The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-16
King Constantine Will Honor
Men Who Fought His
Battles.
by la MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY.

BY la MAR0UIsE DE FONTENoY.
! GO many Greeks who now make
IL their home on this side or the
Atlantic returned to their native
land In order to take part in the two
against Bulgaria that 1t may be of
interest to call attention to the royal
decree Just promulgated at Athens,
bearing the signature OF King Constan-
tine and providing for the bestowaI
of medals upon all those who have
borne arms in these two conflicts.
| They have been designed by Jaco-
bids, the dean OF Greek artists. ana
are now being struck in bronze at
Paris, where work OF this Kind is now
adavs done better than anywhere else
in the world. The medal for the cam.
paign against the Turks Will be worn
on the left breast. suspended by a rib
bon of the Greek colors, that is to say,
blue aud white, will, a thin red line
in the middle. recalling the field or the
| Turkish flag. The medal bears on the
| diverse the Greek Cross, surmounted
by two crossed swords. Underneath
| the cross are the names Of King George
and King Constantine. The whole Is
surrounded by laurel wreath and an
| With Gods help. for King and coun
try" On the reverse are engraved the
names of the conquered provinces or
| Epiru3 and of the Archipelago.
The other medal, namely, that for
the campaign against the Bulgars.
bears on tie diverse the profile or
| King Constantine, and the famous verse
of Homer: The surest of all auguries
is TO fight for the fatherland.'
Around the border are the words
| "Konstantinos Basileus." and the date.
1913 On the reverse or the medal Is
! the profile of Shc Greek Emperor Basi.
Illus H.. Bulgaroctonus (the Bulgar
Killer, who died in a. D. 1925. after
waginr lifelong and successful warfare
| against the Dulears and other Siav
tons in the Balkans. The ribbon Is
equally symbolic. consisting of vertical
stripes of The Bulgarian national
colors, white red and green. cut across
by the blue of the Greeks.
This particular medal cannot fail to
keep alive the intense racial hatred
| which has existed for near thousand
| years between the Greeks and the
! Bulgars. and conveys promise of many
a battle still to come. The medal and
| the ribbon, In one word, are bound to
act upon Bulgar much as red rag
to BULL plainly signifying. as they
do. the defeat OF the Bulgars by the
! Greeks.
Every Greek in the United States
and Canada who has taken part in the
two recent campaigns in the South
| east of Europe, either in The ranks or
| as officer, and who has received an
honorable discharge, is entitled by the
royal decree to these two medals, IL.
recognition of his patriotic services
to his King and to his native land
' articles
| in This country and abroad, dealing
| with The recent death of the octoGen-
arian Emile Olivier the last Prime
Minister of Napoleon I'LL. has recalled
mig famous phrase, uttered during the
course of his speech to the national
legislature. announcing the proclana-
tion of war against Prussia In 1870.
namely, cit is with light heart
(avec lie occur leger) that we accept
the responsibility" These words have
ALWAYS been treasured against olivier
us illustrative of the trivolity and
recklessncss with which he caused
France to embark upon that, to her, so
disa strous struggle. which robbed her
of two OF her most prosperous pro-
vinces, namely, Alsaoe and Lorraine.
There is a considerable amount OF
Injustice in this imp'tation. Taken by
themselves, the words are certainly
unrdrdo, able. Put when taken with
the context OF his speech, their mean
inc is entirely different. What he add
ed was: do not think that 1 mean to
say with joy. l have already told
you my sorrow at having been COM
PEELED to declare war. What I mean to
say is that we accept the responsible
ity with n heart unburdened by re-
morse. with n heart that Is confident.
because the war which we shall wage
is one which has been forced upon u.s.:
4. y, oil
honorably and humanity possible in or
der to avoid 1t; and, finally, because
our cause is just, and is intrusted to
the French army
This gives an entirely different sense
to the phrase. Moreover, the French
word 'leger," used in the sense OF
Premier OLIVIER on that occasion. bears
another Interpretation than light.
Thus Littre's definition OF the word
"Ieger." IN his celebr ated standard die
tionary. is as follows: "Qui p'accabie
pas pas un poids moral" (Unburden-
ed by moral weight.)
Emile Ollivier's solitary tomb on tho
very point of the rocky promotory OF
his place on the Riviera, reaching out
into the Mediterranean, bears only the
words: Magma quies, In magma spo."
Great quiet, in great hopeD He has
left one eldest son, Daniel OLIVIER, an
eminent member of the Paris bar. by
his first marriage. In 1857. with Blan-
dine, natural daughter of the famous
composer who died as the Able List,
and Of the Comtesse d'Argoult. with
whom he had eloped. Another daugh-
ter Of this illegitimate union is Nine.
Coslma Wagner, widow OF Richard
Wagner tho composer. After the
death of his first wife. Emile Olivier
married. in 1869, Mile. Gravier, dauGh
ter and heiress OF rich merchant or
Marseilles. by whom he has left two
children. namely. Geneveve. married
to n physician. DR.. Troisier. and Emile.
who is. like his elder half brother n
lawyer and about thirty years OF age.
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