Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-03-21
KING GEORGE KILLED
GREcIAN MONARCH SLAIN WHILE
VISITING sALoNIKI, ACCORD
ING TO REPORT.
WAS LEADER IN TURKEY BALKAN WAR
Owing to Strict Censorship 1t Is Hard
to Get News of Tragedy-king
Was 90 Years Old and Had
Ruled over so Years.

Salonika, March 18.-King George of
Greece was assassinated here this af-
ternoon.
King George, who had taken per-
sonal command of his troops during
the earlier period of the war, had been
there since December, when the Turk
ish fortress was occupied by the
Greeks after a short siege.
The queen of Greece also has been
here and has paid or at attention to
the care of the sick and wounded
King George in December had a
meeting here with King Ferdinand of
Bulgaria to discuss the fate of the cap
tured Turkish territory after the war.
Censorship Holds up Details.
The last previous report regarding
the movements of the king of Greece
was received in London when he at
tended a thanksgiving service at Sa-
lonih on March to celebrate the fall
of Janina.
Crown Prince Constantine is still at
Jahina with the Greek army.
Queen Mother Alexandra who is
King Georges sister, had not received
any news at a late hour
Ruled Fifty Years.
King George was in his 6Sth year
and had ruled so years. He was a
brother of Queen Mother Alexandra of
England and a son of the late king of
Denmark He was chosen king of the
Helenes in 1863 in succession to Otto |.
A previous attempt to assassinate
him was made in 1898, but was frus-
trated
King George was married in Octo-
Der, 1867, to Princess Olga, eldest
daughter of he Grand Duke Constan-
tine of Russia, a brother of the late
Emperor Alexander II.
Crown Prince Constantine, who has
been in active command of the Greek
troops throughout the hostilities in the
eastern part of Turkey in Europe and
who was at the head of the army
which recently captured the Turkish
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$4,000 men, will be the successor of his
father. His wife is Princess Sophia,
a sister of the German emperor.
King George was often rated as an
autocratic monarch, but in spirit he
was democratic and did much for the
prosperity of Greece. which advanced
rapidly under his rule.
His name was mentioned after hos.
tilities broke out as a candidate for
the presidency of a permanent fedora.
ton of the Balkan states, consisting of
Bulgaria, Servia, Montenegro and
Greece.
When King George arrived in Sa-
loniki on November II with Prince
Constantine and Prince George, he was
warmly greeted by the Greek metro
politan and senior officers of his army
All the houses were decorated with the
Greek flag and thousands of people as
sembled to cheer him. He later took
part in a service of thanksgiving in
the Arch-Episcopal church.
In an interview King George at that
time said that Greece after the war
probably would have a frontier north
of Saloniki and MOnastir, and he was
inclined to make Saloniki free port
Since the occupation of Saloniki by
the Greeks there has been some fric-
ton between them and their Bulgarian
allies, but it was thought this will be
eventually overcome during the nego-
tiations for the partition of Turkish
territory.
King George a Native of Denmark.
George l., king of the Hellenes, who
was assassinated at Saloniki, was a
Dane by birth He was the second son
of King Christian TX. of Denmark and
was born December "a, 1S45. His ac
cession to the throne of Greece came
as the result of a revolution which in
1862 drove the Bavarian monarch, Otto
L., from the throne. BY the treaty oil
London, July -, 1868. George, who was
at that time Prince William George OF
Schleswig-H olstein-Sonderbu -Glucks
burg. was made the head of a new
Greek hereditary dynasty.
George !. has five sons and one
daughter, of whom the oldest and the
heir apparent to the throne is Prince
Constantine, duke of Sparta, born al
Athens July 81, 1868.
King George is given credit for tax
ing a prominent part in planning tn,
Balkan alliance against Turkey, which
resulted in the present war, and he
and his sons have all taken a promi
nent part in affairs during the war
Princes Constantine and George them
selves leading armies and the king a
all times directing operations.