The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-13

hercn's rchollcd and war went on tar
several years Miguel was defeated and
Portugal had "a Queen until Ntr4s
death in 1859. Her successor. Pcdr, V.
lasted only eight years N,Ni came
Louis /. who rcigncd nineteen years.
and Carlos J.. who occupied the throne
from 1889 until 1905. when ne N4- IS
sassinated with the Crown Primo, An-
other son. Manoel II. assembled The
throne. hut the promise that %. save
Of carrying ont the rcaotionarN ~
lll.hcral policies of his father resulted N
a revolution which drovo him into .X!,o
and the establishment of the pr. sen.
republic.
Belgium had a more fortunate 500 ~
mondrChs Cuder Leopold /. ~ Cr..ic
the country srospered u Va. during
his reign that the army system 11- .r-
snnlz"d which has borne such good
trui's In the present war Z. IN
Leopold H.. became King iu 1876. The
prosperity continu"s and although 'h,fe
were riots by Socialists and others 'he
Kingdom advanced mltorn'Iy m
present King, Albert l. his nephew vfs
crowned in 1909 The Cuustltu,. has
been hroadened and the slvrragc erea.y
extended
In Beleium's little neishbor. IIuHnd
three Williams governed IL an success
sion, until on the death of william I'l
1t took Queen In 1890. Who ro.sn- a.
Wilhelm!na. There has. keen ar.N'
of Parliamentary poWo~ and q liberia Z
n@ of the Constitution. II has n...
Ike Belgium and Denmark. hauut '.,.
from political upheayals.
Long standing friction 0D'Noen
Sweden and Norway resulted n % p.I.D-
tul separation, Norway tak.n- J- 'g
"A Danish prince who rules as King
Haakon VII
Greece had been under Turh-H lo-
minion for many years. Not ons .d
lost its independence hul even -
ancient tongue.
one OF the reasons for ~. Tfros
severity was the fact that tine Gr..n-
were Christians. and that, tom. $40.
reason why Russia interviewed u HE
name ~ the Greek Church. Eut r.. ..
tervention OF the powers din mot um'
until the Turks with a large army Hl
embarked on war which Threatened
20 destroy the whole Crock nation The
butcheSy of Mssolonghi occurred nd
country followed While the Whu.r .'-
lied world Shuddcred AZ the ATROCITIES
of the Turks. Russia bocam. jealous
of Englands sympathy for il. aH+-
troddrn patriots, and, fearing an H.. .'.
tag" 20 the British from th. .'.'
peaceful negotiations had fiIl,d accepted
n challenge of war from T.l..
1925 and invaded the couutrv
With French aid she hlut-. '".
Sultan TO terms and a BavaIu
became Greek King TurkoN H-
Waiiachia and Molbav-a. on I've a.. ....
save for nominal control
otto was the youngest EH.
modern times, being hu n n''
crowned He found state of oft.
quite like that in Albania to-day '.
people We're turbulent, undisCip,nuI AMI
uneducated. Coming from realm where
ahsou,AHm was the rule tho '.u'-
King, with the advice of his owl .'H'.
trymen, began a rcactionnry 90 pm
which lasted almost thirty years -
subjects blamed him for not sc'gr' ne
more territory hy tho treaty 81 Der
and he was depos"d and in his place
1868 came George, the son Of tho Nn.
OF Denmark, who lived n SEQ tho T1rn
again defeated but who died rv
assassln's hand in Saiou.cl |as'
The kingdom was Increased hv '."
ccsson Of the Ionian Islands by Eng
land, and Turkey gave up a part "
Thessaly.