The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-01-07
MARY BOYLE O'REILLY INTERVIEWS A KING
GRECIAN MONARCH TALKS TO HER FOR HOUR

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are an inheritance from his Russian
mother
His English IN sailed with the
idioma Of an American colleginn.
raped out Ia the curt enunclation
OF one accustomed 10 command.
You want me 10 talk OF our war;
MadamoiBclle. ! am a soldier not
an orator" be began But can
say this. We Greeks have won our
recent glorious victory because
EACH SOLDIER believed victory.
or defeat. depended upon HIN
None fought for hire Creeks came
from Attlcn and Thcrmopylae. from
the Caucasus and America.
My Men" He Says,
Are Soldiers
EACH loved our little Greece
with ALL HIS HEART Every man
knew he was needed Compared
with the bccfy BulgarlanA. they
seemed 20 me small. Of light weight.
immature. only they were OLD IN
ENDURANCE Bizani. for Instance.
was taken by waiting lying on
mountain tops with snow 20 drink
and corn 10 gnaw. while salt fish.
curdlcd milk. hard bread and "A few
cloves Of garlic that was feast
My men are soldiers But not
like the Turks or the Bulgars' No
Greek hrs II In him 10 commit
atrocities 10 slay and pillage--or.
worse
AT Nigrlta Bulgarian com.
mandor locked 500 unarmed inhab.
ItantR into their houses and burned
the town
In Serrns MY soldiers dug 40
victims from pit. old men and
women. some Of them half alive
Near DO1ato Bulgar troops Sur
rounded hill whore Capt Cordale
later found babies bodies laneed
through and through.
1t is estimated that Bulgnrians
have massacrod In one year be-
tween $50. 900 and 500. 900 peaceful
non-combrtants-men. women and
children Not n village through
which they passed but va looted
and partially burned "
rells Of Sending
Sons Into Battle
The kings jaw squared Ills
closed fist smotc the table nervous.
~. as II he hesitatcd TO voice a hor.
rid memory.
his maJesty's easy courtesy
tempted mo 20 speak.
Every soldier knows that when
the royal commanders n-chief sent
his men into a desperate culde-sac,
the crown prince Of Greece went
with them.
mobile lips were firm. but the gray
eyes smiled.
my sons, being officers. be-
iongeu with the army. They
arc Greeks and nothing else"
commented the king.
MY eldest son was nearly
killed az Yanina. An exploding
shell broke his wrist watch
also nipped his ear. BY tho
merry OF oCu ne wan Not
wounded. His brother did very
we'll. too. The third stayed at
home. Hls mother thought him
too young for the field"
The father heaved a Sigh Of
retrospeetion.
"Ho~ old 10 Prince Paul7"
Again that honest sef-ae-
euslna snnIle:
ELEVEN" confessed his
majesty
Our new Greece is OF incalcula-
bic value. The land is extremely
fertile. the tobacco yield OF the
I finest
Turkish cigarettes will be Greek
cigarettes hereafter. These things
will give more scope TO our energief
american good will will be
with ur. The Americans are
our friends. For we have
brought Macedonia out Of bond
ape-as America would have
done.
"But we want you 20 give us
back our Greek youthsl Today
the labor Of EVERY GREEK is
NEEDED az HOME.
The opening OF Macedonia.
Indeed. should check Greek emil
grafton to the United States.
Americans will understand this
II II 10 presented properly 20
them. SO be careful not 20 COM
promise me with your country.
men. You journalists have the
world at your mercy-even
kinpsl"
The king laughed. but gave no
signal that the interview was ended.
! risked n final question.
What OF third Balkan war. your
majesty"
The kings arched fingers inter.
! locked.
God give us peseel" ejaeu-
lated the greatest military STRAIT
eglst In Europe.
!