 1875.
THE new king soon found that MS
WAS not TO be d peaceful reign. ~
gpite of the favorable auspices OF ms
accession. Party spirit at Athens ran
btgb there were multitudinous bick-
erInrs between the political leaders
yntrieues and internal dissensions
narEed the 1Iitical history Of the
times The XII g's ministers were IN
popular, and their tenure OF once
ehortlived Georges chief counsellor
Count Spenneck, aroused popular dls-
favor In 1854 ne was obliged to bepd
Ia the wishes Of the people and accept
sn ultra democratic constitution,
drawn ND by the national assembly.
This, the sixth constitution voted
since the establishment of the king
dom. il still in force. In the follow
ing year SpenneCk left Greece and
tire nation turned to a consideration
OF the Cretan problem, whsch was
TO make uneasy for anyone that wore
the Greclan crown.
The Hberty-lovIng inhabitants Of
that island. ENCOURAGED by the ces-
sion Of the seven Ionian Islands, chat
ing at the rule of the Ottoman, rose
against their Turkish rulers and lo0E
ed To Greece for aid. Russia was
giving secret support To the CretanS.
hut King George, in spite OF the cfles
for war on the part II a lingo cabinet,
refused To he drawn into the conflict,
and dismissed the leader IF the cab
met, Koumeniundurss This act or
Georges set up a precedent in the eX-
ercise Of the royal prerogative, In
1859. the Cretan revolt was sup
pressed, For a time there was quiet
in Georges country.
Trikoupes In Power.
In 1875 the constitutional crisis
again became acute, and there arose
one Of the most remarkable states
men that modern Greece has known.
This was Charilaez TriKoupes, who
had just come from prison, whore
he had been sent for denouncing King
George in q newspaper article. The
nation called upon him 70 form cab
met. His bitter political opponent
was Theodore Deiyannes. and around
these two figures the parties grouped
themselves.
At the beginning ~ the Russo
Turkish war, Trikoupes kept his coun-
try out Of the combat, but the cap
iure Of Plevna dissolved his ministry
and Delyannes ordered the invasion
Of Thessaly AT the conference which
followed the congress of Berlin
Greece gained considerable territory
TriHQupes came again in power al
the head of a strong party. and with
the exception Of three brief intervals
he continued in office for the next
twelve years. Trikoupes. as did his
sovereign, began to dream of new
and great Hellas army and navy, and
got TO carrying Nhings with too high
a hand. They were debating to par
lament as well as the prince, and
they were sternly sat upon. Lieuten-
ant Typaidoa and some officers, sliced
n torpedo boat destroyer one night
and announced they wonid revolt
against the king, seize Crete again,
and place on the Greek throne a SON
af King Constantine. That was re-
Y pressed; there were some executions
and the Military league went out of
existence
Constantine Takes Held.
I'm All this was forgotten when the
Balkan allies made ready for the war