The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-25

Refusal to Enter War on the Side
of the Allies Brings Break With
His Premier, Venezelos

Queen Olga. IL idolized by the peo-
| pie Of Greece. especially by the
soldiers. who recall with gratitude
| the devotion which she displayed In
/ nursing the sick and wounded during
| the last two wars. But she Is not
on speaking terms with her German
sister-in-law. and being rich. beauti'
full. brilliant and wilful. does not make
any att empt to conciliate her.
| Should Constantine be forced to re-
! linquish the crown by reason OF his
pro Germanism it Is possible that the
throne might be offered to Prince
| Nicholas az the most popular MEM
Der of the reigning family and as pref
/ cradle In every way to the young
Crown prince. who. like his father the
| King. received all his education and
his military training in Germany. The
alternative to Prince Nicholas IL the
proclamation of republic at Athens.
Another one Of the Kings brothers
who haS found the atmosphere OF the
court Of Athens uncongenial since the
beginning OF the present war II Prince
Andrew. owing to the fact that his
wife, Princess Alice. is daughter or
that Prince Louis OF Battenberg who
| IL al. Admiral OF the British navy and
was First Sea Lord Of the Admiralty
at whitehall until just before Christ
mas Brought up entirely IN England.
her syinpathics in the present war are
naturally with Great Britain and her
allies. But az she has no fortune of
her own and her husband Is dependent
upon his appanage az II member of
the r~iEninC house Of Greece, she IL
obliged to remain AT Athens and to
, submit to the domination of the King
and Queen.
Then there is Prince George OF
Grrece. who. ny reason of his mar
rage, has remained aloOf from the
court Of Greece since the beginning Of
| the ".esen; reign. His wife Ia the
only daughter Of prince" Roland
Bonap3r;c. and her mother, now dead,
WAS one of the two daughters and
heiresses OF old Francois Blanc. the
disreputabla founder OF the public
ganN1ling tables at Monte Carlo.
| The enormous fortune OF Prince
Georges wife is derived from this self
same Rouge-et-No establishment.
and while her fathers mother was a
plumbers daughter. her mothers
HlOtnPT WIS = tIldfIlbtIIIlhlu vi oil Inn
AT Wiesbaden when she captured the
! heart and the rand OF old Francois
Blanc. King George was always very
kind and gracious 20 this Bonaparte
daughter-in-law OF his as long as he
/ lived. But she was treated with the
utmost coldness and disdain by her
| brothers-in-law ard sisters-in- law;
not so much on account Of her plebe-
| ian origin as on account Of the In
famous source Of her riches. Sophia.
indeed. when she became Queen would
not tolerate her presence at Athens as
a princess OF the blood and accord
| ingly, since the beginning Of the pres
ent reign. Prince and Princess George
have made their homo entirely In
I Paris.
King Constantine has one other
I brother. namely, Christopher who,
| born IN Russia and having spent much
Of his boyhood there. leans strongly
toward the Allies. He Is a particular
ravorite OF his aunt. Queen Alexandra,
with whom he has frequently made
long stays at Marlborough House, and
IL n well known figure IN London
society.
There IL also an only sister, frin-
cess Marie. her dead fathers favorite,
and who. married TO Grand Duke
George Michaelaiovitch. has been Nv
ing in England since the beginning
Of the war. She too finds the atmos-
phere of the Court OF Athens too in
! tolerahly Teuton since the beginning
Of the present reign and has remained
| away.
one word In conclusion. Few are
aware of the real title Of Constantine
lie Is rot King of Greece" nor King
| OF the Greeks" but King of the Hell
lenes' There Is a curious story in
this connection.
When the late Prince william OF
Denmark was raised to tho throne
NJ Athens in 1863 as George I. his
| subjects would not hear ~ his being
known "a King of Greece" but In
sisted that he should style himself
King ut the Greeks" having in view
the pro. 1ect of his eventually becoming